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A comparison between Pope Francis and John the Baptist:

The Vision of Pope Francis for the Church

John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Pope Francis wore a plain white robe, and wouldn’t put on that ermine thing. He lived in Casa Santa Marta guest house and ate stuff off the hot table. (They say that in Argentina he even washed dishes!)

Mainland Takes Charge in Hong Kong
Puppet-master sidelines chief executive, sets agenda

c.f. Beijing's tentacles enwrap Hong Kong

& China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong (Wikipedia)

July - the Precious Blood of Jesus

Tuesday July 8

Today's Bible Blog
God bless the loyal group of readers who check this Blog each day. May it give us extra courage and peace and compassion for our daily lives

We need to pray daily for good leaders

Facebook till late, then up early in morning??

What's the Bride's name?!

A link between faith and healing

	Commbank plunder part of new world economic order The shift to making money from money, rather than making something useful to serve the real economy, remains relentless.....But the bigger issue is the trend in Western societies to make financiers our rulers	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

	High Court blocks return of 153 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka

	Indonesian voters waver between new hope and return to old order Australia should be worried about a Prabowo presidency

	Pope Francis’ homily at Mass with sex abuse survivors Pope's Angelus Address: Imitate Jesus' Meekness and Humility

	Two state solution does not depend on words

	Priests' Association response to Irish bishops' letter after June meeting

John Allen	After Hobby Lobby, time to face the real war on religion

	For Nepal's widows, Qatar remains a migrant graveyard Bodies of two to three migrant workers sent back to Nepal each day

Pope Francis Full text Summary	216. Small, yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch over and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples.
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	Asylum seeker at present in detention recently received letter from HK Immigration Department telling him to access information at the ID website (...how does an inmate get access to the internet?!)

	This website's Tanzania File (stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's South America file (stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's Hong Kong file (encouraging local drug addicts to come off drugs)


John W mini-Blog	My weekly article in today's Ming Pao newspaper. Topic: The name www.ChinaReferendum.com is available (on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK")

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, Tuesday, please bless the people of South Asia On this 8th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Heilongjiang Please join me in praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month

	Darlene Starrs (Canada) Touching the Cloak of Jesus I present to you a tree from Skreen, Sligo. It’s a tree rich with potential for long contemplation of the deeps! Like this amazing, aged tree, the Church is also a subject for long contemplation and I hope we touch the Cloak of Jesus, while searching the deeps!	This website's kind bloggers (past and present) with archives of articles: Bakhita Hazel C Daniel Daring Inigo Joachim Brian Lewis Judith Lynch Martin Mallon Chris McDonnell Bill Mulcahy Des O'Donnell Darlene Starrs TASMAD David Timbs Peter Wilkinson Harry Winter John Wotherspoon This website tries to stop "tanks" (war, global warming, exploitation of the poor, globalisation of indifference, liturgical "reform of the reform" & other anti-Vatican II forces etc) Weekly Archive of main page menus Previous archives 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 John W: Previous Daily Blogs

	'Arrest us all': the 200 women who killed a rapist

	Today, July 7, an important day in Chinese history: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937 - Japanese invasion of China...an early WWII start for China)

	Tamil asylum seekers: Ghosts on the high seas The further I read this article, the more I was filled with shame to be an Australian. The Australian government has only one basic principle: what will win votes?

Hong Kong	Occupy Central coming soon? Press freedom under attack c.f. Editorial censorship at South China Morning Post


	Pope urges inmates to ‘not stand still’ but to walk with God

	Interactive Bible Quiz - One Kings Based on the actual words of the Bible. How many times can you get 3/3 ?!

Pope Francis Full text Summary	215. There are other weak and defenceless beings who are frequently at the mercy of economic interests or indiscriminate exploitation. I am speaking of creation as a whole. We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined us so closely to the world around us that we can feel the desertification of the soil almost as a physical ailment, and the extinction of a species as a painful disfigurement. Let us not leave in our wake a swath of destruction and death which will affect our own lives and those of future generations. Here I would make my own the touching and prophetic lament voiced some years ago by the bishops of the Philippines : “An incredible variety of insects lived in the forest and were busy with all kinds of tasks… Birds flew through the air, their bright plumes and varying calls adding color and song to the green of the forests… God intended this land for us, his special creatures, but not so that we might destroy it and turn it into a wasteland… After a single night’s rain, look at the chocolate brown rivers in your locality and remember that they are carrying the life blood of the land into the sea… How can fish swim in sewers like the Pasig and so many more rivers which we have polluted? Who has turned the wonderworld of the seas into underwater cemeteries bereft of color and life?”

	Recommended by a reader in Australia: Student who obtained 0% in an exam

	Six Taiwanese men charged with importing methamphetamine worth $42 million in Sydney This website's Tanzania File (stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's South America file (stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's Hong Kong file (encouraging local drug addicts to come off drugs)


John W mini-Blog	Yesterday morning on the way from Tai Wai train station to St Alfred's Church for 10.30 Mass, I met three groups of parishioners going home after an earlier Mass (said by another priest). I asked them "what was the sermon about?" Someone in the first group said "about the Bible" (very clever ...covers everything). Someone in second group said "page 14" (yesterday was the 14th Sunday), and someone in third group was able to give a good summary of the sermon. Not sure what if any moral there is in this story ...."group three people have good memories"?

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 and Russia On this 7th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hebei Please join me in praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month

Pope Francis often emphasizes the dignity of the human person in the realm of work (as in this report)

Yet in Hong Kong there are Catholic schools and parishes with security guards whose companies require them to do demoralising 12 hour shifts (...to save money for the company ... employ 2x12 rather than 3x8)

This is an area where the Church needs to take urgent action

On this day in 1535, a politician died for the sake of truth.
In our time when politicians of principle are an endangered species, watching (again) A Man For All Seasons will revive a fire in our hearts

Many parts of movie available free. Google "a man for all seasons - youtube"

National Day:
Comoros, Malawi

Sunday July 6

"14th Sunday of the Year"

Today's Mass readings

Daniel Daring's reflection:
Truly Wise
There are many sophists around us who have mastered the art of persuasion and argue that there is no God and no truth. At the same time, poor and ordinary people all over the world are coming to Christ. Our sophists are unable to realise that true wisdom does not reveal itself in clever words but in transformed lives

The Parable of the Printer
My brain said to get a new printer ....cheaper than trying to fix the old one.
But my heart said "keep trying to fix it ...give it one more chance"

Pope Francis:
Thank you Holy Spirit

Inspiring photos:

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Newness, harmony, mission

Engagements of Pope Francis

Zenit.org - reports from Rome

Many thanks for checking
this website each day

St Paul on Metro/Tube/MTR!

Little girl telling the story of Jonah
- brilliant!

The US doctor and Mother Teresa

Pope
Francis

Full text

Summary

214. Precisely because this involves the internal consistency of our message about the value of the human person, the Church cannot be expected to change her position on this question ((abortion ...c.f. 213, below)).

I want to be completely honest in this regard. This is not something subject to alleged reforms or “modernizations”. It is not “progressive” to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.

On the other hand, it is also true that we have done little to adequately accompany women in very difficult situations, where abortion appears as a quick solution to their profound anguish, especially when the life developing within them is the result of rape or a situation of extreme poverty. Who can remain unmoved before such painful situations?

Recently-spotted car sticker:
Angel in car

This website's Tanzania File
(stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons

This website's South America file
(stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK)
- letters from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons

This website's Hong Kong file
(encouraging local drug addicts to come off drugs)

John W mini-Blog

Over the past few weeks I've had the happiness of distributing the recently-printed Simple Bible: New Testament (Chinese edition) in a number of prisons

For a big number of prisoners, especially inmates from China, it's the very first time they have ever held a Bible in their hands

Inside that Book is the way for our sick world to find health, our warring world to find peace, our revengeful world to find reconciliation, our indifferent world to find compassion

The longer we neglect that message of that Book, the more our troubles will increase. The sooner our world takes up that Book, or gets back to that Book, the safer and more peaceful our world will be for our children

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 6th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hainan
Please join me in praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month

Articles from Hong Kong's English Catholic paper, the Sunday Examiner:

Remember Tiananmen victims
“Those in high positions (in China) are corrupted and the money involved is always measured in the millions,” Cardinal Zen said. “Those in the middle are liars, and cheat in the food industry, manufacture and medical supplies.”

He described those in high positions as unwilling to listen to the truth and the middle men as content to be slaves to the privileged on one hand, while suppressing those below them on the economic rung on the other.

“And this culture has also permeated our Church on the mainland,” he pointed out, saying that stooges become government-recognised leaders in Church communities.

(one correction: better to say "June 4 Incident" victims, since no one died on Tiananmen Square itself)

Spot the terrorist (Editorial) North Korea sentences missionary to hard labour

Cardinal Orlie Quevedo O.M.I. cries out for culture of peace in the Bangsamoro

National Day: Venezuela

Saturday July 5

Today's Bible Blog

A four-course menu

Jesus had Judas. David had Absalom

Doing good makes us glad.
Doing bad, makes us sad

Which animal is "top dog" in Heaven?

Pope keeps asking us to mix with "rejects"

	Pope appoints first Chinese Malaysian archbishop of Kuala Lumpur	The unjust treatment of Bishop Bill Morris Tribalism lives on, for better and for worse North Africa refugee boat - Link

	Tamils facing new genocide in Sri Lanka

	Christian Führer - obituary Christian Führer was an East German pastor whose weekly 'prayers for peace’ blossomed into huge demonstrations that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall

	More Central Americans risk perilous trek to US to flee poverty and violence

	Ivory prices triple in China c.f. Elephants face extinction if Beijing does not ban ivory trade

	Opus Dei Influence Rises to the Top in the Vatican

	Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy rally leaders July 1 march organisers arrested Church in Hong Kong calls for dialogue and democracy

	In a Prabowo Presidency, Indonesians Would Get a Volatile Package

Pope Francis Full text Summary	213. Among the vulnerable for whom the Church wishes to care with particular love and concern are unborn children, the most defenceless and innocent among us. Nowadays efforts are made to deny them their human dignity and to do with them whatever one pleases, taking their lives and passing laws preventing anyone from standing in the way of this. Frequently, as a way of ridiculing the Church’s effort to defend their lives, attempts are made to present her position as ideological, obscurantist and conservative. Yet this defence of unborn life is closely linked to the defence of each and every other human right. It involves the conviction that a human being is always sacred and inviolable, in any situation and at every stage of development. Human beings are ends in themselves and never a means of resolving other problems. Once this conviction disappears, so do solid and lasting foundations for the defence of human rights, which would always be subject to the passing whims of the powers that be. Reason alone is sufficient to recognize the inviolable value of each single human life, but if we also look at the issue from the standpoint of faith, “every violation of the personal dignity of the human being cries out in vengeance to God and is an offence against the creator of the individual”.

	One of the five people arrested after the July 1 march for democracy in HK was the driver of the lead vehicle at the head of the parade. The driver was detained for allegedly leaving the engine of his vehicle running while it was not moving....i.e. violating the ban on idling engines (in this report). (Any excuse will do??)

	This website's Tanzania File (stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's South America file (stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's Hong Kong file (encouraging local drug addicts to come off drugs)


John W mini-Blog	My heart tells me to keep praying each day for Pope Francis' safety, especially after his recent words that the Mafia have excommunicated themselves from God's love by their evil deeds. Today he travels to two Italian regions Jesus, please keep Pope Francis safe, especially when he travels!

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 5th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guizhou Please join me in praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month

	Good news: A death sentence overturned in China (of a woman who killed her abusive husband)	Liturgy - New Translation 1998 ICEL Sacramentary Misguided Missal The new translation Ghastly process/result Ron Schmit: 1962 Mass a condemnation of Vatican II PrayTell ------------------------------------------ Spirituality 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 The Last Supper - Bohdan Piasecki (click to enlarge) --------------------------- Previous Smiles file

	China's gambling capital Macau is world's fourth-richest territory (Much corruption in Macau ....especially money laundering)

	Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying pelted at government meeting (The vast majority of HK people abhor such wild behaviour)

	Pope Francis' none-too-subtle Vatican 'dress code'

	Scott Morrison looks to 'national interest' test to circumvent High Court ruling on permanent protection visas Chance encounter with a friendly group of Aboriginal men on the train tells a story about us all Migrants were once welcomed - what happened? Australia has a proud history of welcoming migrants to our shores, where they have enriched our society. Where's the political party that celebrates this rather than punishes new arrivals?

	Vatican gives official backing to exorcists (Some people (e.g. NCR..) will make fun of this report, but anyone who has read Deliverance from Evil Spirits by Francis MacNutt will not laugh. See the reviews) c.f. Black Mass Planned for Oklahoma City

	This website's June statistics. DV this site helps readers keep up with what's happening in the world and in the Church - especially about issues concerning the poor. God bless all kind readers and bloggers and "recommenders". Please invite more people to check this site

Pope Francis Full text Summary	212. Doubly poor are those women who endure situations of exclusion, mistreatment and violence, since they are frequently less able to defend their rights. Even so, we constantly witness among them impressive examples of daily heroism in defending and protecting their vulnerable families.

	The Fourth of July weekend was approaching, and Miss Pelham, the nursery school teacher, took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism. 'We live in a great country,' she announced. 'One of the things we should be happy is that, in this country, we are all free.' Trevor came walking up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said loudly, 'I'm not free. I'm four.'

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John W mini-Blog	Independence Day in the US today reminds us that freedom is the right of all peoples, but so many peoples in world have very limited freedom. We also need to remember that even in so-called free countries, there are groups working to undermine basic freedoms, like freedom of the media, freedom of religion etc. People in Hong Kong are these days fighting for the survival of their basic freedoms. Jesus, may all peoples in all nations enjoy the basic freedoms of human life

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 4th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangdong Please join me in praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month

	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's caliphate will run out of steam Patriarch Sako: Iraq Won't Remain a Single State	This site's full statistics for June 2014 To publish an article on this site please contact Fr John Wotherspoon omi: jdwomi@gmail.com If you find a broken link in this website, please contact: jdwomi@gmail.com Why I collect rubbish for Pope Taking a stand Navigation Aids Standing up to bullies "Reform of reform" agenda Too Western/European Abortion - a true story "Same-sex marriage": two elephants in the men's room Near Death Experiences Globalisation of Indifference Tale of Two Brains John W's other sites: www.doctorjesus.org www.riccicenter.com www.simplebible.info www.china8.org www.jesustower.com www.oneminuteenglish.com `China Library - essential reading for anyone interested in China's Christian history`

	Immigration department officials screen asylum seekers at sea 'via teleconference'

	Reflection by a Hong Kong inmate: Life is like an ice cream When opportunities come, make full use of them, otherwise they will melt away

	Man who developed world's most rapidly adopted social metric reflects on link between profit motive and reduction of poverty

	More room for improvement in China-Africa relations

	Crowded to bursting point (following same pattern at US) Australia's prison system is crowded to bursting point, with new attitudes towards crime and punishment sending record numbers of people to jail

???	The wrong kind of papal 'ribbing' Another shake-up looms at troubled Vatican bank

	The contours of an extended child abuse royal commission

	China restricts Ramadan fasting in Xinjiang

Pope Francis Full text Summary	211. I have always been distressed at the lot of those who are victims of various kinds of human trafficking. How I wish that all of us would hear God’s cry: “Where is your brother?” (Gen 4:9). Where is your brother or sister who is enslaved? Where is the brother and sister whom you are killing each day in clandestine warehouses, in rings of prostitution, in children used for begging, in exploiting undocumented labour? Let us not look the other way. There is greater complicity than we think. The issue involves everyone! This infamous network of crime is now well established in our cities, and many people have blood on their hands as a result of their comfortable and silent complicity.

	Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong says China "firmly supports" universal suffrage for Hong Kong, and "its sincerity and determination is unswerving". (last sentence of this ABC report) But the only candidates you can vote for are candidates approved by Beijing!

	US heroin epidemic: How deadly addiction got a foothold in America's heartland This website's Tanzania File (stopping Africans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from Tanzanian inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's South America file (stopping South Americans from being tricked into bringing drugs to HK) - letters from South American inmates in Hong Kong prisons This website's Hong Kong file (encouraging local drug addicts to come off drugs)


John W mini-Blog	On July 1, 2003 about half a million people took to the streets in HK to protest against proposed security laws that would have severely restricted freedom in HK. After that march, Beijing wisely backed down and the proposed laws were not enacted Yesterday another huge crowd marched to protest Beijing's recently announced intention to run HK just like any other city in China .... media censorship, judges to do what they're told etc. May Beijing once again wisely shelve its latest proposal ....if it doesn't want HK to take the road of rebellion

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 & the Pacific On this 3rd of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Gansu Please join me in praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month

Hong Kong July 1 march for democracy
(Police figure of 92,000 is surely a political joke ...figure should be around 500,000?)

Yesterday morning: present and past Chief Executives celebrate return of HK to China

Yesterday afternoon: people vote with their feet to show what they think about Chief Executive and Beijing

Authorities tried to hinder the march by not allowing marchers to use available traffic lanes,
leading to scenes like this (Apple Daily video)

Hong Kong’s Big Parade

Gang of 4 HK Accountants Wrong on July 1

July - Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus

Wednesday July 2

Today's Bible Blog

A four-course menu

After his "fall" David "got up" & kept going

An idea for city dwellers

Team Satan no match for Team Trinity

YouTube: "Put your hand in the hand ..."

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