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Monday after Invocavit Sunday

Posted on February 27, 2023 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…

Fourth Day of Lent

Posted on February 25, 2023 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…

Festival of St. Matthias, Apostle

Posted on February 24, 2023 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;…

Second Day of Lent

Posted on February 23, 2023 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…

First Day of Lent, Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Joel 2:12-19 (NKJV)   2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”   13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; And…

Tuesday after Quinquagesima (Esto mihi) Sunday

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 14:21-24 (NKJV)   14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”   22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that…

Monday after Quinquagesima (Esto mihi) Sunday

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Mark 10:35-45 (NKJV)   10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”   36 And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?”   37 They said to Him, “Grant us that…

Festival of Martin Luther, Confessor and Doctor

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Jeremiah 11:1-7 (NKJV)   11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Cursed is the man who does not…

Friday after Sexagesima Sunday

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 45:11-19 (NKJV)   45:11 Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:   “Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.   12 “I have made the earth, and created man on it. I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,…

Thursday after Sexagesima Sunday

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40 (NKJV)   11:32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence…