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Let us be wise! (video)
Post date: 2014-09-07Autor: BCP
Let us be wise! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
I fear one thing (video)
Post date: 2014-09-06Autor: BCP
I fear one thing. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Practical spiritual advice /3/ - The role of man in the family
Post date: 2014-09-06Autor: BCP
You have families. Man should be as a priest in the family. He has responsibility for his wife and children. Then he will have grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Think of Abraham – he believed and God gave a blessing to all his descendants. Each of you bears responsibility. Family is your diocese, your parish. You are responsible above all for the souls, and not only for yourselves. Husband should be the head of his wife, the head of the family. He has a certain responsibility before God. God also gives man a kind of authority. Man should learn true wisdom. He needs to learn to fight against lies, to manage his family wisely and to protect it. This is not simple.
Practical spiritual advice /2/ - The assurance of forgiveness
Post date: 2014-09-05Autor: BCP
The First Epistle of John reads: “If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” So there is a condition: to walk in the light as He is in the light. It concerns God’s presence. There is no need of a vision or apparition; I just realize that God sees me and focus my attention on this truth.
If we walk in the light, the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin! (video)
Post date: 2014-09-03Autor: BCP
If we walk in the light, the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Practical spiritual advice /1/ - So what is the truth then?
Post date: 2014-09-02Autor: BCP
What is the greatest commandment of the Old and New Testaments? To love God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our strength. When did you love God in this way? You need the experience. How to get it? First of all, I need to focus my attention on God’s presence, give Him my sins, wholly trust in Him, trust in His omnipotence, and at that moment I am so closely united to God by faith and love that I am ready even to give my life for Him rather than commit a sin.
Do you want to live a righteous life? Be ready for persecution! (video)
Post date: 2014-08-30Autor: BCP
Do you want to live a righteous life? Be ready for persecution! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Automatisms of our corrupt nature (video)
Post date: 2014-08-29Autor: BCP
Automatisms of our corrupt nature + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Why do we need a new heart? (video)
Post date: 2014-08-27Autor: BCP
Why do we need a new heart? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
How to get rid of faultfinding. (video)
Post date: 2014-08-20Autor: BCP
How to get rid of faultfinding + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
I want to know the truth about myself (video)
Post date: 2014-08-15Autor: BCP
I want to know the truth about myself + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The essence of spiritual life – to lose your soul for the sake of Christ (video)
Post date: 2014-08-04Autor: BCP
The essence of spiritual life – to lose your soul for the sake of Christ. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Jn 14:9-10
Post date: 2014-08-02Autor: BCP
Jesus speaks about the interior knowledge through faith and enlightenment by the Holy Spirit. The truth that the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father is a mystery. Christ declares this mystery to us and the Holy Spirit guides us into it. It is not sufficient to see Christ physically. The Pharisees and scribes could see Christ and all the miracles, and even make sure of His physical resurrection, but they remained spiritually blind. The knowledge of Christ requires a simple heart. The Father reveals this mystery to the childlike rather than the wise and clever. Jesus clearly says to Philip: “He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” He does not mean physical but spiritual seeing. He who receives Christ also receives the Father by faith.
Jesus Christ – my God (video)
Post date: 2014-08-01Autor: BCP
Jesus Christ – my God. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual gifts, ministries and manifestation
Post date: 2014-07-24Autor: BCP
The will of God for us is revealed in the Scripture. In the First Epistle to the Corinthians, we read clearly: “Pursue love, and eagerly desire the spiritual gifts!” So it tells us to desire eagerly, not carelessly or idly, and we should not say in false humility that we are not worthy of it. For who is worthy of being eternally saved? And what is more – the gift or the Giver? To be saved means to share in divine life. And eternal life already begins on earth. And then: “God wills everyone to be saved.” (1Tim 2:4)
Reflection on Jn 14:6
Post date: 2014-07-19Autor: BCP
Jesus says about Himself: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Jesus said to the Jews: “Before Abraham was, I AM.” (Jn 8:58) They took up stones to throw at Him, for the name of God is “HE WHO IS”. Jesus says that He is the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus is the Truth. The devil is a liar and the father of lies. Jesus said to those who believed in Him: “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Jn 8:32) He does not speak about an abstract truth but about Divine Truth in the flesh, i.e. about Himself. Jesus also says that He is the Life. The contrary of life is death, both temporal and eternal. Jesus gives us eternal life, and He Himself is Eternal Life. He says: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (Jn 11:25)
You are because God wanted you to be (video)
Post date: 2014-07-19Autor: BCP
You are because God wanted you to be. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
A heretic cannot be canonized (video)
Post date: 2014-07-15Autor: BCP
A heretic cannot be canonized. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Anniversary of the jubilee renewal of baptism
Post date: 2014-07-06Autor: BCP
On Sunday, 6 July 2014, we will mark the first anniversary of the renewal of baptism in the Dnieper River in Kiev. We vividly recall the canonization of John Milic of Kromeriz, Czech preacher of repentance and prophet, by Patriarch Elijah of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate during a solemn liturgy in front of the Church of St. Sophia in Kiev on the eve of the feast of nativity of St. John the Baptist.
Reflection on Jn 14:1-2
Post date: 2014-07-04Autor: BCP
Chapter 14 captures deep truths concerning the mystery of the inner unity with Christ and the Heavenly Father. This mystery is also related to the Holy Spirit. Jesus uttered these truths on the evening before His death. In verse one, Jesus says: “Let not your heart be troubled…” These words also refer to you personally. Every day we face situations in which our heart is troubled; we feel tension and fear, see how evil and lies destroy the truth and good… What to do to let not our heart be troubled but find true peace? Jesus offers a simple solution: “You believe in God, believe also in Me.” And how to believe? To believe that God is almighty and next, that if He sends on us suffering, He always provides a way out. He either gives us the light and strength or solves the situation Himself.