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We must witness to the living Christ (video)
Post date: 2015-04-28Autor: BCP
We must witness to the living Christ. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Christ died for sinners – of whom I am the worst
Post date: 2015-04-28Autor: BCP
The Apostle Paul said: Christ died for sinners – of whom I am the worst. No false mysticism. He did not consider himself a super saint. Holiness consists in humility, in realizing the truth that every day I am self-willed, every day my soul automatically produces sin, I condemn others in my thoughts, I am a hedonist.
Reflection on Jn 16:23-24
Post date: 2015-04-25Autor: BCP
The night before His death, Jesus emphasizes several times that we should ask in His name. He also speaks about true love for God which consists in keeping His commandments.
What is it in us? (video)
Post date: 2015-04-23Autor: BCP
What is it in us? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
The Word has power when it becomes flesh (video)
Post date: 2015-04-18Autor: BCP
The Word has power when it becomes flesh. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
We cannot rely on our strength (video)
Post date: 2015-04-17Autor: BCP
We cannot rely on our strength. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Golden rule: Deny yourself! (video)
Post date: 2015-04-16Autor: BCP
Golden rule: Deny yourself! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?
Post date: 2015-04-15Autor: BCP
Why are you weeping? We should weep over our sins. How many abortions, how many sins there have been in Ukraine...Whom are you seeking? Jesus! And whom are we seeking? How often we seek pleasure, money, human praise, vanity... But all glory is senseless. We should seek God, seek the truth, seek moral values, seek what gives us eternal life, and our eternal life is in Jesus. Our heart should ache at the living Christ being cast out of the souls. Without Him there is no eternal life, without Him there is eternal punishment and moral devastation.
Reflection on Jn 16:12-13
Post date: 2015-04-11Autor: BCP
Jesus says these words on the evening before His death. It is good to read again and again the words of Christ spoken on the evening before His death (chapters 13-17). There is a great depth in these five chapters. We can read them over and over again. Each sentence communicates a deep mystery. Let us realize that these words spoken by Jesus were immediately followed by the events of chapters 18 and 19, which describe the suffering and death of Jesus, and then by the events related to His resurrection in chapters 20 and 21. Try to read at least one of the three chapters (14 or 15 or 16) once a week, e.g. after the holy hour, and perceive the deep truths which Jesus highlights repeatedly: we should abide in Him, He abides in us and we in Him – the parable of the vine and the branches. The word “abide” is important. It is not enough to begin something. We need to continue, to remain united to Christ, to abide in Him and in His name.
Let us act wisely! (video)
Post date: 2015-04-10Autor: BCP
Let us act wisely! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
He wins who flees! (video)
Post date: 2015-04-08Autor: BCP
He wins who flees! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Remember the end! (video)
Post date: 2015-04-04Autor: BCP
Remember the end! + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
How does sin influence man? (video)
Post date: 2015-03-31Autor: BCP
How does sin influence man? + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Jesus is in you
Post date: 2015-03-31Autor: BCP
God gave us freedom and this freedom is in Jesus. If we received Him and allow Him to be the Lord of our soul every day, we taste true freedom. God is almighty and so is everyone who prays because he has Jesus in his heart. If you unite your will to the will of God, the enemy has no power over you and the whole mountains of demons must retreat.
Let us live by faith
Post date: 2015-03-30Autor: BCP
At the hour of death we shall stand before the judgment seat of God. There is nothing covered that will not be revealed. Not only the camera of our conscience but also God and His angels see us. Therefore we should live by faith.
We must know spiritual laws (video)
Post date: 2015-03-29Autor: BCP
We must know spiritual laws. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
We receive the Word of God as the Word of God (video)
Post date: 2015-03-28Autor: BCP
We receive the Word of God as the Word of God. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Reflection on Jn 16:9-11
Post date: 2015-03-28Autor: BCP
There are people who say: I have no sin; I have not killed anyone, nor robbed anyone. I am an honest citizen, I don’t need God. But it is a lie. Moreover, such person has all the greater sin because he rejects Christ. Not to believe in Christ, the Son of God and the Saviour, is a sin! The saving faith means to believe in Christ, the Son of God, who died for our sins, as well as to believe that He is with us.
The way out of all depression (video)
Post date: 2015-03-24Autor: BCP
The way out of all depression. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Pest factories (video)
Post date: 2015-03-23Autor: BCP
Pest factories. + Elijah Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate