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Is it Goodbye to
the 'Barren Rock?'
Hong Kong’s values under threat
HK
Democracy File
- essential reading
Gaza
File - essential reading
IS
(ISIS) File - Essential Reading
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As
you might have seen on previous menus, I've been in two minds for a long
time about helping Muslim prisoners obtain copies of the Quran and other
items.
Well, from now on, no more help. Reason? What
does the Religion of Peace teach about violence?
On future menus I'll try to put more about this very important
topic that is radically impacting our world each day
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Matteo
Ricci: what legacy?
During a press conference on board the
plane flying back from Korea, Pope Francis said he could not help but
think of the figure of Matteo Ricci
while flying over China
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The Guardian view on the murder of James Foley by Isis
If we target Islamic State, they will target us: that is the lesson
of this horrific video
The second half of this article is most important reading:
Conflict Resolution 101- Talking With Hamas
- by a U.S. Jewish feminist! |
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The
Book Blog
Four readings
with recordings |
Readings for
Queenship of Mary
Isaiah
9:
The
people that walked in darkness has seen a
great light;
on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone.
For
there is a child born for us, a son given to us, and dominion
is laid on his shoulders
And
this is the name they give him: Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God,
Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace.
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Psalm
112:
Praise,
O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the
Lord! May the name of the Lord be blessed both
now and for evermore! From the rising of the sun
to its setting, praised be the name of the Lord!
From
the dust he lifts up the lowly, from the
dungheap he raises the poor, to set him in the
company of princes, yes,
with the princes of his people.
Recording
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Luke
1:
The
angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a
virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the
virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, so
highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’
She
was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting
could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you
have won God’s favour. Listen! You are to conceive and bear a son, and
you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne
of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and
his reign will have no end.’
Recording 01
Mary
said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I am a
virgin?’ ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you’ the angel answered
‘and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so
the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. Know this too:
your kinswoman Elizabeth has, in her old age, herself conceived a son,
and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing
is impossible to God’
‘I
am the handmaid of the Lord,’ said Mary ‘let what you have said be
done to me.’ And the angel left her
Recording
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YouTube:
Hail
Mary, Gentle Woman |
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Recommended by readers |
YouTube:
The
four-fingered Korean 20 year old woman pianist
Superheroes?
None compare to our heroic nuns, the first frontline feminists |
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Gaza
priest:
Violence resumes in Gaza. Israel "is not defending itself, it's
defending its occupation”
(jw:
Whatever the rights and wrongs on both sides, even
the great injustice to the Palestinians by the Israeli occupation,
violence is not the answer. It just makes things worse. Palestinians
need a Gandhi!)
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Ferguson,
11 days on: ‘We are sitting on a powder keg’
The killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in
Ferguson has sparked violent confrontations and shattered any illusions
of racial harmony in Barack Obama’s US. As the standoff continues, the
deep grievances fuelling the protests have been laid bare |
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Islamic
State-loyal militants plotted to blow up brewery in Kuala Lumpur
Islamists
target Indonesia’s most important Buddhist temple
(Jesus, please protect Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and other
places from Muslim extremists!)
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Why
the West needs to fight the Islamic State
Greater US and NATO intervention against the
Islamic State is not a perfect solution to the crisis, but it is the
best of a poor set of policy options.
(or is there another way, a non-violent way of
conflict resolution?)
Iraqi
Christian leaders demand protection as Pope warns we are in midst of
World War Three |
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Asylum
seekers seek what in Hong Kong?
- and see the
8 excellent comments by local HK people
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Christians
should ask themselves: what would I die for?
Pope's challenge to Korean youth holds true for all, including Filipinos |
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Conversation translator needed
- fluent in Chinese and English - for an Australian university
researcher based in HK from now until end of September. Researcher will
pay for help. He has just published a book on refugees in HK. jdwomi@gmail.com
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From
A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and
Power
by former US president Jimmy Carter:
Page 165: As with racial
discrimination, it is very difficult to change historical societal
patterns even when there is a desire to do so. I experienced this
problem as president in overcoming the exclusion of women from service
inthe federal district courts and the more senior appellate courts. When
there is a vacancy, White house staff members usually consults with the
U.S. senators from the state involved, then give the president a list of
potential appointees; then the president's nomination for judge is
submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
Prior to my election, only 8 women had been appointed to the federal
bench, and I was determined to correct this inequity. By the end of my
term, I had a chance to fill about 45% of the seats in the federal
courts.
(to be continued on tomorrow's
menu)
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A
few days ago when I was waiting for an electronically controlled gate to
open and let me into a prison dayroom, I noticed the guard on duty was
"meditating" .... so I half-jokingly put my hand through the
gate grill and put my hand over his head as for a blessing, which made
the inmates smile....but then as I looked up to "heaven" I saw
what I should have remembered: a security camera recording the service! |
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257.
As believers, we also feel close to those who do
not consider themselves part of any religious tradition, yet sincerely
seek the truth, goodness and beauty which we believe have their highest
expression and source in God.
We
consider them as precious allies in the commitment
to defending human dignity, in building peaceful coexistence between
peoples and in protecting creation.
A
special place of encounter is offered by new
Areopagi such as the Court of the Gentiles, where “believers
and non-believers are able to engage in dialogue
about fundamental issues of ethics, art and science, and about the
search for transcendence”. This
too is a path to peace in our troubled world.
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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) |
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John
W mini-Blog:
Just
as I started recording "The people that walked in darkness
has seen a great light" (The Book Blog,
above) my phone went. Call was from a man out of prison
yesterday after serving 32 months for minor drug trafficking.
He's been in prison more than 40 times. But this is the first
time he's ever gone to the government rehabilitation
accommodation centre on release. DG! After walking in
darkness for so many years he has started to see the light! Jesus,
please help A-Cheung live in your light!
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Please
join me in praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific
Frid:
South America
Sat:
Central & North America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On
this 22nd of the month, Jesus please bless the
prisoners of Zhejiang |
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