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The Wednesday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:25-32 (NKJV)   2:25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not…

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

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:22-24 (NKJV)   2:22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to…

The Monday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 2:13-18 (NKJV) 2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.” 14 When…

The Festival of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 21:19-24 (NKJV) 21:19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.” 20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who…

The Festival of St. Stephen, Martyr

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 23:34-39 (NKJV) 23:34 “Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from…

The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Titus 2:11-14 (NKJV) 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,…

The Vigil of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-12 (NKJV) 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the…

The Festival of St. Thorlak, Bishop and Confessor

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 24:42-47 (NKJV)   24:42 “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you…

The Monday after Rorate coeli, the Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:39-56 (NKJV)   1:39 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and…

The Ember Saturday in Advent

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (NKJV)   2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ…