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When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will do it
Post date: 2015-05-25Autor: BCP
One can live in a community which has received the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, who wants to guide us into all truth. We are slaves of sin and deceit, and only Jesus can make us free, no one else. He does so through His Spirit who guides us into His Word and into communion with Him, Jesus.
Reflection on Jn 16:33
Post date: 2015-05-23Autor: BCP
True happiness on this earth does not lie in abundance of property, wealth or career but in true peace. We can find this peace only in Christ. Supposing we seek it somewhere else or in someone else, we will not find it. We can by no means find this peace in the world. In the world we will only have tribulation. We must know it. There is no peace in the glory of the world, in vanity or in sin.
Learn God’s Word by heart! (video)
Post date: 2015-05-23Autor: BCP
Learn God’s Word by heart! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Man is the head of the family (video)
Post date: 2015-05-19Autor: BCP
Man is the head of the family. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Man must be wise (video)
Post date: 2015-05-18Autor: BCP
Man must be wise. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
“…let not sin reign” (Rom 6:12) (video)
Post date: 2015-05-16Autor: BCP
“…let not sin reign” (Rom 6:12) + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The poison of original sin
Post date: 2015-05-16Autor: BCP
The poison of original sin is in every one of us. This is in us and the devil laughs. Unless we fight against sin, pride and lusts for all our life, we can easily lapse into heresy. If we believe ourselves, we destroy ourselves. That is the poison in us and we have to fight with it continuously because it leads us to self-destruction. We must carry it as a cross, not unite with it but resist it. “Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Jesus!”
Be conscious of your dignity! (video)
Post date: 2015-05-14Autor: BCP
Be conscious of your dignity! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
And we do not know it! (video)
Post date: 2015-05-12Autor: BCP
And we do not know it! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Jn 16:32
Post date: 2015-05-09Autor: BCP
Jesus knew the weakness of the apostles and He knows our weakness too. In a crisis, our old nature – i.e. our soul infected by original sin – gives way to fear and does not believe in Christ and His Word.Where will the apostles flee? What does “one’s own” mean in spiritual terms? It is the innermost of our heart. The Greek original of the Bible expresses it with the term “eis ta idia”.
Do you want a career? (video)
Post date: 2015-05-09Autor: BCP
Do you want a career? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
How very needful it is to follow Him
Post date: 2015-05-08Autor: BCP
Life is so short! We know neither the day nor the hour. Therefore we need to be prepared at all times for the moment when we shall depart this life. We must be in Christ even here on earth and carry all our crosses and burdens with a living faith. Jesus says: “Deny yourself and take up your cross; do not be in depression, take up your cross and follow Me – Jesus.” How very needful it is to follow Him! It is an everyday way of the cross. Lord, what is my cross? How should I deny myself? In little things – you thus get to the level where the power of sin does not work, you get out of your nature and enter into communion with Jesus.
We cannot have accord with the spirit of the world (video)
Post date: 2015-05-05Autor: BCP
We cannot have accord with the spirit of the world. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The cross of responsibility (video)
Post date: 2015-05-01Autor: BCP
The cross of responsibility. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Learn one thing
Post date: 2015-04-30Autor: BCP
Whenever a problem arises, our old self automatically begins to complain against God, swear or be distressed. Learn one thing: Deny yourself and give thanks. “Lord, thank You for this cross – for getting a scolding again, for missing my bus…” You only need to give thanks and God will enlighten you: “Look, such bad thing would have happened to you there, it could have such and such consequences…” And you suddenly realize numbers of other things related to it.
The most important thing is to save souls (video)
Post date: 2015-04-30Autor: BCP
The most important thing is to save souls. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
We must witness to the living Christ (video)
Post date: 2015-04-28Autor: BCP
We must witness to the living Christ. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Christ died for sinners – of whom I am the worst
Post date: 2015-04-28Autor: BCP
The Apostle Paul said: Christ died for sinners – of whom I am the worst. No false mysticism. He did not consider himself a super saint. Holiness consists in humility, in realizing the truth that every day I am self-willed, every day my soul automatically produces sin, I condemn others in my thoughts, I am a hedonist.
Reflection on Jn 16:23-24
Post date: 2015-04-25Autor: BCP
The night before His death, Jesus emphasizes several times that we should ask in His name. He also speaks about true love for God which consists in keeping His commandments.
What is it in us? (video)
Post date: 2015-04-23Autor: BCP
What is it in us? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate