A Christmas call to Christians and people of good will, not only in the Czech Republic

Post date:   2018-12-25
Autor:   BCP
Before Christmas, the UN convened representatives of member states in Marrakesh to sign the so-called Global Compact on Migration. A week later, they were convened again in New York, where they signed a pact on refugees on 17 December and a pact on migration on 19 December. The adoption of the pact on refugees is a betrayal of the Czech nation! USA and Hungary rejected it!! It is necessary to withdraw this treacherous consent to the suicide of the nation signed in New York!

Christmas 2018, pastoral letter

Post date:   2018-12-25
Autor:   BCP
Dear brothers and sisters! The year has passed, not one minute will return. Again, we stand before the mystery of Christ’s birth to be spiritually united with Him. Before our spiritual sight a history unfolds, associated with the town of Bethlehem. The Holy Virgin and Saint Joseph came here all the way from Galilee for the census ordered by the Emperor Augustus. The child’s birth is approaching, and there is no place for them anywhere. The child is the promised Messiah, predicted by the prophets, and so long awaited by all mankind. They did not find a place in any house, in any shelter, except in the Bethlehem stable, where our Saviour was born, who is Christ the Lord!

Reflection on Rom 6:17-18

Post date:   2018-12-15
Autor:   BCP
Thanks be to God that, being converted, we were given the grace to receive the salvific teaching based on the faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We have been delivered by Him from enslavement caused by sin, and we have taken the new path of righteousness.  

Metanoia – orthopraxy /Advent 2018/

Post date:   2018-12-11
Autor:   BCP
In these times of spiritual chaos, one needs to have a clear grasp of the means that lead to spiritual life – orthopraxy.Many have been baptized, even confirmed, but without conversion and the path of repentance they are dead members of the Church (cf. Lk 13:3). Although Jesus was without sin, He was baptized with the baptism of repentance, and the Holy Spirit descended on Him (Mt 3). He gave us an example.Conversion and repentance are the foundations of orthopraxy.

Advent 2018, metanoia – orthodoxy

Post date:   2018-12-07
Autor:   BCP
Why is the present-day Church in such a deep crisis? Much of the blame for this falls on John XXIII’s aggiornamento and the postconciliar spirit. What then should bishops, priests and religious do in Advent time, the time of repentance? They should separate from the spiritual poison of the aggiornamento and of the postconciliar spirit promoting heresies which destroy the essence of Christianity.

Advent 2018, the Church has no Pope!

Post date:   2018-12-05
Autor:   BCP
The Catholic Church has no Pope. It is in a state of Sede Vacante. In accordance with the Scripture and Church doctrine, a heretic must not be obeyed by anyone because he is excluded from the Church of Christ. Bergoglio promotes paganism not only by fanatical migration propaganda, but also by the destruction of natural moral standards through Amoris laetitia and by the promotion of sodomy. He has so far protected it even in the highest Vatican posts.

The Epiclesis /Part three: The Epiclesis – How to experience the Epiclesis in the Liturgy/

Post date:   2018-12-04
Autor:   BCP
We present one of the ways how to experience the Epiclesis, as practised in some monasteries.

The Epiclesis /Part four: The Epiclesis – The Temple and Iconostasis/

Post date:   2018-12-04
Autor:   BCP
The biblical model of the Christian temple is the vision given by God (to Moses). It was applied to the Jerusalem Temple. The basic structure consists of the Holy of Holies, where God is present in a special way, the Holy Place, where the priests offered sacrifices to God, and the place for people. The Eastern temple with an iconostasis, altar and tabernacle has preserved this biblical structure to this day. The Western Church had preserved it only until the Second Vatican Council which carried out an absurd reform. After the reform, the priest, who represents the people and offers sacrifice to God on the altar in their behalf, has turned his back to the centre of the temple, which is the tabernacle where God’s presence dwells constantly. The basis for the necessary reform today is to restore the liturgical posture of the priest so that he faces the tabernacle – the spiritual centre of the temple – as it used to be practised throughout the history.

Word of Life – Rom 6:16 (2/12/2018 – 16/12/2018)

Post date:   2018-11-30
Autor:   BCP
“Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?”

Reflection on Rom 6:16

Post date:   2018-11-30
Autor:   BCP
This verse from the Scripture reveals a deep truth about obedience the fruit of which is eternal life in heaven or eternal death in hell. If we do not serve God wholeheartedly, we are not free but we are slaves of original sin which is in us. We automatically obey original sin, i.e. the source of lies and evil in our heart. Original sin clouds our mind and weakens our will so that we hate the truth about ourselves, reject the true good and refuse to serve God and keep His commandments.

The Epiclesis /Part two: The Holy Spirit and the Epiclesis/

Post date:   2018-11-29
Autor:   BCP
When did the Holy Spirit come? Only after Jesus accomplished His sacrifice on the cross, rose from the dead, and ascended to heaven on the fortieth day where He was glorified. Only then does He send the Holy Spirit in fullness on the Apostles, and the Holy Spirit enlightens their mind and strengthens their will. The Apostles, who fled out of fear and did not stand by the cross, now become heroes of faith who, one by one, shed their blood for Christ’s sake as martyrs. After the descent of the Holy Spirit they understood what Jesus had done at the Last Supper when He established the new covenant and gave His body and blood for the remission of sins. They understood that the Holy Spirit makes present this mystery through His words of Institution and through those whom Jesus chose, i.e. the Apostles and their successors.

The Epiclesis /Part one: The Difference between Eastern and Western Liturgy/

Post date:   2018-11-27
Autor:   BCP
The Eastern Liturgy of St Basil the Great and St John Chrysostom (4th century) contains the Epiclesis. The Epiclesis is also found in other Eastern rites. It comes directly from the Apostolic Tradition. What is the difference between Eastern and Western Liturgy? The Western Liturgy was radically modified at the Second Vatican Council. The reform introduced four Canons instead of one. The pre-conciliar Latin Liturgy had no mention of the Holy Spirit in the Canon. The reformed conciliar Liturgy does make mention of the Holy Spirit but it has been inserted before the words of Institution. Unlike the Latin Liturgy, the Eastern Liturgy includes a so-called intense invocation of the Holy Spirit, or the Epiclesis, after the words of Institution.

Letter to Slovak MPs concerning the UN Global Compact on Migration (+polish version)

Post date:   2018-11-23
Autor:   BCP
It is incomprehensible that someone now wants to sign the UN Global Compact on Migration, which is an accelerator of Europe’s Islamization. It is currently presented as a non-binding document. So we ask why you need to sign it?! This is obvious manipulation because the document uses the term “we bind ourselves” dozens of times. It means that tomorrow one can expect this document to acquire a binding character as a document of international law. This is a tactics of leading the states into a trap and destroying their sovereignty with their own hands.

Pseudo Pope destroys contemplative monasteries

Post date:   2018-11-22
Autor:   BCP
An open heretic Francis Bergoglio issued two documents aimed at destroying contemplative monasteries, one on 29 June 2016 and the other on 1 April 2018. Of course, everything has been wrapped up in pious phrases and positive terms. Obviously the purpose of this church globalization is to put into practice his statement about the hosting of Islamists in every monastery, and thus a gradual transition from monasteries to Muslim mosques.At this historic moment, we call on all contemplative religious communities, and especially the Little Sisters of Mary in France: Separate from the heretic and pseudo Pope Bergoglio!

Word of Life – Rom 6:13 (18/11/2018 – 2/12/2018

Post date:   2018-11-17
Autor:   BCP
“And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.”

Reflection on Rom 6:13

Post date:   2018-11-17
Autor:   BCP
“...do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin…”. What does it mean? It calls for steps of practical faith and following Christ. Everyone can gain personal experience from this faith. Naturally, it involves a struggle, a kind of transformation or gradual spiritual operation – we should no longer present our members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin. On the contrary, we should present our members as instruments of righteousness to God.

What happens when man dies? (+german version)

Post date:   2018-11-13
Autor:   BCP
When man dies, the body remains lying where it is. Then it is taken to the morgue. But at the moment when man dies, the personal judgment of his soul takes place immediately. It awaits each one of us. We will encounter Christ face to face. At one moment our whole life will be screened, all our deeds, words, thoughts, both good and bad.

The Bible and morality

Post date:   2018-11-08
Autor:   BCP
Life is a test which decides whether we will have a happy or unhappy eternity. The biggest reality is death. The purpose of life is not the pursuit of sensual pleasures, the less so becoming their slave. The purpose of life is to seek the truth, to love it, to sacrifice ourselves for it, and, if necessary, even to die for it. Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is the Truth Incarnate. We who have accepted the Truth – Jesus – become the adoptive (second-born) sons and daughters of God (cf. Jn 1:12). God wants us to save our souls for eternity (cf. Mk 8:35; Jn 12:24). If we actively enter into spiritual unity with Jesus, we have the strength to resist the source of evil in us, the system of lies in the world as well as the spirit of lies, the devil (cf. Jam 4:4-8). Jesus is the Way (Jn 14:6). To follow this Way, God has given us laws and commandments whose observance requires self-denial and the following of Jesus (Mt 16:24).

No one can escape death (+german version)

Post date:   2018-11-05
Autor:   BCP
What is human life? Nothing but toil, trouble, suffering and finally death. However, death is not the end. It is followed by eternity. We can see that our life is short and it is in the hands of God. It is a test of love whether we have chosen God, divine values and good or united to evil and the Evil One. So each of you decide your eternity during your life. Jesus has given us His Word, that we may live a responsible life and not lose eternal life. It is therefore foolishness to settle down on this earth. In the hour of death we must leave everything – our relationships to people, things… He lives wisely who is mindful of death.

Reflection on Rom 6:11

Post date:   2018-11-03
Autor:   BCP
This verse from chapter six of the Epistle to the Romans again is a mystery. The condition for its revelation is a living faith and walking by faith, in other words putting the truth of faith into practice. We can see that the most important thing for us to reckon with spiritual laws by faith is our union with the Lord Jesus Christ, because these laws work in Him alone. In His death on the cross and in His glorious resurrection is the victory over sin. That is why it is important for us to have a personal relationship to Christ crucified and risen. Through baptism we were immersed in Christ’s death and resurrection, and we should live these truths by faith within the framework of time: in Christ Jesus we are dead to sin and alive to God!