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The Festival of St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 7:23-27 (NKJV)   7:23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession…

The Saturday of Ember Week in Lent

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:12-19 (NKJV)   26:12 “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, 13 then you shall say before…

The Friday of Ember Week in Lent

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ezekiel 18:20-28 (NKJV)   18:20 “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.   21 “But if a…

The Thursday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Daniel 1:3-16 (NKJV)   1:3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles, 4 young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to…

The Wednesday of Ember Week in Lent

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 12:38-50 (NKJV)   12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”   39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of…

The Tuesday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 4:1-15 (NKJV)   4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.   3…

The Monday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 22:24-32 (NKJV)   22:24 Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. 25 And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ 26 But not so among…

The Fourth Day of Lent

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Proverbs 25:8-22 (NKJV)   25:8 Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame?   9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and do not disclose the secret to another;   10 Lest he who hears it expose your shame, and…

The Third Day of Lent

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Proverbs 6:12-19 (NKJV)   6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth;   13 He winks with his eyes, he shuffles his feet, he points with his fingers;   14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord.   15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;…

The Second Day of Lent

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Galatians 5:5-14 (NKJV)   5:5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.   7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion does not come from…