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Wednesday after the Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 2:1-12 (NKJV)   2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have…

Tuesday after the Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 3:1-9 (NKJV)   3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of…

Monday after the Sunday after Christmas

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 3:1-12 (NKJV)   3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:   “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:   ‘Prepare…

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

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-6 (NKJV)   1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,…

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

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29 (NKJV)   3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a…

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

Posted on December 29, 2022 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 brightness…

Festival of the Holy Innocents

Posted on December 28, 2022 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 see death…

Festival of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Posted on December 27, 2022 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 Lord”),…

Festival of St. Stephen, Martyr

Posted on December 26, 2022 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 Vigil of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:15-20 (NKJV)   2:15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and…