Who tempts us (video)

Post date:   2015-02-21
Autor:   BCP
Who tempts us. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

The glory of the world is like the flower of grass (video)

Post date:   2015-02-18
Autor:   BCP
The glory of the world is like the flower of grass. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

Post date:   2015-02-18
Autor:   BCP
We should have our treasure in heaven, and our greatest treasure must be Jesus Himself. If it is so, we really give Him the first place in our lives. He is the most precious treasure; in Him are all our treasures. In Him is the fullness of wisdom and knowledge, as God’s Word says. In Him is eternal life: “He who has the Son has eternal life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” And where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

True heroism

Post date:   2015-02-17
Autor:   BCP
Original sin is in every one of us. It is inborn stupidity which deceives us all our life. We must fight against it. That is why Jesus says: “Deny yourself!” Deny that lie in you which wants to harm you, leads you by the nose into self-destruction and finally into hell. If we do not fight, we lose. We are automatically dragged to hell rather than heaven. The way to heaven is no ride on a sleigh. We must take up our cross and swim against the stream – and that’s a fight, that’s true courage. And that’s true heroism!

The hardest fight – the fight against our self

Post date:   2015-02-16
Autor:   BCP
We want to do good but we keep sinning. This is caused by our corrupt nature – the old self in us. And therefore we need to repent time and time again. All things considered, we must have the courage to make mistakes, for otherwise we would do nothing in pursuit of false perfection. Humility is the will to learn.

Reflection on Jn 15:18-19

Post date:   2015-02-14
Autor:   BCP
The term “the world” does not mean the wonderful work of creation but the godless system which hates Christ as well as all who are dedicated to the service of Christ. Jesus speaks about this hatred by the world and warns all of us who desire to follow Jesus in earnest that we must be prepared for hatred and persecution by the world. “Because you are not of the world ... therefore the world hates you.” People of this world have received the spirit of the world and therefore they persecute true Christians. Moreover, if they kill them, they will believe that they offer God service (Jn 16:2). Those who condemned Christ to death – religious hierarchy, the Pharisees and the scribes – believed so, and it is the same today. Why? Because the world lies under the sway of the ruler of this world.

We will be dying only once (video)

Post date:   2015-02-14
Autor:   BCP
We will be dying only once. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Let us be mindful of death (video)

Post date:   2015-02-12
Autor:   BCP
Let us be mindful of death. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Every day I have to look into Jesus’ eyes (video)

Post date:   2015-02-11
Autor:   BCP
Every day I have to look into Jesus’ eyes. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

God’s curse will fall on USA

Post date:   2015-02-10
Autor:   BCP
The USA is making a blasphemous film called “Corpus Christi”, where Satanists and perverts play the roles of our Savior Jesus Christ and His Apostles and present them as a gay club. This hideous parody has run in the US theaters for several years. This year a movie shall be released with the purpose of spreading this height of denigration around the world!Every U.S. Christian is obliged to actively raise his/her voice in protest against this heinous blasphemy. Let them do so by signing a petition or holding protest demonstrations. If U.S. Christians remain silent, they will fall under God’s curse!