Word of Life – Mt 7:21 (14/5/2023 – 28/5/2023)

Post date:   2023-05-13
Autor:   BCP
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”

Reflection on Mt 7:21

Post date:   2023-05-13
Autor:   BCP
After these words, Jesus continues in the Gospel: “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practise lawlessness!’”  Jesus speaks here about a false disciple, saying that such disciples will not be saved because although they use religious phrases and hide behind the name of Jesus they do the exact opposite. Moreover, even if they prophesied, cast out demons or did many wonders, it would not help them to be saved.

“He justifies those who have faith in Jesus.” Rom 3:26

Post date:   2023-05-12
Autor:   BCP
The Word of God emphasizes: those who have faith in Jesus. This is the condition. Surely, Jesus died for all people and we are obliged to preach to them the Gospel, salvation. Without Him no one can be saved. But today we hear another gospel: to let pagans dwell in darkness and perish in darkness. Certainly, some of them will be saved, but perhaps only those who are not under the sway of pagan religious systems. Or those who have at least not opened up to them. Abraham was a pagan, too, but he had a conscience. Pagans also have a conscience and Christ died for them too. But how can they achieve salvation if no one can be saved without Christ? If they live a righteous life, God will give them a chance to believe in Christ at least in the hour of death. They will either receive Him or reject Him. We will likewise either receive Jesus at the hour of death for the last time or reject Him. That is why the Apostle says that we must be rooted in Him, grounded in Him, so that at the hour of death we may cast away all doubts, all intrusive thoughts, all vanity. It is a hard struggle. You will understand that once you resolve to devote one hour to interior prayer, to spend one hour with Christ.

The whole Trinity takes part in Christ’s resurrection and our salvation

Post date:   2023-05-03
Autor:   BCP
“A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.” (Jn 14:19) Jesus speaks here about His death, saying that He will be buried in a tomb but then rise again and His dead body will be seen in the tomb no more. He will be raised from the dead with a glorified body. The world, however, will not see Him risen. In the Gospel of John we read: “The world will see Me no more, but you will see Me.” When does Jesus say these words? On Thursday evening at the Last Supper, probably between eight and ten o’clock. On the next day, Friday, He dies. And then, on Saturday night, Christ comes out of the tomb. He rises from the dead by His own divine power. The whole Trinity takes part in Christ’s resurrection. Indeed, God raised Him from the dead.

From true union flows the life of the risen Christ

Post date:   2023-05-01
Autor:   BCP
The old self is governed by precise principles that are very subtle. They are best recognized and unmasked in ourselves, but even more intensely when two or three truly strive to put the old self to death on the cross, so that we can say: “We died with Him, and we were buried with Him.” And then it is also true that “we were raised with Him”. It is not about physical death, physical burial or physical resurrection. It is a matter of faith and the life of faith, especially the basic steps that we are to take daily again and again: 1) deny yourself, 2) take up your daily cross. Sometimes this cross is the same for a certain period of time. Sometimes it takes a variety of forms during the day. It is mainly about giving up our views, opinions or habits, even in small matters, and it hurts!

Word of Life – Mt 7:19 (30/4/2023 – 14/5/2023)

Post date:   2023-04-30
Autor:   BCP
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Reflection on Mt 7:19

Post date:   2023-04-30
Autor:   BCP
Jesus does not speak here about a physical tree, but rather about man and his evil works. He says it at the end of the statement about false prophets, who come in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Jesus continues: “You will know them by their fruits.” And then He adds: “Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?” And then: “Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.” With a nature corrupted by original sin, we can’t really bear fruit that lasts for eternity. The root of original sin is the seed of the devil. This is the pride of self-deification and rebellion against God, either overbearing pride and arrogance or subtle spiritual pride of pharisees, which is even worse. All this grows from a poisoned root, and that is why Jesus says: Deny yourself, i.e. the source of evil within you.

Assembly of the synodal LGBTQ journey in the Vatican – God’s anathema (video)

Post date:   2023-04-29
Autor:   BCP
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate, as the voice of one crying in the wilderness, by the authority of God, once again emphasizes concerning the global assembly in the Vatican: All participants in this organized rebellion against God are under God’s anathema and at the same time under a latae sententiae excommunication. We encourage priests and believers to warn the bishops who promote the synodal LGBTQ suicidal journey. You can do so either in person, by phone, by e-mail or in writing.

A call of bishops for the resignation of the invalid Pope Francis (video)

Post date:   2023-04-29
Autor:   BCP
We bishops, as successors of the apostles, are witnessing the destruction of the Church from within by the abused highest ecclesiastical authority. We are obliged before God and the faithful to call the truth the truth and a heretic a heretic. This is the attitude of every true Catholic bishop in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and the whole Tradition of the Church. The faithful must know that they must not obey or submit to the invalid Pope Francis Bergoglio, who is a public heretic. Otherwise they share in his heresies and in the curse he brings upon the Church, nations and individuals.

BCP: A historic step to save the Church (video)

Post date:   2023-04-25
Autor:   BCP
What is the solution? Only repentance. Where to start? First, call a lie a lie, heresy heresy, immorality immorality, and a heretic a heretic. Bergoglio promotes chaos by word and deed. In chaos, it is impossible to distinguish good from evil. That is why no one knows what to do to save themselves. By contrast, God is the God of order; He created the cosmos – harmony. The devil and his minions wreak havoc.

Our great task – to contribute a drop of our faith

Post date:   2023-04-22
Autor:   BCP
The nation can be raised to life by God alone. But He wants each of us to contribute a drop of our faith! This is our great task, which we are to accept in faith. God puts His trust in every one of us. And He wants us to trust in Him.

The mystery of our resurrection with Christ

Post date:   2023-04-19
Autor:   BCP
God’s Word says that we were raised together with Christ. It is a certain mystery to us. Jesus was raised two thousand years ago in Jerusalem. I am not in Jerusalem, but in another place and in another time. I was not in the tomb with Jesus to be raised with Him. I was not even born yet. So what does it mean that “we were raised together with Him”? Let us think what happened at Christ’s resurrection: Christ’s dead body, which was lying in the tomb, was not only raised to life but also transformed. Christ was raised from the dead with a glorified body. He passed through the stone tomb in spite of a large stone rolled in front of the entrance to the tomb. After that, He appeared to the apostles in different places during forty days. Through the resurrection, new life entered the physical body of Jesus, and His body was glorified.

Word of Life – Mt 7:15 (16/4/2023 – 30/4/2023)

Post date:   2023-04-15
Autor:   BCP
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves."

Reflection on Mt 7:15

Post date:   2023-04-15
Autor:   BCP
This warning of Christ is highly topical too. Today many shepherds of the Church are no longer servants of Christ, but servants of the antichrist. Naturally, this is not outwardly recognized. They really wear sheep’s clothing and use psychological methods to manipulate people. They speak of love, compassion, listening, discerning, welcoming, accompanying, and all this is actually a trap of ravenous wolves baring their fangs and tearing up naïve and often sincere deluded souls. These shepherds only talk about love, but they avoid true love – the cross of Christ.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples at Emmaus

Post date:   2023-04-15
Autor:   BCP
Jesus Appears to the Disciples at Emmaus

The souls of those who are in union with Jesus are filled with peace

Post date:   2023-04-11
Autor:   BCP
We die with Jesus and rise with Him again. In the Letter to the Romans, we find essential truths about us being grafted into Jesus through faith – this union is given us in baptism. “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.” (Rom 6:8) Here the emphasis is on the words “we believe”. We need to put into practice our union with Jesus. If we abide in ourselves, troubles arise. If we are in union with Christ, our soul is always filled with peace. We feel peace regardless of whether someone scolds us or we fall ill. You can even be a cripple confined to a wheelchair for some 40 years, or you can even be sentenced to death, and you can be happy because you have Jesus. If you are in union with Jesus, you are filled with peace that the world cannot give. This is a law that works: Whenever a problem comes, you experience inner peace. God gives it to a soul that opens to Him. Anyone can try it.

“Peace to you!”

Post date:   2023-04-11
Autor:   BCP
When the Risen Jesus appeared to the apostles, He said to them three times: “Peace be with you!” In what situation did Jesus say these words? We read in the Gospel: “Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” (Jn 20:19) The Gospel continues: “When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace to you!’” (v.20-21) On Sunday a week later, Jesus appeared to them the third time, and Thomas was with them: “And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, ‘Peace to you!’” (v.26)

God gives victory (video)

Post date:   2023-04-08
Autor:   BCP
God gives victory. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

BCP: A response to the interview with Cardinal Burke on how not to contradict Francis, but to love him (video)

Post date:   2023-04-07
Autor:   BCP
On 16 March 2023, US Cardinal Raymond Burke gave an interview to EWTN. At first, he expressed a certain truth about the current situation in the Church, which every sincere Catholic perceives. But the problem is that the truth expressed was followed by a spiritual deadly poison. What did the cardinal say at the beginning of the interview?

Word of Life – Mt 7:13 (2/4/2023 – 16/4/2023)

Post date:   2023-04-06
Autor:   BCP
Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.