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Festival of the Conversion of St. Paul

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 13:31-35 (NKJV)   13:31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and…

Festival of St. Timothy, Bishop and Confessor

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 13:22-30 (NKJV)   13:22 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?”   And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek…

Tuesday after the Transfiguration of our Lord

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 13:36-43 (NKJV)   13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”   37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man….

Monday after the Transfiguration of our Lord

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9 (NKJV)   11:1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and…

Saturday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:20-31 (NKJV)   1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of…

Festival of St. Henry of Finland, Bishop and Martyr

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Romans 5:1-5 (NKJV)   5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also…

Thursday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 5:17-26 (NKJV)   5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law…

Wednesday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 1:15-18 (NKJV)   1:15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”   16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law…

Tuesday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 19:1-10 (NKJV)   19:1 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature….

Monday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 4:5-26 (NKJV)   4:5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour….