Patriarch Elijah’s message on the Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary

Post date:   2014-11-20
Autor:   BCP
We celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary. The Word of God says: “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.” Jesus said the same words at the end of the Sermon on the Mount which begins with the Beatitudes and ends with the parable of two men who built a house. One man built a house on the sand and the other on the rock. Those who hear the word of God but do not keep it build on the sand. Those who hear the word and put it into practice build on the rock. This reveals the essence of the way of our salvation.

Holocaust by technique of lies

Post date:   2014-11-19
Autor:   BCP
The first woman, Eve, believed the spirit of lies and death spread to her and her offspring (Gen 3). The devil is the father of lies (Jn 8:44). He disguises himself as an angel of light (2Cor 11:14-15). The technique of lies, behind which is the spirit of the angel of light, is used today towards autogenocide of mankind. It has four stages: 1) tolerance of crime; 2) positive terms for crime; 3) popularization of crime; 4) legalization of crime.

What do people need today? (video)

Post date:   2014-11-18
Autor:   BCP
What do people need today? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Foolishness is in our genes as a consequence of original sin (video)

Post date:   2014-11-15
Autor:   BCP
Foolishness is in our genes as a consequence of original sin. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Gender meeting in the Vatican (17-19 November 2014)

Post date:   2014-11-15
Autor:   BCP
Francis has called a meeting with pagan leaders to discuss the gender issue. What is gender ideology? It is amoral ideology which holds that a man has a right to declare himself to be a woman, and the whole public must accept it. He also has the “right” to undergo a sex-change operation. The term “gender” includes homosexuality and about 50 other forms of gender schizophrenia.The Vatican and pagan leaders will say no clear words which would support human nature and sound mind but by means of pious phrases and psychological manipulation they will open the door to this spirit of immorality to penetrate into the Church. This is the aim of the gender meeting in the Vatican.

Prayer of unity and power

Post date:   2014-11-13
Autor:   BCP
Mk 11:23: "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says."

Armenian martyrs – witnesses to Christ (video)

Post date:   2014-11-09
Autor:   BCP
Armenian martyrs – witnesses to Christ.  + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Start to make the best of everyday life situations (video)

Post date:   2014-11-08
Autor:   BCP
Start to make the best of everyday life situations. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate  

Reflection on Jn 14:26

Post date:   2014-11-08
Autor:   BCP
“He will bring to your remembrance…” We can know the whole Scripture by heart, we can have a large amount of information like a computer, but that’s not essential. We need the right information at the right time, and this information may be much useful or it can even save life. We need to project it on the screen of our mind. This reviving in the spiritual sphere is the work of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel of Christ is no human philosophy or human wisdom. The words of Jesus are the Spirit and life. They are simple and call for action. It is not enough to hear them and lead religious discussions. That’s too little. We need to actualize Jesus’ commandments.

The teaching about Christ must be connected with interior prayer (video)

Post date:   2014-11-07
Autor:   BCP
The teaching about Christ must be connected with interior prayer. + Elijah  Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

The mystery of the gift of a new nature

Post date:   2014-11-07
Autor:   BCP
God promised to give us a new heart and a new spirit (cf. Ezek 36:26). He performed this transplantation of heart when Jesus, dying on the cross, said: “Behold, your mother” and the disciple received her. Each of us must be a disciple standing bravely by the cross like John. It is the place where our salvation and transplantation of heart is accomplished.

Care about Jesus and He will care for all other things (video)

Post date:   2014-11-06
Autor:   BCP
Care about Jesus and He will care for all other things. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Hear, O Israel! You shall love God! (Deut 6:4-5)

Post date:   2014-11-04
Autor:   BCP
To love God means to lose my soul for His sake. There is no other way. By losing my soul and its spiritual powers, which are infected by original sin, I will keep it for eternal life.

The fruits of the betrayal of God (video)

Post date:   2014-10-31
Autor:   BCP
The fruits of the betrayal of God. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Masonry and careerism in the Church (video)

Post date:   2014-10-30
Autor:   BCP
Masonry and careerism in the Church. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Reflection on Jn 14:23

Post date:   2014-10-25
Autor:   BCP
Jesus said these words the night before His death. These and other words, which He said before His death, are contained in chapters 13-17 of John’s Gospel. Jesus speaks about love which is necessarily connected with the keeping of His commandments. Jesus the Son of God acts as the Law-giver on His own authority. He repeats several times: “But I say to you…” Jesus does not abolish the Decalogue; on the contrary, He points out its essence. He points to the root of sin, lusts, pride, hatred, revenge. Christ makes more accurate the commandments of the Decalogue.

Try it! (video)

Post date:   2014-10-23
Autor:   BCP
Try it! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

Post date:   2014-10-21
Autor:   BCP
What is it – Christ’s commandments? What the Ten Commandments are, it is clear. They are God’s laws formulated in ten clear commandments of God. And what are Christ’s commandments? Is it the same or is it something different? Nobody speaks about them, nobody emphasizes them. Nobody has taught us about them. Christ’s commandments are partly expressed in the Sermon on the Mount, then in the words of Jesus the night before His death, and in other places of the Scripture too.

The renewal of the nation begins with the renewal of the Church (video)

Post date:   2014-10-21
Autor:   BCP
The renewal of the nation begins with the renewal of the Church. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

Woe to him who is alone! (video)

Post date:   2014-10-18
Autor:   BCP
Woe to him who is alone! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate