Reflection on Mt 5:38-39

Post date:   2016-01-17
Autor:   BCP
The commandment “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” seems cruel to us; however, it was intended to establish basic justice and to prevent avalanche-like revenge. . Man has a tendency to pluck out two eyes for one eye and to knock out all teeth for one tooth. But Jesus tells us to forgive, to respond to evil by doing good and to hatred by showing forgiveness. To be able to put this principle into practice and to suppress hatred and revenge as the natural reaction to evil, the Lord’s words on forgiveness need to be rooted in us. Evil can deceive us very easily and the avalanche that follows is hard to stop. The only solution is the instruction given by Jesus. It may seem disadvantageous or even absurd, and yet this absurdity is true life wisdom. Moreover, man should be aware of his sins against God as well as of the fact that by forgiving he has an opportunity to show his gratitude to God and to follow Jesus.

Lernt Gottes Wort auswendig! /german version/ (+video)

Post date:   2016-01-16
Autor:   BCP
Lernt Gottes Wort auswendig! / + Elija Patriarch des Byzantinischen Katholischen Patriarchats

Whose slave are you? (video)

Post date:   2016-01-16
Autor:   BCP
Whose slave are you? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Proclamation of a year of forgiveness among the Slavic peoples

Post date:   2016-01-15
Autor:   BCP
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate, by authority of the apostolic and prophetic office, hereby proclaims the year 2016 a year of mutual forgiveness among the Slavonic nations of Poland, Ukraine and Russia.In the present situation, these nations must unite, in both political and spiritual terms, in order to preserve their own identity and to develop economically. Incitement to mutual hatred is a crime against these nations!

We need the Spirit of Christ (video)

Post date:   2016-01-14
Autor:   BCP
We need the Spirit of Christ. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Is the God of Christians identical with the Allah of Muslims?

Post date:   2016-01-13
Autor:   BCP
In 1965, the Second Vatican Council declared a heresy about the Christian God and the Muslim Allah being one and the same.The essential feature of the true Lord God is that He is self-subsistent. Allah is not the true God. He is not self-subsistent; he is a pagan god of moon identified in Mecca as the highest of the 360 gods. When Moses asked the Lord what His name was, God replied, “I Am Who I Am” (YHWH), so He alone is subsistent in Himself and does not have a beginning from anyone. And to say the same about the pagan god Allah through the mouth of the Council is a colossal heresy. It is as if the Council said: “God and a demon is one and the same.” And this is blasphemy calling for a curse! Furthermore, it means destruction of whole Christianity at the root, a spiritual suicide.

Sei dir bewusst, dass du Jesus von Angesicht zu Angesicht begegnen wirst /german version/ (+video)

Post date:   2016-01-12
Autor:   BCP
Sei dir bewusst, dass du Jesus von Angesicht zu Angesicht begegnen wirst / + Elija  Patriarch des Byzantinischen Katholischen Patriarchats

We are not mindful of death in our everyday life

Post date:   2016-01-06
Autor:   BCP
We all know, logically, that we must die. However, none of us is mindful of it. It is the height of folly that even people in hospitals, paralyzed by illness, do not think seriously about death. There is nothing more important in life than to be ever ready for death. No priest can save you in the hour of death but perfect contrition can. If you neglect to elicit perfect contrition, if you think of vanities, or if various thoughts attack you, do not think that it is all right with you just because you had confessed to a priest. Do not rely on the priest but on God’s mercy. You must learn to elicit perfect contrition, that means, to admit your sins in earnest and to give them to the Lord Jesus to be cleansed by the power of His Holy Blood. That’s your life assurance.  

Reflection on Mt 5:33-34

Post date:   2016-01-02
Autor:   BCP
Jesus points out that there was a command given in the Old Testament with regard to an oath not to swear falsely. However, He Himself tells us not to swear at all. Let what we say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. This applies to honest Christians, of course. Concerning the rule not to betray a secret to the enemy, and the question of truth and lie in this respect, it is something different. The enemy has no right to ask me about discreet questions. If I reveal them, I will do harm to myself and to many others. To appeal in this case to the words that a Christian should simply say Yes or No means to misuse the words of Christ. In an extraordinary situation, there is a rule that I must not reveal the mysteries to the enemy.

False mercy of Pope Francis

Post date:   2015-12-28
Autor:   BCP
Before Christmas, Francis appealed to the governments of all nations for four things:1) the abolition of the death penalty even for the most dangerous criminals and mass murderers; 2) the abolition of life imprisonment for those criminals; 3) an alternative for criminals instead of imprisonment; 4) an amnesty for the toughest criminals in prisonsThis is no attitude of mercy but the height of cruelty to defenceless citizens. As a result of Francis’ appeal, the police should be abolished and no longer search for criminals. Within the bounds of Francis’ mercy and tolerance, criminals may kill with impunity, torture, assassinate, commit violence, rob banks and even perpetrate mass genocide of nations, and remain untouchable.  

Christmas Urbi et Orbi message is another nail in the coffin

Post date:   2015-12-26
Autor:   BCP
On 6 September 2015, “the Pope” Francis appealed for the suicide of Christianity and Europe by a regulation to accept Muslims in every parish, in every monastery and in every sanctuary. On the day of Christ’s birth he cynically continues promoting the suicide program and invites Herods and thugs to kill the living Christ in the souls of Christians in Europe.Francis, like a true apostate from Christ, His Gospel and the whole Tradition, pulls the wool over the eyes of the Christian world telling a colossal lie and irreality about so-called blessing for both individuals and states that would adopt the programme of Islamization: “May blessings in abundance reward those, whether individuals or countries, who welcome migrants and refugees.” The beginning of this “blessing” we have already seen in Paris.

Anathema against Patriarch Bartholomew from Turkish Istanbul

Post date:   2015-12-26
Autor:   BCP
Byzantine Catholic (Universal) Patriarchate, by authority of the apostolic and prophetic office, in the name of the Triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, hereby declares God’s anathema on Patriarch Bartholomew on the basis of Gal 1:8-9. Reason: 1) He did not profess the faith in Jesus Christ as the only Saviour, Lord and God. He did not dissociate himself from the contemporary heresies. 2) By his gesture in Assisi he expressed unity with the spirit of paganism. He promotes apostasy through interreligious dialogue. 3) He abuses ecclesiastical authority to spread the NWO system and the spirit of the New Age under the guise of ecology. 4) He promotes anti-Biblical, false tolerance towards sexual perversions such as homosexualism, transsexualism ...

Christmas rallies and Islamization /Pastoral letter to Christians and people of good will/

Post date:   2015-12-24
Autor:   BCP
Dear Christians and Czech citizens, at Christmas we commemorate the birth of Christ. Herod sought to kill the Divine Child. Today Herod kills the living Christ in the souls by heresies, globalization and Islamization! You also are like defenceless children against this Herod. If at this decisive moment You stand for Christ and against Islamization, God will save the Czech land through You! At Christmas, on 26 December, You can then truly sing the words of the anthem: “Where my home is”. Indeed, Your earthly home is here in the Czech Republic and Moravia! Your eternal home is in heaven! Do not let us perish, nor our descendants! Kyrie eleison! Christe eleison!

Reflection on Mt 5:32

Post date:   2015-12-19
Autor:   BCP
Jesus instituted the sacrament of marriage, and He emphasizes that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Marriage is connected with faithfulness and the procreation and education of children. Husband and wife should not only be one flesh but also one soul. They can only achieve this through a lifelong purification and self-humiliation in their relationship. An expression of love is to bear one another’s burdens. In marriage as a sacrament, husband and wife should come to mature spiritual unity, to true unity in Christ.Concerning modern corrupt society and the cult of impurity and perversion which influences not only young people but children too, a situation has now arisen which seems almost impossible to solve. It can only be solved from the position of a living faith, unquestioning obedience to the sound principles of the Gospel, a personal struggle for the purity of mind, the grace of God and a living community of Christians who defend moral values. Without prayer, without a living faith, without the struggle of the mind, it is impossible today even for converted Christians to remain faithful to one another.

The importance of fellowship (video)

Post date:   2015-12-18
Autor:   BCP
The importance of fellowship. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

What is in store for me after death?

Post date:   2015-12-17
Autor:   BCP
If someone is summoned to appear before a judge in court, one trembles with fear. We all shall stand before the judgment seat of God, but we fail to cover evil done by us. What would a person carrying drugs do if he knew that he will be shot to death if the drugs are discovered? He would quickly get rid of them, throw them away. Each of us carries sin. In the hour of death, however, we will not be able to enter into heaven because sin drags us to hell. The Word of God says clearly: “The wages of sin is death.” (Rom 6:23) Therefore, we must throw it away, condemn it and put it under the power of the Blood of Jesus which cleanses us from all sin.  

You are weak? That’s no problem! (video)

Post date:   2015-12-15
Autor:   BCP
You are weak? That’s no problem! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Let us give the first place to Jesus and His will every day

Post date:   2015-12-13
Autor:   BCP
Life is really very short and then comes eternity! The devil, the world and the old self try to keep us in dullness, sleep and pointless efforts lest we should pray, humble ourselves, encourage one another or earnestly seek the kingdom of God first. And therefore, let us deny ourselves and give the first place to Jesus and His will every day!

Do not think that spiritual life is special mysticism (video)

Post date:   2015-12-12
Autor:   BCP
Do not think that spiritual life is special mysticism. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

The political system in Russia

Post date:   2015-12-09
Autor:   BCP
The current political system of USA has a spirit of neofascism. Its agenda is reduction of mankind to a “golden billion”. Unless Russia builds a political system on the foundation of uncompromisingly opposing principles, it will be globalized.