Why do we need a new heart? (video)

Post date:   2014-08-27
Autor:   BCP
Why do we need a new heart?   + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

How to get rid of faultfinding. (video)

Post date:   2014-08-20
Autor:   BCP
How to get rid of faultfinding   + Elijah  Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

I want to know the truth about myself (video)

Post date:   2014-08-15
Autor:   BCP
I want to know the truth about myself   + Elijah  Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

The essence of spiritual life – to lose your soul for the sake of Christ (video)

Post date:   2014-08-04
Autor:   BCP
The essence of spiritual life – to lose your soul for the sake of Christ. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Reflection on Jn 14:9-10

Post date:   2014-08-02
Autor:   BCP
Jesus speaks about the interior knowledge through faith and enlightenment by the Holy Spirit. The truth that the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father is a mystery. Christ declares this mystery to us and the Holy Spirit guides us into it. It is not sufficient to see Christ physically. The Pharisees and scribes could see Christ and all the miracles, and even make sure of His physical resurrection, but they remained spiritually blind. The knowledge of Christ requires a simple heart. The Father reveals this mystery to the childlike rather than the wise and clever. Jesus clearly says to Philip: “He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” He does not mean physical but spiritual seeing. He who receives Christ also receives the Father by faith.

Jesus Christ – my God (video)

Post date:   2014-08-01
Autor:   BCP
Jesus Christ – my God. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Spiritual gifts, ministries and manifestation

Post date:   2014-07-24
Autor:   BCP
The will of God for us is revealed in the Scripture. In the First Epistle to the Corinthians, we read clearly: “Pursue love, and eagerly desire the spiritual gifts!” So it tells us to desire eagerly, not carelessly or idly, and we should not say in false humility that we are not worthy of it. For who is worthy of being eternally saved? And what is more – the gift or the Giver? To be saved means to share in divine life. And eternal life already begins on earth. And then: “God wills everyone to be saved.” (1Tim 2:4)

Reflection on Jn 14:6

Post date:   2014-07-19
Autor:   BCP
Jesus says about Himself: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Jesus said to the Jews: “Before Abraham was, I AM.” (Jn 8:58) They took up stones to throw at Him, for the name of God is “HE WHO IS”. Jesus says that He is the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus is the Truth. The devil is a liar and the father of lies. Jesus said to those who believed in Him: “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Jn 8:32) He does not speak about an abstract truth but about Divine Truth in the flesh, i.e. about Himself. Jesus also says that He is the Life. The contrary of life is death, both temporal and eternal. Jesus gives us eternal life, and He Himself is Eternal Life. He says: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (Jn 11:25)

You are because God wanted you to be (video)

Post date:   2014-07-19
Autor:   BCP
You are because God wanted you to be. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

A heretic cannot be canonized (video)

Post date:   2014-07-15
Autor:   BCP
A heretic cannot be canonized. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate