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On
site report from Philippines by
Jo,
one of the Hong Kong St
Egidio team who help run our Sunday night gathering for the poor. Jo's report includes many photos ...and info that the
first overseas team of helpers to arrive was the team from
Israel
Filipinos
in Tacloban renew faith in God after Typhoon
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Vatican II &
Renewal (1)
16
Documents of Vatican II
A
Call to Action
Assn Catholic Priests Ireland
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for
Renewal
Catholica
Catholics for
Ministry
Catholics for Renewal
STANDUP4VATICAN2
The Swag
VII - Voice of the Church
We Are Church
Excellent
articles on Mission
Hugh McMahon SSC
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Qatar
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No concert in Vatican for end of "Year of Faith" - not
Pope Francis' cup of tea
President
of the Philippines vows to remain in typhoon-ravaged area
Maybe
he read this comment on menu of Nov 15: (see
menu of Nov 15, below, for large print)
Leaders of the
Philippines have been criticised for being so slow to act after the recent
typhoon. Same criticism is often heard in other countries at times
of emergency (e.g. USA ....President Bush too slow to act re New Orleans
typhoon). World leaders need to follow the example of former Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabo. When emergencies struck,
he headed straight to the affected place. On one occasion (the Sichuan
earthquake), he was on a plane within two hours of receiving news of the
tragedy. And his presence made a difference. I think it was at Sichuan
where he slammed the phone down on a general who was taking too long to
get moving .... causing the general to get his act together. This
shows that if a top leader can arrive earlier rather than later, he can
cut a lot of red tape and get things done more quickly than would
otherwise happen. Wen also inspired by example ...e.g. at Sichuan
refusing medical help when he fell over, saying something like "look
after emergency cases ....they need help more than I do".
c.f. This
New York Times article re Wen Jiabo and Sichuan earthquake....which also raises the point: without getting
in the road, church leaders can also be a
source of encouragement and help if they are "on site" ....not
just commenting from afar. "On site" appealing for help is
more effective than "from afar" appealing ....as is "on
site" encouragement. (Comments welcome here)
Suggestion from a Filipino in HK:
When a typhoon is likely to cause tidal
waves - issue people with life jackets!
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A
husband read an article to his wife about how many words
women use a day - 30,000
to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, 'The reason has to be because we
have to repeat everything to men.
The husband then turned to his wife and asked, 'What?'
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Last Sunday at a women's prison in Hong Kong, I met an inmate from
Mexico who is serving 27 years for trafficking (27 as in 27, no
reduction), and an inmate from Vietnam who is serving 24 years for
trafficking (no reduction)....... Don't bring
drugs to HK!
This website's Tanzania
File (stopping Africans from
being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file (stopping S. Americans
from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from S. American inmates in HK prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection 274
Priests losing interest in spiritual life
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John W
mini-Blog |
My
weekly article for today's HK Ming Pao newspaper
(On
MP website)
Today's
topic:
How a school principal saved a whole town during recent
typhoon in Philippines (short version of this
article published Nov 12) |
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Mon:
Europe & Russia
Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America
Sat:
Central & North America
Please join
me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of South
Asia
On this 19th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Shanxi
Please join me in praying
for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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It is said that Pope Francis will visit Asian countries in 2014 ....India,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines. Surely someone should tell
Francis that a visit to Sri Lanka is not a good idea ... just ask British
Prime Minister David Cameron (see menu of yesterday,
below). Seems that Sri Lanka's extremely conservative
Cardinal Ranjith has the Pope's ear and has lobbied for a Sri Lanka
visit. Same cardinal is a good friend of Sri Lankan president
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We must stay the distance after typhoon Haiyan
(Tim Costello)
Online volunteers map Philippines after typhoon Haiyan
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Questions from a Ewe
"Don't Surround Yourself with Yourself..."
Having a “poor church for the poor” requires
understanding poverty and the church.
.....To determine if one is doing enough for the poor, the place to begin
is by talking with and listening to the poor rather than the wealthy |
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Interactive
Bible Quiz - Romans
Based on the actual words of the Bible.
How many times you can get 3/3 ?!
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A
lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long
flight.
The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over
on them easily.So,
the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game.The senior is
tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and tries to
catch a few winks.The lawyer persists, saying that the game is a lot of
fun..."I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you
pay me only $5.00. Then you ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I
will pay you $500.00," he says. This catches the senior's attention
and, to keep the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game. The lawyer asks
the first question. "What's the distance from the Earth to the
Moon?" The senior doesn't say a word, but reaches into his pocket,
pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer. Now, it's the
senior's turn. He asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three
legs, and comes down with four?" The lawyer uses his laptop to
search all references he can find on the Net. He sends E-mails to all the
smart friends he knows; all to no avail. After an hour of searching, he
finally gives up.He wakes the senior and hands him $500.00. The senior
pockets the $500.00 and goes right back to sleep. The lawyer is going nuts
not knowing the answer. He wakes the senior up and asks, "Well, so
what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?" The
senior reaches into his pocket, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to
sleep. |
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A
new letter (in Swahili) from a Tanzanian inmate in a Hong Kong prison
This website's Tanzania
File (stopping Africans from
coming to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file (stopping S.
Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from South American inmates in HK prisons
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Vatican
II Reflection 273
This article suggests each priest
ask himself:
when was the last time I had a poor person for a meal in my home?
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John W
mini-Blog |
A moving experience yesterday at a Hong Kong
prison: an inmate who is only at the end of the first year of a
twenty-four (24) year sentence (...no reduction, 24 means 24) told the
welfare officer to transfer some of the inmate's salary and give it to the
appeal for the Philippines typhoon people |
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& North Asia
On this 18th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Shandong
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month |
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A film of alleged war crimes ....how I became Sri Lanka's most hated man
The reaction of the people I met in Sri Lanka is at odds
with the intimidation against me engineered by a despotic government
British
Prime Minister stands up to Sri Lankan President
To
taste the real situation in Sri Lanka, please read
Sri
Lankan editor continues fight from grave In
Hong Kong there are dozens of asylum seekers and refugees from Sri
Lanka. The stories they tell ....stories checked and authenticated by UN
lawyers ....are heartbreaking.
Which is why this website, guided by one particular UN lawyer, is asking
kind readers in countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand: would your
local community or church group please think about sponsoring a Sri Lankan
refugee family to go from HK to your lucky country?
The first urgent case is a 29 year old mother and her two year old
daughter. The mother has gone through terrible suffering and abuse. I can
send you a file of her story (I can't put it on internet).
More than 20 years ago when HK had thousands of Vietnamese refugees, some
kind friends in Sydney and Melbourne helped sponsor several refugee
families ....like this
family.....helped them get out of this
terrible situation in HK.
May the present media focus on the real situation in Sri Lanka move
some kind hearts to think about sponsoring people fleeing from that
situation |
pe
Francis:
Thank
you Holy Spirit
Inspiring photos:
Engagements
of Pope Francis
Many
thanks for checking
this website each day
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David Cameron's motorcade interrupted by
Tamil protesters with photos of missing relatives – video |
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Chittister |
How much changes in 50 years, and how much stays the same?
- a reflection on JFK, Martin L. King Jr
and Pope John XXIII |
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A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not
saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them
wanted to concede their position...
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the
husband asked sarcastically, 'Relatives of yours?'
'Yep,' the wife replied, 'in-laws.'
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A new letter (in Swahili) from a Tanzanian inmate in a Hong Kong
prison
This
letter names two prominent drug lords, names the businesses they run as fronts,
and gives their mobile numbers!
This letter also answers the charge that previous letters were not
genuine:
if previous letters were not genuine, how come drug lords are making
threatening phone calls to families of inmates alleged to have provided
material for this website?!
This website's Tanzania
File (stopping Africans
from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
This
website's South
America file
(stopping S.
Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from S. American inmates in HK prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection 272
Compulsory celibacy?
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John W
mini-Blog |
In response to the "Dook Hoi" appeal (see this mini-Blog of
November 13), a third kind reader has sent a good news email:
Ｉ would
like to sponsor $3,000.00 for your Dook Hoi project.
(Thank you and God bless!)
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2013-11-12
Visit to Hong Kong by dear friends from Zhaoqing: Joanne, Lina, Nicole,
Danny, Mandy and Candy
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless the people of Africa
On this 17th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Shaanxi
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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'New
kind of poverty developing' in Hong Kong
Eight
Questions: Leo Goodstadt, ‘Poverty in the Midst of Affluence’
Despite a 65 billion Hong Kong dollar (US$8.39 billion)
budget surplus, Hong Kong has more than one million people (out of a
population of seven million) living in poverty
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Bishop
Geoff Robinson
and Bishop Bill Morris:
Petition to Pope Francis
to stop sexual abuse
and to reform Church
- & calling for a new
Ecumenical Council !
(John W has signed petition)
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Please
encourage more people to see 1-10
re Bishop Bill Morris:
1:
Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report
3: Radio interview with judge
4: "The Age" file of letters
5:
Summary re Rome
6:
Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan
8. Update from Frank Brennan
9. Vatileaks & Bp Bill Morris
10: Tablet letter - Frank Brennan
After
reading 1-10, check the "Pravda" report of CNA
Google "Morris" at top of this page for many articles re
Bishop BM, the most recent being talk of March 26, 2013:
Reclaiming
the Spirit of Vatican II
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The
whole of the latest issue is free on line!
- articles on Philippines typhoon
situation, anniversary of JFK, Pope Francis etc and this one:
Prisons
bishop calls for mothers to be spared custodial sentences |
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A medical team of six Médecins
San Frontières staff has reached the major population centre of Tacloban.
We are coordinating with local health authorities to provide support to
their teams as well as the set-up of a Médecins San Frontières-run field
hospital. Report
from Tacloban
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China
to loosen one-child policy and abolish labour campsNotice
also a promise to reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty
"step by step" (DG!) |
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'Cash, check or charge?' I asked, after folding items the
woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote
control for a television set in her purse.
'So, do you always carry your TV remote?' I asked.
'No,' she replied, 'but my husband refused to come shopping
with me, and I figured this was the worst thing I could do to him
legally.' |
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In this section
on tomorrow's menu: a new letter
from a Tanzanian inmate in a HK prison which gives the
names and mobile phone numbers (!)
of two drug lords in Tanzania!
This website's Tanzania
File (stopping Africans
from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
South
America file (stopping S.
Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters
from S. American inmates in HK prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection 271
Jesus
was obedient to his Father, and to Mary and Joseph
But
he was not obedient to the religious leaders of his time, because they had lost
the plot
Jesus' obedience was prophetic
obedience
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John W
mini-Blog |
In response to the "Dook Hoi" appeal (see this mini-Blog of
November 13), another kind reader has sent a good news email:
I would like to donate HKD 7000
towards printing the 1000 copies of Dook Hoi
Thank you and God bless!
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
On this 16th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Qinghai
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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World leaders at
time of tragedy |
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Leaders of the
Philippines have been criticised for being so slow to act after the recent
typhoon. Same criticism is often heard in other countries at times
of emergency (e.g. USA ....President Bush too slow to act re New Orleans
typhoon). World leaders need to follow the example of former Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabo. When emergencies struck,
he headed straight to the affected place. On one occasion (the Sichuan
earthquake), he was on a plane within two hours of receiving news of the
tragedy. And his presence made a difference. I think it was at Sichuan
where he slammed the phone down on a general who was taking too long to
get moving .... causing the general to get his act together. This
shows that if a top leader can arrive earlier rather than later, he can
cut a lot of red tape and get things done more quickly than would
otherwise happen. Wen also inspired by example ...e.g. at Sichuan
refusing medical help when he fell over, saying something like "look
after emergency cases ....they need help more than I do".
c.f. This
New York Times article re Wen Jiabo and Sichuan earthquake
....which also raises the point: without getting
in the road, church leaders can also be a
source of encouragement and help if they are "on site" ....not
just commenting from afar. "On site" appealing for help is
more effective than "from afar" appealing ....as is "on
site" encouragement. (Comments welcome here)
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Liturgy
- New Translation
1998
ICEL Sacramentary
Misguided Missal
The new translation
Ghastly process/result
Ron
Schmit:
1962
Mass a condemnation of Vatican II
PrayTell
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Sacred
Space
Daily prayer online.
Available in 19 languages
Jackie
Evancho - To
Believe
Pray-as-you-go.org
Daily prayer with
beautiful music
Whole
text of 1966 Jerusalem Bible
Previous Smiles
file |
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A really powerful talk by a most
sincere speaker. Highly recommended
The
link between unemployment and terrorism
c.f. Somalia
typhoon death total now more than 300
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Life
in prison for stealing a $159 jacket
Shame, USA, Shame, Shame, Shame! |
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Yesterday a Tanzanian inmate in a Hong Kong
prison explained to me that this website's campaign
to stop Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK has been
even more blessed that we first realised: it has stopped people from going
not only to Hong Kong, but to China, Macau, and many other countries.
Africans, especially Tanzanians, are now more aware of the risks and
dangers of being "drug mules". Which is why the drug lords
in Tanzania are now threatening the families of HK inmates alleged to have
provided information for this website - as described in
this Swahili newspaper article of November 11.
Jesus, please protect the families of all Tanzanian
inmates in Hong Kong prisons! |
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Pope
'is mafia target after campaigning against corruption'
Prosecutor says pope's attempt to bring transparency to
Vatican is making mobsters agitated
(and notice the twisted logic at end of this
article ....about praying before killing)
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Pope
Francis ranked among this year’s 50 most prominent Jews |
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This website's Tanzania
File (stopping Africans
from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons |
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(from a Jesuit website) |
- A humble Jesuit - a rarity!
- A Jesuit Pope - an impossibility!
- A humble Jesuit Pope - a MIRACLE!
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| Francis
wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection 270
A
priest is not meant to be a business manager, but a shepherd
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John W
mini-Blog |
A story on this menu says that Pope may be a
target of the Mafia ...for campaigning against corruption. Another story
says that African drug lords are threatening families of Tanzanian inmates
in HK prisons who have provided letters for this website. So ...each
day I now pray:
Jesus, please protect Pope Francis ....and the
inmates' families! |
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Sun: Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
On this 15th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Liaoning
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month |
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Pope Francis
is due to visit Asia, including the Philippines, next year.
Given the way he went to Lampedusa, maybe he will visit
typhoon-battered Tacloban?
At the height of the September Syria crisis, with a
US attack imminent, Francis
wrote to President Putin ...who then wrote an
amazing peace letter to the New York Times. The Pope and
Putin have kept in contact, and Putin is due to visit the Pope on
November 25. It used to be John Paul II and President Regan teaming up
for peace ...now it's Francis and Putin! Is it possible Francis
might visit Russia before visiting the US?!
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Is
climate change to blame for Typhoon Haiyan?
The Philippines has been hit by 24 typhoons in the
past year but the power of Haiyan was off the scale, killing
thousands and leaving millions homeless. Is there even worse
devastation to come?
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Church
child
sex abuse |
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Parish priests around Australia have been
called on read the Church’s child sexual abuse commitment
statement at Mass over the coming weeks
c.f. Victoria's
path to child sex abuse prosecution
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Rolheiser OMI |
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From
Maintenance to Missionary
One-half of all baptized Christians rarely
enter a church, our churches are greying, the culture is increasingly
marginalizing the church, and, most serious of all, too often we
cannot pass on our faith to our own children |
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Africans
fleeing from Europe’s legacy in Africa
The fishing communities on Africa’s western coast have long
experienced Europe not as a distant dream-like region, but as the
place of origin of the massive ships that have trawled away much of
the fishing stock in their home waters and left them with little in
the way of catches |
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A
doctor, a nurse, and the top executive of an HMO (health maintenance
organization)
have all died and are in line together at the Pearly
Gates.
Saint Peter speaks with them and asks what good each has done
in
their lives.
The
doctor
says, "I have devoted my life to the sick and needy and
have
had a part in caring for and healing thousands of poor people."
Saint
Peter says, "That's great. Go ahead into heaven. And what about
you,
nurse?"
The
nurse
says, "I've supported the good doctor and his patients my
entire
life as an adult."
Saint
Peter replies, "Wonderful. Please proceed in with the doctor.
And
what about you?"
The
HMO director
says, "I was the president of a very large HMO and
was
responsible for the healthcare of millions of people all over the
country."
Saint Peter says, "Oh, I see. Please go in ... but you can
only
stay two nights!" |
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Can things get any worse in
Tanzania? New government urgently needed in 2015 elections!
Inside
Dar’s malaria drugs theft network
This website's Tanzania
File (stopping
Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
Swahili
article from Sema Usikike about HK Tanzanian inmates -
how drug lords are threatening families of inmates suspected to have provided
letters for this website
Afghanistan's
poppy farmers plant record opium crop
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| Francis
wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection 269
Catholic
priests on fire with love for the Scriptures?
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John W
mini-Blog |
Email received last night from a kind
Hong Kong reader who saw item in this min-blog yesterday:
I
am a daily visitor to your website and wish to sponsor $3,000.00 for
your Dook Hoi project.
Thank
you and God bless! |
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia
Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America
Sat:
Central & North America
Please join
me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Thursday,
please bless the people of South
East Asia
On this 14th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Jilin
Please join me in praying
for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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What is the origin of
typhoons and earthquakes? Are they from God?
Why does the earth have typhoons and earthquakes?
Were they
happening from the beginning of creation?
Or did they start only from
after "The Fall" of the first humans?
What parent would arrange a function for children that included killer
items? Surely killer typhoons and earthquakes were not part of God's
original programing of the universe. Surely such killer items result from the virus of sin that affects/infects the whole of creation?
Such items can be deleted/quarantined/re-formated/cleaned/reconciled in Jesus (like everyone and
everything else) ....which is why some Evangelicals in California pray for the
healing of the San
Andreas Fault
We can pray to Him who calmed the storm and sea for
protection from typhoons and earthquakes, and for healing of the earth's
weather system ....at the same time
acknowledging our responsibility for climate change which worsens the
weather effects of the virus (and taking action to reverse climate change)
Anyone like to share ideas about
this? Anyone know of links to articles about this topic?
Comments etc welcome here
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Vatican II - Renewal (2)
Hans
Küng:
Letter
to bishops
Revolution
to stop authoritarianism
Fr Joseph Ratzinger:
Writings
on Vat II
(link
gone...anyone able to find it?)
Robert
Mickens:
Vatican Implosion
Nicholas Lash:
Vatican II:
Of Happy Memory - and Hope?
Robert
McNally:
Crisis & Criticism in the Church
Priests
9 Masses a day
- need to ordain married men
The
evil of compulsory celibacy
Link
between compulsory celibacy and sexual abuse
Why
are women not being
ordained to priesthood?
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Fr.
Seán McDonagh SSC
Dire
Need for Substantial Progress at Warsaw Climate Conference
Typhoons are common in the Philippines, but many
scientists believe that climate change is increasing the number and
ferocity of these storms which is why we need a substantial breakthrough
at the Warsaw climate conference |
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Tropical
cyclone kills 100 people, thousands of livestock in Somalia
(need for typhoon-proof
centers in all cyclone-prone areas
c.f. How
a school principal saved a whole town from Philippine typhoon) |
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This is the way
to go!
Sweden closes 4 prisons as number of inmates plummets
Decline partly put down to strong focus on rehabilitation
and more lenient sentences for some offences
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South
Korea - Asia's overlooked powerhouse
Hyundai .... Samsung ....shipyards |
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In response to the unkind little
US boy who said "kill all the Chinese" (as a way of paying off
the US debt), see Undying
Chinese, a video to make you smile |
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Is
China the new idol for emerging economies?
The developed world holds up the ideals of capitalism, democracy and
political rights for all. Those in emerging markets often don't have that
luxury. In this powerful talk, economist Dambisa Moyo makes the case that
the west can't afford to rest on its laurels and imagine others will
blindly follow. Instead, a different model, embodied by China, is
increasingly appealing. A call for open-minded political and economic
cooperation in the name of transforming the world |
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Tanzania
40% of doctors ditch profession yearly
- this plus "brain drain" explains
unhealthy medical sector |
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Religious
freedom dies a slow death in Sri Lanka
Intolerance of non-Buddhist minorities becoming the norm |
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Jerome
Murphy O'Connor, OP
(one of the world's great Bible scholars)
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Plane
had pilot and 5 passengers:
the USA president, the UN secretary general, a famous Nobel prize
scientist, an old priest and a backpacker.
Pilot:
plane's going to crash...we have to jump....but only 5 parachutes...I'm
taking one...bye bye.
US president:
I'm a very important man...I'm taking a parachute...bye bye.
UN sec'y gen:
I also am very important...I'm taking a parachute...bye bye.
Scientist:
I'm one of the smartest people in the world....I'm very important....I'm
taking a parachute...bye bye.
Priest to
backpacker:
Well son, two of us and only 1 chute. I've tried to live a good
life. I'm ready to meet my Maker. You take the chute.
Backpacker to
priest: No
need for that, father. There are still 2 parachutes. The smartest man in
the world just took my backpack |
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This website's Tanzania
File (stopping Africans
from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- with links to all letters
from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons
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wishes to release Vatican II's bold vision from captivity |
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Vatican
II Reflection 268
Priests are "wounded healers"?
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John W
mini-Blog |
Over the past three
years, thanks to kind benefactors, I have given prison inmates more than
600 copies of "Dook
Hoi", the story of how Ben Keung Bing Yu
came off drugs by Jesus' power. Last Sunday, Ben joined me for two
gatherings at Hei Ling Chau addiction treatment centre where more than 400
men heard him share how he was twice sitting where they were (20 and 18
years ago) but now helps others break the power of drugs ....for which he
received a top award from the HK government some years ago
Ben's book "Dook Hoi" is now out of print. Ben's publisher has
said I can have a special deal to print 1,000 copies at almost half price.
That means HK$50,000. If any kind readers would like to be part of
this project to rescue people from drugs, please email me: jdwomi@gmail.com
The printing can start as soon as around $30,000 has been raised |
"Dook
Hoi"
- Click
to enlarge
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Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please bless the people of East Asia
On this 13th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Jiangxi
Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month |
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