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Ezekiel 36-37 – the word of prophecy
Post date: 2013-09-21Autor: BCP
God gives the prophet Ezekiel this vision: a valley full of dry bones. God asks him: “Can these bones live?” (37:3) The prophet knows that according to natural laws they cannot live but he also knows that with God nothing will be impossible because He is almighty. So he answers: “O Lord God, You know.” God commissions him: “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!’” To prophesy means to speak in the authority of the Most High God.
Reflection on Rom 8:31-32
Post date: 2013-09-21Autor: BCP
We need to realize God’s love again – the Heavenly Father delivered up His Son for me and did not save Him from suffering, humiliation or death. This is the proof of God’s love for me, and I so often forget it. A look at the cross should remind me of the love of Jesus who freely accepted His Passion and death for me. How can I remain indifferent to this love? Could God, though He is almighty, show His love for me more? The cross of Christ is a narrow way to eternal life, eternal glory. Dying, Jesus entered this place and He also prepared a place for me.
Reflection on Romans 8:27-28
Post date: 2013-08-16Autor: BCP
The power of God working through prayer is conditioned by the working of the Spirit of God. Therefore every Christian must not only receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit like the Apostles on the day of Pentecost but also allow His power to work in him and to make him a true witness of Christ. This is what Jesus Himself desires (cf. Acts 1:8). A true witness of Christ must be a prophet, a seer, at the same time.
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 11: Restoration of the family (video)
Post date: 2013-07-11Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 11: Restoration of the family + Basil - Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Romans 8:23.26
Post date: 2013-07-09Autor: BCP
In verses 22-27, the Apostle Paul speaks about three kinds of groaning. The groaning of the creation (v. 22), the groaning of believers (v. 23) and the groaning of the Spirit (v. 26). The creation, i.e. animate and inanimate nature, was subjected to suffering and disasters as a consequence of sin (v. 20). And so it is God’s plan that nature as such will likewise be redeemed and transformed. There will be a new heaven and a new earth, everything will be restored according to the will of God (cf. 2Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15; Rev 21:1-5) and the faithful children of God will receive their full inheritance.
Spiritual preparation for the anniversaryof baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 10: Gender policy - crimes against humanity (video)
Post date: 2013-06-28Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 10: Gender policy - crimes against humanity + Timothy Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 9: Heresies in the Church (video)
Post date: 2013-06-14Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 9: Heresies in the Church + Methodius - Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Romans 8:18-19
Post date: 2013-06-08Autor: BCP
The sufferings of this present time must be considered not worthy to be compared with the blessing, privileges and glory which are prepared for the faithful in the age to come. This truth strengthened thousands and millions of martyrs who were able to suffer torments and the cruellest torture because they fixed their spiritual eyes of faith on future glory prepared for all who will persevere in the faith until the end.
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part eight: The Resurrection of Christ (video)
Post date: 2013-05-31Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part eight: The Resurrection of Christ + Samuel - Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual preparation for the anniversaryof baptism of Kievan Rus / Part seven: Occultism II (video)
Post date: 2013-05-19Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part seven: Occultism II + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Rom 8:14-15
Post date: 2013-05-18Autor: BCP
Verse 14 reads: “All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” The first part is crucial: “All who are led by the Spirit of God…” It is not enough to receive the Spirit of God or to pray to Him. We need to be led by Him, or, in other words, to walk in the Spirit. The Holy Spirit leads our mind to the truth and He leads our will to overcome fear, laziness and sin.
Spiritual preparation for the anniversaryof baptism of Kievan Rus / Part six: Occultism I (video)
Post date: 2013-05-14Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part six: Occultism I + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part five: The receiving of the Holy Spirit (video)
Post date: 2013-05-05Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part five: The receiving of the Holy Spirit + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 4: The receiving of the Mother of God (video)
Post date: 2013-04-28Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 4: The receiving of the Mother of God + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 3: Forgiveness (video)
Post date: 2013-04-21Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 3: Forgiveness. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Rom 8:11-13
Post date: 2013-04-13Autor: BCP
Chapter eight of the Epistle to the Romans leads us into the mystery of deliverance from spiritual and physical slavery which is the consequence of the infection of original sin in us. Verses 1 and 2 speak of deliverance from the law of sin and death which is only possible through the law of the Spirit who gives life in Christ Jesus. The law as such means that something is repeated, a certain regularity. If we have received the Spirit of God, listen to His voice and obey it, following our conscience, we are not carnal people but spiritual. Verse 11 says that if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in us, He will also give life to our mortal bodies.
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part 2: Jesus is the Lord (video)
Post date: 2013-04-12Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus Part 2: Jesus is the Lord / + Elijah - Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus / Part one: The receiving of the Saviour (video)
Post date: 2013-04-06Autor: BCP
Spiritual preparation for the anniversary of baptism of Kievan Rus Part one: The receiving of the Saviour / + Elijah - Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Rom 8:9-10
Post date: 2013-03-16Autor: BCP
From the very beginning of chapter eight we can observe tension between the flesh and the Spirit. It points out a dividing line between carnal and spiritual man. The root of choosing between the flesh and the Spirit is deep in the human soul. One uses the powers of the soul – reason and will – to choose between the two. People who choose a selfish lifestyle, a life in the flesh, must remember that “he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption” (Gal 6:8). People who receive the Spirit of Christ change their life and are given the light and strength.
Life in community Part V / Losing one’s soul for the sake of Jesus (cf. Mt 10:39) (video)
Post date: 2013-03-10Autor: BCP
Life in community Part V / Losing one’s soul for the sake of Jesus (cf. Mt 10:39) / + Elijah - Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate