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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.
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.”
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
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.
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 night when Christ rose from the dead
Post date: 2026-04-04Autor: BCP
It is night. Jesus is in the tomb. The soldiers guard the tomb. What is the spiritual atmosphere in Jerusalem like? Christ is in the tomb. The enemies rejoice over Him...But this is not the end! JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD! Jesus says: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me has eternal life.” We have eternal life already now really and essentially, though not yet in fullness and glory. The power of Christ’s Resurrection becomes manifest in our body as far as through the obedience of faith we enter Christ’s death – that means, as far as we give ourselves wholly to God or, in other words, as far as we love God and progress towards the fulfillment of the greatest commandment – to love God with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength.
Death in Adam, life in Christ
Post date: 2026-04-04Autor: BCP
The first man Adam became a living soul but then he sinned and the consequence was death, not only physical one, which takes place only once, but also spiritual one, which means that man is born a dead soul, and not a living one. From the very moment of conception, man carries death in himself – both earthly and eternal. That is why we must be born again so that we may enter the kingdom of God. We are born again of water and the Spirit, and this also requires that we receive Christ as our Saviour and Lord. He is the last Adam, He is a life-giving Spirit. As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
Unite your pain with Mine
Post date: 2026-04-03Autor: BCP
In suffering, we must stand in the faith and not groan. We must give thanks and praise the Lord, turn our eyes to the suffering Jesus and unite our pain, loneliness, spiritual dryness and all sorts of negative feelings, which are hard to express, with the pain of Jesus. Let us give every thought, every problem or fear to Jesus in faith.
Repent immediately (video)
Post date: 2026-03-21Autor: BCP
Repent immediately. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Lent – a time of trials
Post date: 2026-03-13Autor: BCP
We pass through stages in our life which we could call Gethsemane or Calvary. Sometimes the attacks are concentrating from all sides, but we must persevere in pure faith and total surrender like the Mother of Jesus and our Mother by the cross. In the hour of darkness and in time of trial, let us stand by the cross and believe in the power of God. May you be buried into the death of Jesus in this Lenten period so that there will be nothing left – no wish or anything else of your own, and His new life, the life in dependence on the Father, shall be your new programme. May Jesus crucified and risen grant this to you!
Learn to be truthful before God (video)
Post date: 2026-03-12Autor: BCP
Learn to be truthful before God. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Prayer of St Ephraim
Post date: 2026-03-09Autor: BCP
St Ephraim’s prayer for Lent reads: “O Lord and Master of my life, a spirit of idleness, of discouragement, of lust for power, and of vain speaking (vain thoughts and daydreams) give not unto me!” So the first problem is spiritual and physical idleness which leads to mental dullness, and the power that should be transformed into love is transformed into self-love, anger, self-pity, daydreams and unchaste thoughts and feelings. In this prayer, we pray for deliverance from idleness and three more spirits, namely: discouragement, lust for power or self-love, and vain speaking.
Stop before God every time you sin (video)
Post date: 2026-02-20Autor: BCP
Stop before God every time you sin + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Remember the Last Things
Post date: 2026-02-17Autor: BCP
The saints often encourage us to remember the Last Things especially during Lent: death, judgment, heaven and hell. God knows the day, hour and place of your death. There is nothing more certain than the fact that this earthly pilgrimage will end one day for each of us. And then we shall stand before the judgment seat of God. Jesus says: “There is nothing covered that will not be revealed.” We shall be judged before angels, the whole universe and all mankind. What to do so as not to hear one day the words of Jesus spoken to the foolish virgins: “Amen, I say to you, I do not know you!” What to do to hear the words instead: “Come, you blessed, inherit the kingdom!” What to do? To live by faith, to believe in Jesus and His word, and not to believe the liar and deceiver who leads us away from Jesus and from His programme given to us.
The testing of Job (video)
Post date: 2026-02-07Autor: BCP
The testing of Job. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The Word was God (video)
Post date: 2026-01-26Autor: BCP
The Word was God. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
God the Father sent God the Son (video)
Post date: 2026-01-13Autor: BCP
God the Father sent God the Son. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate