It is said that whatever we ask we receive. And the reason: because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

In the previous verses, starting from verse 18, the Apostle John points out the importance of a sincere heart before God. He writes: “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.”

This word of life emphasizes that we receive whatever we ask. The condition for our prayers to be heard is to keep His commandments and to do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

20 June 2019

What is anathema according to Scripture? It is the exclusion from the Mystical Body of Christ – the Church – for the proclamation of another gospel (Gal 1:8-9). Another gospel means heresies which destroy the essence of the saving faith.

What is meant by “the Church” is an external structure, i.e. church organization, as well as internal organism – the Mystical Body of Christ.

18 June 2019

One must acknowledge that the authors of 40 points had the courage to declare the truth and to point out the contemporary errors. In the Declaration they refer to the unchanging truths – dogmas – relating to the defence of the faith and the laws of God. Both are currently being questioned directly in the Vatican. The current heretical – and hence invalid – Pope Francis systematically destroys the foundations of faith and morals. Before him, this process of gradual spiritual change began with the Second Vatican Council. Subsequently, John Paul II implanted the Nostra Aetate heresy of syncretism in Assisi in 1986.

Being silent on the heresies of neo-Modernism and introducing syncretism with paganism, Vatican II officially opened the door to an internal decay of orthodox doctrine and morals.

4 June 2019

Dear Polish bishops and priests!

Poland has released a documentary about sexual abuse within the Church. The documentary also exposes the guilt of John Paul II who turned a blind eye to these crimes. The current invasion of homosexualism and abuse within the Church is the fruit of heresies and syncretism. The Scripture testifies to it. Quote from the Letter to the Romans (1:25-27): “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator… Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts … men abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another … men committing indecent acts with other men.” In short: Heresies + neopaganism = homosexuality

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”

The Apostle Paul speaks about freedom. However, liberal theologians and various spiritual know-alls or religious frauds abuse freedom for iniquity. The Apostle warns us not to use our freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, for our egoism, but to serve one another through love.

Then the Apostle says that the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. Let us bear it in mind and put it into practice. To love my neighbour means to sacrifice myself for him, to desire his salvation, to try to communicate to him the divine truth of salvation, and to lead him to conversion and to the receiving of the Holy Spirit, so that he may live and walk in the Holy Spirit just as I try to do so – this is true love.

“For you were called to freedom, brothers.

Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh,

but through love serve one another.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word:

‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”

9 June 2019

On the Feast of Pentecost

Francis has made a change in the supplication “do not lead us into temptation” in the Lord’s Prayer. He argued that the phrase was inaccurate and gave the impression that God provokes man to sin. It is interesting that something like this has occurred neither to the apostles nor to the martyrs nor to the saints over the centuries. None of them would have ever thought that they would formulate the Lord’s Prayer better than the Lord Jesus.

By this pseudo editing of the Lord’s Prayer, Francis reveals that he does not know at all the essence of the fight for the salvation of immortal souls. It is a fight with the source of evil which is in the heart of man as well as with the spirit of evil – the devil.

The previous Word of life, which we repeated for two weeks and let it work on us, was quite clear to us: The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. We can see it in our everyday life, and therefore we understand this word of God. The last sentence, however, is a little unclear: But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Everyone can understand it differently. To be led by the Spirit means to walk in the obedience of faith like the Blessed Virgin or like Abraham our father who is set as an example to us. Those who are led by the Spirit of God will not act against the law; on the contrary, they will keep the law.

In the Epistle to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul explains one more question concerning the law which is a bit unfamiliar to us. It is the question of circumcision and observance of the laws of Moses on various forms of purification with emphasis on ritualism, which eventually de facto quenched the Spirit. That was why the Apostle Paul had a perfectly free attitude towards this sphere of the law.

“Was not Abraham our father justified by works

when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith

was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?”

In chapter seven of the Epistle to the Romans, which we reflected on in the previous weeks, it is emphasized several times that we want to do good but we automatically do evil. It is said here that it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. The Epistle to the Galatians develops this truth in depth. It clearly points out that sin works especially through the lusts of the flesh to enslave man. It is impurity, alcoholism, drug addiction, gluttony…

The lusts of the flesh are aroused, literally whipped up, by the system of the world through mass media, decadent music, impure images, advertisements and the culture of consumerism. Resistance to it is an act of extraordinary heroism and requires extraordinary strength. That is why we pray, receive the sacraments, humble ourselves, repent and admit our sins daily. We thus obtain not only the strength but also the grace to overcome our weakness as well as the system of the world and the spirit of evil which influence us.

“For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh;

and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things

that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”

«If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.»

During our previous prayer stops we let God’s word from the Epistle to the Romans, chapter 7, work on us which speaks about the law of God and also about another law, the law of sin. The law of God is holy; we do respect it and yet we break it. What is the solution? There is only one solution – repentance. What does repentance consist in? In admitting my sin. The First Epistle to the Corinthians says that if we judge ourselves, we will not be judged. However, with this judgment, this true self-criticism, we cannot stop halfway. Judas judged himself but ended up committing suicide in despair. True judgment of myself must be connected with the faith that Jesus Christ paid for my sins. So I give my sins to Him and have them covered under His blood. Then it is true: “If we walk in the light, the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin.”

«If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord,

that we may not be condemned with the world.»

First hour

The Resurrection of Christ

a) Reflection on God’s Word

Turn your eyes towards the sky of stars. Millions of stars. They all move according to laws established by God. And how big they are! The Sun is 1.300.000 times as large as our Earth. Sirius is 8 times larger than the Sun and there are even bigger celestial bodies! The Milky Way is 20.000 light years away. Many other constellations are millions of light years away. One can observe wonderful laws on our little Earth too: conditions for life, the mystery of life and its transmission, the wonders of animal instincts. The mystery of human life: immune system, activity of the brain or heart or lungs, nervous system, sight. Moreover, the mystery of mental and spiritual life, desire for happiness, conscience… A series of wonders! Belief in Darwin’s atheistic ideology is contrary to critical science and reason. By our reason we come to a knowledge of the invisible Creator, the Author of the creation. There are miracles all around us. Let us open our eyes! God works miracles in our lives as well.

Another miracle is the Resurrection of Christ! Divine mysteries are not contrary to reason but rather beyond the range of reason.

The Apostle Paul points out that if I will not to do evil which I do, I agree with the law that it is good. Then he speaks about the root of evil in me which affects my feelings, mind and will, and he says that this root of evil is original sin in me. The Apostle next develops this truth about sin in us: “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practise. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.”

«If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.»