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Tuesday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:33-40 (NKJV) 33 And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against 35…

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:1-14 (NKJV) 2:1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. 4 Joseph also…

Saturday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:26-38 (NKJV) 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said…

Friday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:1-25 (NKJV) 1:1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having…

Thursday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: James 5:7-11 (NKJV) 5:7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at…

Wednesday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 21:35-59 (NKJV) 12:35 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master, when…

Tuesday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 21:5-24 (NKJV) 5 Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, 6 “These things which you see—the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.” 7 So they asked Him, saying,…

Monday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 10:35-39 (NKJV) 35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 37 “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry….

Saturday after Populus Sion, The Second Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Colossians 3:1-11 (NKJV) 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4…

Friday after Populus Sion, The Second Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Philippians 3:12-16 (NKJV) 3:12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which…