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Word of Life – Gal 2:21 (28/1/2018 – 11/2/2018)
“I do not set aside the grace of God;
for if righteousness comes through the law,
then Christ died in vain.”
Beware! You will choose life or death! /letter concerning presidential elections in CR/
14 January 2018
It’s not about the candidate’s artificial image. It’s about the inside! What system either of them represents.
Today, reduction of humanity is being promoted with the use of two basic means:
- the positive term of aid to refugees – Islamization and the destruction of the nation;
- the positive term of human rights – moral degradation through gender schizophrenia coupled with child stealing by so-called social services.
President Zeman not only uplifts the state economically and gradually delivers it from the yoke of bondage, but also defends the nation against these two autogenocidal streams.
Word of Life – Gal 2:16 (14/1/2018 – 28/1/2018)
“…knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law
but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus,
that we might be justified by faith in Christ
and not by the works of the law;
for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”
Reflection on Gal 2:16
Both in the Epistle to the Romans and the Epistle to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul points to the deep truth which concerns our justification from sin. He says that we know that a man is not justified before God by his works but by faith in Jesus Christ. He emphasizes that by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. We who have believed in Christ Jesus have been justified from our sins by faith in Him.
If we repeat these Bible verses during our prayer stop seven times a day, after calling on the name of God and looking at the five wounds of Christ in our act of repentance, every time we will thus truly put the saving faith into practice. Let us stand in this faith for a while and not doubt that my sins are really forgiven me who have now believed in Christ Jesus, and if relieved of sin I should die now, I would enter eternal glory. Not through my merits, good works or righteousness but by faith through which I believe that Jesus paid for me, for all my sins! I could never make amends for my sins with good works.
Statement concerning the declaration of the Bishops of Kazakhstan
7 January 2018
On 31 December 2017, Archbishop Tomasz Peta, Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider and the retired Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga published a statement responding to Francis’ approval of pastoral guidelines issued by the Buenos Aires bishops which degrade Holy Communion and the sacrament of marriage.
The statement by the Kazakhstan bishops as well as the statement by four Cardinals against the Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, which was also opposed by a number of signatories of the “Correction”, are an appeal to Francis to correct his statements by which he undermines the dogmas of the Catholic Church.
The Dogmatic Bull of Paul IV protects the papacy against abuse. If a Pope has committed heresy, he is excommunicated from the Church under the Dogmatic Bull Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio and the Scriptures (Gal 1:8-9).
There is an essential question which every bishop and priest is confronted with now: Is Francis a valid Pope or not?
The way of holiness is the way of purification
The way of holiness is the way of purification. We need to be healed by Jesus, little by little, of all kinds of wounds or bad habits. This mostly concerns our soul. Suffering is usually spiritual rather than physical, but the various sufferings lead to deliverance and healing. We suffer, for example, when we face the truth about ourselves, our neighbours and the world. It is so simple and yet so disguised. In essence, we need to begin to live the Gospel to the full. To begin to live the very first and greatest commandment – to love God above all things and our neighbours as ourselves. The other commands and counsels lead to this peak.
Reflection on Rom 4:13
What does the word heir express? The Word of God says that if we are children, we are also heirs. And how do we become children of God? By receiving Jesus: “As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” (Jn 1:12) Salvation, which Jesus obtained for us through His blood in a hard struggle on Calvary, is given us freely as an inheritance through faith. We should obtain grace for other people too, that they also may receive Jesus and share in the inheritance of eternal life after death.
What does it mean to be the heir of the world? It does not mean to establish dominion over the world for our physical descendants, as it has been misinterpreted by some Jews to this day. It means to win souls for God! At the time of Abraham, human souls were under the sway of demonic forces within worldwide pagan worship of a variety of idols. We are in a similar situation today.
Word of Life – Rom 4:13 (31/12/2017 – 14/1/2018)
“For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham
or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.”
100th anniversary of the Czech Republic /Initiative/
22 December 2017
President of the Czech Republic M. Zeman The new Government of the Czech Republic Card. Dominik Duka and Czech Bishops
In 2018, we will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of our independent republic.
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate (BCP) proposes launching a revival programme with the motto “Restoration of the family = Restoration of the nation”. Let nationwide demonstrations be held in all the regional capitals on six memorable days in the jubilee year:
2 April – National holiday – Easter Monday
5 July – National holiday – St Cyril and Methodius Day
6 July – National holiday – Jan Hus Day (demonstration only in Prague)
Word of Life – Rom 4:9-10
“Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only,
or upon the uncircumcised also?
For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised?
Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised.”
Reflection on Rom 4:9-10
«Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised.»
The Apostle asks: Does this blessedness, stemming from faith, come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? The Jews were very particular about circumcision and related it to the whole religious system of certain rites. The danger has always been that an emphasis on secondary things eliminates the essence – here the essence of salvation, which consists in personal relationship to God.
The putting off of the old self and the putting on of the new self begins in our mind
The process of putting off the old self and putting on the new self begins in our mind! Human nature, without respecting the law of the Gospel, reacts in the same way in essence: envy towards others, rivalry, envy when someone has something better, when someone has spiritual gifts, or even when someone carries a cross, and on the other hand self-pity and sulkiness (both before God and people). This all takes the subtlest forms, but it is in essence our “self” which refuses to humble itself, to live in uncertainty, to obey God and to submit to Him. It always wants to have – possess – its own thoughts, plans, feelings.
What to do to let brotherly love abound
In essence, all people, with the exception of the Immaculate Virgin, are wounded by original sin which blinds us, keeps us in lies and deceit! Though we want to do good, we do evil (Rom 7:23f). To love means – to humble ourselves again and again, to accept our brother just as he is. His old self exploits us, is jealous of us, enslaves us. But the fact is that we are bound by the same bonds – chains, the only difference being that we easily see it in others but not in ourselves. This is humility: the faults and bad habits of my brother should be like a mirror to me. The old self is essentially the same in everyone, it only has different shades.
Sow in faith
The time you spend in the place where you are is predestined by God and will never return. What you sow in faith, you and others will reap once. Sow in faith, even if you do not see any results. Sow every day by accepting the situations you face rather than by being dispirited or overwhelmed by them. Accept them in faith and in union with Jesus – learn to abide with Him!











