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Tuesday after Septuagesima Sunday

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7 (NKJV)   5:5 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved a song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard:   “My Well-beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.   2 “He dug it up and cleared out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in…

Monday after Septuagesima Sunday

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9 (NKJV)   1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which…

Saturday after the Transfiguration of our Lord

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 (NKJV)   1:12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. 13 For we are not writing any other things to you…

Festival of St. Titus, Bishop and Confessor

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 13:44-52 (NKJV)   13:44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.   45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful…

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…