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Reflection on Jn 16:24
Post date: 2024-12-22Autor: BCP
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Recourse to the Mother of Jesus
Post date: 2024-12-09Autor: BCP
Even an unbelieving person, when suddenly confronted by a difficult situation, subconsciously cries out like a small child: “Mummy!” We can have recourse to Mary as our Mother. Jesus gave her to us as our Mother. Eve is the mother of the human race. Mary became our spiritual Mother. The task of a mother is not only to give birth to or receive children, but to feed and rear them. Mary accompanied Jesus on His Way of the Cross. None of the people knew Him so intimately, none was in so deep unity with Him as His Mother. And Jesus gave His Mother to us, His children. We have the same Mother: you and I and Jesus.
Reflection on 1Jn 5:11-12
Post date: 2024-12-09Autor: BCP
As we repeat the word of life daily over these two weeks, it would be good to take a few moments, pick up the Bible and find the quotes listed. For example, it would be ideal for the whole family to get together on Sunday evening and go through God’s Word according to the questions given.
Reflection on 1Cor 10:13
Post date: 2024-11-23Autor: BCP
Man thinks that when a trial comes that it is beyond his strength, that he should give up and not fight, and that is a mistake. And at the same time it is a sign of our unbelief that we do not count on God and God’s help. But what does God’s Word say? “God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able...” Trial or temptation or various afflictions may come from our weakness due to the circumstances in which we find ourselves, or through particular people, or suggestive thoughts such as fear, or even the spirit of lies – the devil – may attack our thinking. But God has it all under control; we are not alone in our trial. God knows us, and if He allows a certain trial, He knows that it can be for our benefit, for our spiritual purification.
Reflection on 1Cor 10:10
Post date: 2024-11-09Autor: BCP
Each of us can search our conscience as to how we accept even the slightest trials that God allows in our life. How many times we grumble before others instead of trusting God, waiting patiently and believing that God can turn even the greatest evil into good. By our grumbling, we not only sin against God, but we give offence to other people. We should then apologize, confess our sin of unbelief and distrust in God, and repent publicly before those before whom we have poured out our gloomy feelings and murmurings. We will repeat this word of life for two weeks. May we recall the various grumblings of the past, since the time we believed in the Lord, so that we may immediately repent and beat our chests at least three times, saying: “Lord, have mercy.”
Reflection on Jer 51:47
Post date: 2024-10-27Autor: BCP
This verse is preceded by the words: “I will punish Bel (Pachamama) in Babylon and make him spew out what he has swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him. And the wall of Babylon will fall.” And the prophet cries out: “Come out of her, my people! Run for your lives! Run from the fierce anger of the Lord. Do not lose heart or be afraid when rumours are heard in the land; one rumour comes this year, another the next, rumours of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.” And now follows the verse we reflect on: “For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her.” What are the idols of Babylon? Bergoglio himself enthroned the Pachamama demon and dedicated himself to Satan under the guidance of a sorcerer in Canada as a precedent. This spirit of paganism has gradually turned the holy city into the harlot of the antichrist – pagan Babylon.
Reflection on Jer 51:42
Post date: 2024-10-12Autor: BCP
The prophet Jeremiah, especially in the last chapters, prophesies against Babylon. But there is also a historical Babylon mentioned in Genesis 1. It speaks of the pride of man wanting to build a great tower. The name Babel or Babylon means confusion. God confused the speech of these proud builders and scattered them throughout the earth. In the 1st millennium BC, the nation of Israel was like between two millstones. One was the Babylonian Empire and the other was Egypt. The prophets, whether Isaiah, Jeremiah, or others, very often made pronouncements against Babylon. According to Gen 10:6-10, Nimrod, the grandson of Ham, founded the city of Babylon. The city grew greatly, but was completely destroyed in the revolt against Assyria in 683 BC. It was later rebuilt on both sides of the Euphrates. The name itself signified to the Old Testament prophets the anti-God power that controls the world. It is a demonic power that will rise up against God in the last days.
Reflection on 2Cor 5:21
Post date: 2024-09-28Autor: BCP
It is very helpful to contemplate what Jesus suffered for us when He identified Himself, as it were, with sin, that is, took upon Himself the source of evil, sin, but also all the evil that comes from that source, that is, from original sin. We can contemplate it when praying the Holy Rosary or we can contemplate the Seven Words from the Cross. So the word of life, which we will recite for two weeks, is meant to remind us: Jesus, You suffered for me and my sins in Gethsemane, in the scourging, on the Way of the Cross, and on the cross, so that through Your sacrifice I might receive You, the spotless Lamb, and thus the forgiveness of sins, that is, the justification of God.
Reflection on 2Cor 4:14
Post date: 2024-09-22Autor: BCP
We are to walk before the face of God even during the day. When a problem comes up, let us stop for a moment, realize – God sees me – and briefly turn to Him for light and for help. God allows certain problems, that is, crosses, during the day because our eyes and our hearts are focused only on earthly concerns and we forget God. Let us therefore remember the motto which is also part of the prayer in the Holy Mass: “Lift up your hearts!” We need to lift up our hearts to the Lord!
Deny yourself and the power of God will work
Post date: 2024-09-15Autor: BCP
What God wants from us – and this is the essence of holiness – is the obedience of faith, which is usually associated with small outward self-denials, but especially with inward ones. We have a lot of ideas of doing something and we want it this or another way. God gives us these ideas so that we are not completely empty because emptiness can have a negative impact and not everyone can cope with it. That is why God gives us different ideas, but then wants us to sacrifice our Isaac like Abraham.
Reflection on Lk 12:39
Post date: 2024-08-31Autor: BCP
The purpose of life is not to eat, drink and sleep, to accumulate things or to pursue a career. The purpose of life is to seek the truth and care about the salvation of our immortal soul. With this goal in mind, then, we need to draw further information from the Gospel of Christ to show us how wisely we are to arrange this short life of ours, which is only a test to gain eternal life. It is essential to turn from the spirit of the world and accept Christ and His Gospel, and to walk in that light in the midst of the darkness, lies and evil that affect man. The goal is to follow Christ, to unite with Him in our life, our suffering and our death. Then we will be united with Him for all eternity in the glory of God.
Spiritual mobilization of Poland (Part 2) /For students/ (video)
Post date: 2024-08-23Autor: BCP
Dear students at all levels of schools in Poland, we call on you to spiritually mobilize! The system of lies and death must be resisted. Professional lies use moral impurity to enslave people with the aim of total self-destruction of yourselves, your families and the Polish nation. The struggle against the spirit of lies and immorality is the hardest struggle, but the victory is the most glorious, and what is more, after the end of this life it is crowned with a crown of eternal glory. This struggle must be fought under the protection of our Heavenly Mother.
Reflection on Lk 13:5
Post date: 2024-08-20Autor: BCP
Before Jesus spoke these words, He said: “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?” Saying this, He responded to the report about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices, and He emphasized: “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” And He added: “Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?” (v.1-4) And He said again: “Unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” These words apply to each of us. Repentance is not a one-time thing. Perhaps it can be true of conversion, when you become open to God’s grace, and turn from the spirit of the world to God. But then the world keeps pulling you down and forcing you to submit to its system again. That is, to prioritize material and external things and not care about your soul and its salvation.
Spiritual mobilization of Poland (Part 1) /For men/ (video)
Post date: 2024-08-15Autor: BCP
Dear Catholic men of Poland, the situation in the world is critical in every way. As for world politics, gender ideology and other agendas with the aim of so-called depopulation are being promoted, and as for the Catholic Church, it was transformed into a New Age anti-church on 18 December 2023 by the doctrinal declaration Fiducia supplicans of pseudo-Pope Bergoglio. He excluded himself from the Catholic Church by multiple excommunications and God’s anathema for a false anti-gospel according to Gal 1:8-9.
Reflection on Luke 2:35
Post date: 2024-08-06Autor: BCP
In this battle for souls, we are to lift the spiritual mountains of demonic forces that nowadays occupy individual nations, entire cities, villages, and even individuals. Jesus gave us the commission and the promise to cast out demons, heal the sick and raise the dead in His name. Sadly, the promise is usually ineffective because we doubt in our hearts, our faith is weak, as if the word is without spirit, without power. But if we endeavour, as St Louis Maria Grignion says, to do everything with Mary and in Mary, and we give her full reign in us in that moment and let her work through us, her faith is without doubt. She is blessed because she believed what she was told by the Lord. As for the conflict with demons, she is full of grace, full of the Holy Spirit, and the power of the Most High – or the Holy Spirit – works through her. In other words, Mary in us commands the demons, “Come out!” and the power of God – the Holy Spirit – makes it happen. It is therefore necessary for us to enter deeply into this mystery. She is the new Eve, she is Immaculate.
Reflection on Lk 1:76-77
Post date: 2024-07-22Autor: BCP
When did the Spirit of prophecy come upon Zechariah and John the Baptist? It was when the Most Holy Mother of God entered and greeted Zechariah’s house. All were filled with the Holy Spirit, both Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, and the child she was expecting leaped for joy in her womb, and she spoke a prophetic word. Mary is full of God’s grace, full of the Holy Spirit. That is why, even today, in an almost apocalyptic age, we need to renew a true devotion to Mary, as spoken of by St Louis Marie Grignion, whose motto was “Everything with Mary, in Mary, and through Mary”. And he adds: “and for Mary”. He also predicted that in these difficult times a new generation of true devotees of the Blessed Virgin, her spiritual sons and daughters, would arise.
Reflection on Lk 13:24
Post date: 2024-07-06Autor: BCP
This is Jesus’ answer to the question as He walked through the towns and villages toward Jerusalem, teaching as He went. Someone said to him: “Lord, are there really few who will be saved?” To this Jesus gave the answer about the narrow door that leads to salvation. This is the word of life that we will be remembering throughout the two weeks. This word of life is followed by, “Once the householder gets up and closes the door, and you stay outside and start pounding on the door and crying, ‘Lord, open it for us,’ then he answers, ‘I don’t know where you are from!’ Then you will say, ‘We have eaten and drunk with you, and you have taught in our streets!’ But he will answer, ‘I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you will be cast out. And they shall come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. Behold, they are the last that shall be first, and they are the first that shall be last.” (v. 25-30)
Reflection on Lk 3:9
Post date: 2024-06-21Autor: BCP
The axe of death is already at the root of our life, regardless of our age or the position we hold on this short journey of life. John the Baptist does not mention a tree, that is, a man, that produces good fruit, because he assumes that the fruit he bears in this life will have its reward in eternity. John the Baptist points to the tree that does not produce good fruit, and speaks of its fate. It will be cut down and thrown into the fire. He means that such a man will be thrown into the eternal fire. It is a punishment for the bad fruit he has borne.
Let us abide in Christ and His Word out of love for our neighbours too
Post date: 2024-06-13Autor: BCP
The devil often uses sadness to break the relationships in the family or community! Sometimes, without meaning to, we focus our mind on a problem or begin to daydream and we do not realize that our face speaks louder than words (that is why people, when talking together, watch the face in order to sense what the other person means by his or her words). However, our face speaks even when our mouth is silent. Our thought, behind which is a certain spirit, becomes visible on our face – in our eye. That is why we should abide in and be filled with Christ and His Word at least out of love for our neighbours.
Reflection on Heb 13:5
Post date: 2024-06-09Autor: BCP
Before this statement from the Letter to the Hebrews, the Apostle writes: “Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and those who are ill-treated as if you yourselves were suffering. Marriage should be honoured by all, and marriages should be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.” Then follows this statement: “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” The Apostle continues: “So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’ Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.” (v. 3-9a)