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The Thursday after the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 21:28-32 (NKJV)   21:28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and…

The Wednesday after the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 15:1-9 (NKJV)   15:1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, 2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”   3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress…

The Festival of St. Olaf II, King and Martyr

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 10:26-32 (NKJV)   10:26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.   27 “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. 28 And…

The Monday after the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 1:9-11 (NKJV)   1:9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice…

The Saturday after the Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 9:18-26 (NKJV)   9:18 And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”   19 So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old…

The Festival of St. James the Elder, Apostle

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 20:20-28 (NKJV)   20:20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.   21 And He said to her, “What do you wish?”   She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right…

The Thursday after the Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 9:51-56 (NKJV)   9:51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him….

The Wednesday after the Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 16:13-26 (NKJV)   16:13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”   14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”   15 He…

The Festival of St. Mary Magdalene

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 7:36-50 (NKJV)   7:36 Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. 37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house,…

The Monday after the Fifth Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Acts 5:27-32 (NKJV)   5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on…