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Word of Life – Rom 5:5 (5/6/2026 – 5/7/2026)
Post date: 2026-06-19Autor: BCP
"And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Reflection on Rom 5:5
Post date: 2026-06-19Autor: BCP
In time of hopelessness, realize God’s presence and His almightiness, and repeat several times in faith, “Jesus, I trust in You.” We can entrust our specific problems and feelings of helplessness to Jesus every day during the prayer pause at 6 pm. Let us look with faith upon Jesus crucified and, with trust, place our problem in each of His wounds, praying, “Jesus, I trust in You.” (3x)
Touch Jesus in Holy Communion (+german version)
Post date: 2026-06-14Autor: BCP
The Lord Jesus is really present in the Divine Liturgy. When we receive His Body and Blood in Holy Communion, we need to realize: “Jesus, You are in me now.” Jesus asks every one of us: “What do you want Me to do for you?” If you have a concrete problem, tell Him: “Lord, this is my problem – I am ill. You are my Physician, You are almighty!” And Jesus says to you the same as He said to the women in the Gospel who came to Him with a fervent plea or to the parents who asked Him to heal their child: “Let it be done for you as you have believed!” Or He says to you as He said to the leper: “I am willing; be cleansed!” Jesus is the same, and He is present in the Eucharist. He comes in a special way. When you receive His Body and Blood, He comes to you and becomes your guest.
Word of Life – Rom. 8:12-13 (7/6/2026 – 21/6/2026)
Post date: 2026-06-07Autor: BCP
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors – not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
Reflection on Rom 8:12-13
Post date: 2026-06-07Autor: BCP
When you recite Rom 8:12-13 daily for two weeks during the seven prayer stops, renew time and again your resolution to fight against the deeds of the body. Every day you write one page in the book of your life and this book will be opened in the hour of death before the judgment seat of God. Your fight has an impact on others too. You obtain for them the light and strength to turn from the broad way which leads to damnation. Whenever we fall, we must repent immediately, break with evil and take again the safe way of following Jesus to eternal life.
The love of God – the source of the love of neighbour (video)
Post date: 2026-06-06Autor: BCP
The love of God – the source of the love of neighbour + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The Holy Spirit will teach you…
Post date: 2026-05-28Autor: BCP
We are unable to grasp the depth of God’s truths and mysteries on our own. As Jesus said: “He will teach you…” Who? The Holy Spirit. No one else is able to teach us. He will approach you personally and teach you. But you have to want it and cooperate, and then He will teach you. No mention is made whether it will take a year, five years, or a lifetime. But He will teach you. Remember the promise: “He will teach you…” He will teach you how to be with Jesus. He will teach you how to live so that the life of Jesus can grow within you and Christ can live in you. He will teach you so that you can die and Jesus can grow. Jesus goes on to say: “He will remind you of everything I have told you.”
Word of Life – John 16:13 (24/5/2026 – 7/6/2026)
Post date: 2026-05-24Autor: BCP
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth.”
Reflection on Jn 16:13
Post date: 2026-05-24Autor: BCP
The Spirit of God brings light. This enables you to realize a truth that you previously did not see at all, or saw only in a distorted way. For example, He reveals that what seemed like a coincidence in your life was not a coincidence at all; now, after several years, you recognize this. What you saw as a loss was actually a gain. The harm that troubled you turned out to be ultimately beneficial. What you saw as misfortune was merely a barrier that prevented an even greater misfortune. At the time, you couldn’t understand this.
Brief reflection on the Descent of the Holy Spirit
Post date: 2026-05-24Autor: BCP
May the Holy Spirit fill you again and endow you with the true divine joy and His gifts. It is not enough to receive gifts; we need to receive the Giver! Let us do our best to live in the presence of God, seeking His will, so that our decisions, words and acts would not be our own but of God. To abide in and walk with God, we need practical faith. Indeed, we need to walk by faith like Abraham. And we need to revive our faith ever anew in all trials. No manifestation of a living faith is in vain or without response!
“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever – the Spirit of truth.” (Jn 14:16-17)
Post date: 2026-05-23Autor: BCP
“If you love Me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you.” (Jn 14:15-17)
God’s love – Agape – is poured into our hearts by God (video)
Post date: 2026-05-18Autor: BCP
God’s love – Agape – is poured into our hearts by God + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The meaning of life
Post date: 2026-05-16Autor: BCP
The Scripture says: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You gave me a body.” We can see what human body is – there are various diseases, people have their legs amputated, are confined to a wheelchair, or suffer from one illness after another. Body is just a bearer of suffering. How many people suffer in hospitals but so often fruitlessly because there is no one to tell them about the meaning of suffering, that they can be an atoning sacrifice for the salvation of the nation, for the salvation of souls. There is no one to preach to them.Start from yourself and make a firm decision anew: Jesus, I want to live for You, I want to serve You in this short period of my earthly life!
Word of Life – Rom. 6:4 (10/5/2026 – 24/5/2026)
Post date: 2026-05-09Autor: BCP
"We were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead…, even so we also should walk in newness of life."
Reflection on Rom 6:4
Post date: 2026-05-09Autor: BCP
To walk in newness of life means to live by faith which unites us to Christ. This is, in other words, the obedience of faith, which is mentioned e.g. in verse 16. The obedience of faith means the putting of God’s word into practice. This is what Jesus was speaking about when He encouraged the people to do God’s word, to embody it. Those who do so are wise. They do not build their life on the sand but on the rock (Mt 7:24).
Humility
Post date: 2026-05-07Autor: BCP
Of all people, the Virgin Mary is the supreme model of humility. The Lord Jesus, God and Man, said: “Learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.” He said clearly that this is what we should learn from Him. He clearly demands it from us. We should practically deny ourselves, accept our cross and follow Him humiliated, abandoned and crucified. Humility is the basis of all virtues. The opposite of humility is pride which leads to eternal death, while humility is the key to heaven. Humility overcomes the devil and the old self in us.
Word of Life – Rom. 4:25 (26/4/2026 – 10/5/2026)
Post date: 2026-04-25Autor: BCP
"Jesus was delivered over to death for our sins and rose again for our justification."
Reflection on Romans 4:25
Post date: 2026-04-25Autor: BCP
An example is Abraham’s faith. He believed that God is almighty. When you pray, become aware for at least one minute of God’s presence – that God sees you. Give Him your sins. Realize that He created the entire universe and this earth, and confess that Jesus died also for your sins and that He now justifies you. Confess your faith that Jesus truly rose from the dead, for He is God.
Jesus appears to Peter by the Lake of Gennesaret
Post date: 2026-04-20Autor: BCP
When the Scripture speaks about Peter’s first encounter with the Risen Lord by the tomb, it makes no mention of a dialogue. It was a mere glance... But now Jesus asks Peter: “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” My prayer should not be just a reflection on Peter’s encounter with Jesus. During prayer, I should realize the presence of Jesus – Jesus is here now; He sees me and knows me. Jesus is here, the same Jesus as by the Lake of Gennesaret. With an aching heart, I confess together with Peter: “I betrayed You, I denied You.” Looking back on my life from early childhood, how many times I have denied Jesus!
The encounter between the Risen Jesus and His Mother /Motivation for prayer at the Easter season/
Post date: 2026-04-17Autor: BCP
Mary is looking at her glorified Son. Her heart magnifies the Lord and her spirit rejoices in God her Saviour. “My soul magnifies the Lord!” You can repeat these words of hers in your heart in prayer and imagine that you are now in Jerusalem and see Jesus appearing to His Mother. Look at the Risen Jesus by faith just like the Virgin Mary. Experience the moment of looking into His face. He is present here. Experience this encounter together with the Blessed Virgin and rejoice with her. She is your Mother.