Abide in Me

Post date:   2024-04-05
Autor:   BCP
Jesus says: “Abide in Me, and I in you.” (Jn 15:4) He is in us. He is with us. “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Mt 28:20) But we are not with Him. That’s the problem! He is in me but, in fact, I am not in Him, and so I do not rely on Him.

Reflection on Heb 13:8

Post date:   2024-04-04
Autor:   BCP
Before Jesus raised Lazarus, who had been dead four days, Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise again.” She said to Him: “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life.”

If we have Christ, in Him we have everything

Post date:   2024-04-02
Autor:   BCP
The Word of God says: “We were buried with Christ in baptism and also raised with Him.” (Col 2:12) This is not a literary expression or poetry. This is reality! How we were raised with Christ and how we received a new life is a mystery. There is nothing to think about. Scripture says so and therefore it is reality. God’s Word says: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” and “We are a living temple of the Holy Spirit”. If we are in a state of sanctifying grace, all that Jesus obtained for us at Calvary and all that belongs to Him He gives to us, so it is also ours. If we give ourselves to Him and are united to Him, then if we have Christ, we have all things in Him. St Paul says: “In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

Skrze víru se máme otevřít realitě Kristovy smrti i Jeho vzkříšení

Post date:   2024-03-30
Autor:   BCP
Boží slovo také říká, že skrze křest jsme byli ponořeni do Kristovy smrti. Skrze víru se máme otevřít realitě Kristovy smrti, která přemáhá hřích, ďábla. V okamžiku své smrti Ježíš dává svého Ducha do náruče Otcovy. V Kristově smrti je velká moc, která vítězí. Potom přichází vzkříšení, nový život. V různých situacích našeho života máme vcházet do Kristovy smrti. To znamená vážně hledat Boží vůli a dávat v konkrétní situaci na první místo Boha. V té chvíli se zříci svého dobra, své pravdy, své zkušenosti a upřímně přijmout Boží vůli, Boží pravdu. To je spojeno se zapřením sebe. A potom v té situaci může Bůh svojí všemohoucností znovu udělat zázrak vzkříšení.

Word of Life – Heb. 13:8 (31/3/2024 – 14/4/2024)

Post date:   2024-03-30
Autor:   BCP
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

What is the greatest blessing?

Post date:   2024-03-27
Autor:   BCP
The greatest blessing is when God gives us the grace to be evil spoken of, unjustly suspected, reproached and humiliated for His name’s sake. The Lord Jesus trod this path before us, because He loved us. He was completely innocent. Yet He forgave and prayed for everyone.

Jesus wants mature people

Post date:   2024-03-27
Autor:   BCP
Jesus wants mature people. He can do more with one mature person in a year than He can do with hundreds of immature people in 200 years. The mark of maturity is actually the degree of dying to self with Christ. The essence of this death to self is in humility, in completely renouncing at every moment one’s own will, one’s own good, one’s own ideas or desires, and accepting everything out of love for Jesus. People who are completely forgotten, buried, those who have died with Christ, mature souls, who have offered themselves as a sacrifice to Jesus – it is their sacrifice that decides the future of nations.

Think about what your cross is every day

Post date:   2024-03-23
Autor:   BCP
Truly we know neither the day nor the hour, and nothing is more certain than death. Therefore, we have to redeem the time. How? By a living faith, by daily practising humility, that is, constantly renouncing our own wishes, good plans or intentions. Let us not stick to our own opinion, but bring everything to light, and humble ourselves every time we act spontaneously on our own. However, when others do something wrong, we should not condemn them but, again, humble ourselves in spirit: “Lord, I am twice as bad. I’ve made the same or even greater mistake so many times. And mine was a banal one that this person would never make.” Let us accept the concrete hardships as a cross to carry. Every day we should take a few moments to reflect on what our cross is – not abstract but concrete.

BCP: Critical review of Francis Bergoglio’s autobiographical book

Post date:   2024-03-20
Autor:   BCP
The media report that Bergoglio’s autobiographical book spanning over 300 pages is set to be released on 19 March 2024. In the book, Bergoglio mentions his resignation, stressing that in this respect it is “a distant hypothesis”, since he says there are “no serious reasons” for his resignation.

BCP: Lent 2024 – Time of Penance: Renounce Fiducia Supplicans! (Pastoral letter) (video)

Post date:   2024-03-19
Autor:   BCP
The season of Lent in this extraordinary time of great apostasy is a time of urgent repentance. The statements of Jesus about repentance are relevant for each of us. “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Metanoite, change your mind and believe in the Gospel.” (Mk 1:15) “Unless you repent, you will all perish.” (Lk 13:3)