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Friday after Ad te levavi, The First Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 17:20-25 (NKJV)   17:20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”…

Festival of St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 11:25-30 (NKJV)   11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 27 All things…

Festival of St. Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25 (NKJV)   10:19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with…

Tuesday after Ad te levavi, The First Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Colossians 1:12-23 (NKJV)   1:12 …giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption…

Monday after Ad te levavi, The First Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-18 (NKJV)   33:14 ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah:   15 ‘In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch…

Saturday after the Last Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 25:31-46 (NKJV)   25:31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his…

Friday after the Last Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 12:22-29 (NKJV)   12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of…

Festival of St. Andrew, Apostle

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Zephaniah 3:8-9 (NKJV)   3:8 “Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy….

Wednesday after the Last Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 24:1-14 (NKJV)   24:1 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon…

Tuesday after the Last Sunday after Trinity Sunday

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Revelation 21:1-7 (NKJV)   21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned…