My Islam File        Muslim map of world

Happy Saint Patrick's Day !

St Patrick's Day parties

Why are HK's post boxes green? 

World's best airports:

1. Singapore Changi Airport
2. Incheon International Airport
3. Munich Airport
4. HK International Airport
5. Tokyo International Airport 
10. Beijing International Airport

Jesus, please bless the people of Israel as they vote in their general election today. May the new government be one that gives more importance to peace in the Middle East, a peace that will take  the steam out of movements like ISIS & Boko Haram 

Jeremiah 21-23

Jerusalem was under siege by the Chaldaeans. The Lord told Jeremiah to tell the leaders of Jerusalem to surrender.

But the leaders of Jerusalem did not obey Jeremiah's words. So the Lord got Jeremiah to say these words:

"Woe to the shepherds who allow my sheep to be scattered and killed. You have not taken care of my sheep.

Therefore I will raise up a leader who will be wise and just. He will be a good shepherd of my people."

Lord, please help our leaders to be good shepherds

Psalm 81

Ring out your joy to God our strength, shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

Listen to the voice of the Lord:

"I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Let there be no foreign god among you, no worship of a false god.

O that my people would heed me,
that Israel would walk in my ways.

At once I would subdue their foes.
But Israel I would feed with finest wheat and honey".

Lord, please help us to walk in your ways

Recording

Colossians 3.5-11

Kill all the bad things that trouble earthly life: fornication, impurity, evil desires, greed,  anger, bad temper, spitefulness, abusive language, dirty talk and lying

You have deleted your old self, and have downloaded a fresh copy of the divine image. That image is Christ. He must be installed in every part of your life

Jesus, take over my life. Install yourself in every part of my life

Recording

Recommended: check these readings early morning, think about them during the day, check them again at night. This habit gives us extra energy, courage, motivation, peace and compassion for each day

 Luke 19.28-40

When Jesus came near to Jerusalem, he sent two disciples to a nearby village to get a donkey colt which no one had ever ridden

Jesus sat on the colt and began the descent from the Mount of Olives down the hill to Jerusalem

The disciples spread their clothes on the road, and joyfully praised God for all the miracles they had seen. They cried out "Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord!"

Some religious leaders told Jesus to stop the disciples from calling out. Jesus replied "If these keep silence, the stones will cry out"

Jesus, you who came in the name of the Lord, we praise and love you

Recording

China Foments Trouble on Myanmar’s Border

Law reforms sought to allow media in Tanzania prisons

   With Israeli Arabs united, this election can bring positive change to everybody

My Islam File 
-  the videos I have watched
 and learnt from

ISIS is a wake-up call to learn more about Islam. I'm trying to learn more by watching videos like this one: Muhammad's life (with English subtitles ...and narrated in perfect English ...excellent for English students)

My weekly article in today's Ming Pao newspaper
with the topic: Why are HK's post boxes green?
is on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK".
Free access to article with recording today from about noon to 8pm HK time. Text without recording 

A week before Valentine's day, a girl asked her boyfriend what he would give her as a Valentine's gift. The boyfriend said he can give her anything, so the girl said "I want a ring". The boyfriend said "no problem.
So along came Valentine's day and the couple were on a date. They had dinner, a movie and he sent her back home. Still no ring. It was 11pm and maybe he was hiding outside, wanting to surprise her with a ring? Nothing at all. Then the next day, she got angry at her boyfriend and asked "why didn't you give me a ring?" The boyfriend said "check your phone - I did give you a ring. You missed my call!" 

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, Tuesday,  please bless the people of South Asia

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 17th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shaanxi

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 17th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Malawi

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify Boko Haram 

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File    Muslim map of world

From the space shuttle Columbia:
 Africa & Europe at sunset
(an old but beautiful photo)

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Pope condemns attacks against Christians in Pakistan 
(St John's is an Oblate parish)   

Why does ISIS make foreign prisoners wear orange jumpsuits, especially before execution?  Because that's what Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are made to wear.  Lots more info re ISIS in this YouTube: The Rise of ISIS & The Christian's Response - which describes how the cutting of enemies' throats is prescribed in the Koran

Force may be needed against IS - Vatican

Jeremiah 18-20 

Some officials decided to get rid of Jeremiah. They did not want to listen to his message any more.
"Come on,", they said, "let us make a case against him."

Jeremiah prayed to God: "Lord, you know that people are plotting against me. Please help me and keep me safe."

One of the Temple priests had Jeremiah beaten and put in stocks for a day near the Temple.

Again Jeremiah prayed to God:
"You have seduced me, Lord.
You have told me to proclaim a harsh message for the people.

This has made me a laughing-stock. Being your messenger has caused me insult  all the day long.

At one stage I even thought of not speaking your message any more.
But then I felt a fire burning in my heart. I could not stop thinking of you. I just had to speak your message."

Lord,  please increase my love for you. Please give me more courage to speak your message to my family, friends and people I meet

My recording of this reading

Psalms 79-80

O God, the nations have invaded your sacred land, they have profaned your holy temple. They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

We have become the taunt of our neighbours, the mockery and scorn of those who surround us.

How long, O Lord, will all this last? How long will this sorrow keep going?

Do not hold the guilt of our ancestors against us. If their guilt is somehow influencing our situation now, please give peace and healing to everyone and everything in our  history.

Let the groans of the prisoners come before you. Let your strong arm reprieve those condemned to die.

O Lord, our God, help us and save us. Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.

Lord, please heal any problems in my family tree

Recording

Colossians 3.1-2

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, focus on heaven, where Christ is, sitting at the Father's right hand

Let your thoughts be more on heavenly things, less on the things that are on earth

Jesus, please help me think more often about heaven.....since that's where I hope to spend all eternity! Help me understand how this present world is just a temporary arrangement

Recording

Today's Gospel: Zacchaeus

Luke 19.1-9

In Jericho there was a wealthy man named Zacchaeus, a senior tax collector. He wanted to see what kind of person Jesus was

But because of his short stature he couldn't see over the crowd. So he climbed a tree

Jesus saw him up the tree and said "Zacchaeus, come down, because I will stay at your house today"

Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Jesus warmly. People complained "He's gone to stay at the house of an outcast"

Zacchaeus replied "Sir, I am going to give half of my property to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I'll pay them back fourfold"

Jesus said to him "Today salvation has come to this house"

Jesus, please help more people to want to know and love you

Recording

Do you need Jesus to perform signs to believe?
We are called to believe, even when we cannot see and understand

10 years ago today

2005-03-16 Visit to Ku Shui  schools, with Mr Wong (Education Department) and HK nurse Cecilia

As the 70th Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approach (August 6 and August 9), many people will roll out the old line "the bombs saved a million lives and caused Japan to surrender". The more one reads of Paul Ham's excellent study, the more one realises that the above statement is far from the truth

Pages 509-513 describe the reaction of the churches to the bombings, and the start of the "spin" to avoid blame: (click to enlarge)

Yesterday's Gospel featured one of the most important and well-known sentences in the Bible:
John 3.16: God so loved the world so much, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but may have eternal life.
What's today?   3.16!  ("so what?" .... so today's an extra good day to think about 3.16!)

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, Monday,  please bless the people of Europe & Russia

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 16th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Qinghai

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 16th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Afghanistan

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify ISIS 

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File     Muslim map of world

In a surprising and far-reaching decision, Pope Francis has announced an extraordinary “Jubilee of Mercy” that will extend from December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016, and will involve the Catholic Church throughout the world

What can we do about ISIS and the rapid spread of Islam? 
1: Pray.
Please join me in praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week - listed at bottom of each day's menu.
2: Learn more about Islam
- see the many YouTube videos at my Islam File

Prayer intentions
Sun: Muslims in my own country
Mon: ISIS
Tue: Boko Haram
Wed: Al Shabaab
Thu: Al-Qaeda
Fri: All Muslims
Sat: Taliban

c.f. Readings for "Lent 4 (B)"

2 Chronics 36

My recording of this reading

Psalm 137

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and cried, remembering Zion. On the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps.

For it was there that they asked us, our captors, for songs. "Sing to us", they said, "one of Zion's songs".

O how could we sing the song of the Lord on alien soil? If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither.

O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not, Jerusalem , above all my joys.

Lord, please help  people who have been exiled from their homeland

Recording

YouTube: (Boney M)
By the Rivers of Babylon

Ephesians 2.4-10

God loved us so much, that when we were dead through our sins,
he brought us to life with Christ

We are God's work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live a life of goodness,  as God originally intended us to live

Heavenly Father, help me live my life the way you want me to live it

Recording

John 3.13-17

Jesus said to the religious leader: "The Son of Man must be lifted up on a cross, as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him"

God loved the world so much, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but may have eternal life

For God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved

Jesus, only Son of God the Father, thank you for coming into this world. Please help more and more people believe in you

Recording

 China-Vatican relations: Discussions follow “Vietnamese model”

 Peace and Toilet Paper - terrible conditions in US prisons. Shame USA, shame, shame, shame

YouTube: Murder scene from movie Romero

10 years ago
 today

2005-03-15 Happy afternoon at Ricci centre for school-less children- visit by Zhaoqing Party Youth Secretary Mr Leung & CAS teacher Mr Hu +  guest teacher Winnie & friend Yummy + computer class with Kam Sim

Recover what was lost in the translation
Gerald O’Collins’ persuasive plea in The Tablet last week will warm the hearts of the faithful. His letter to bishops of the English-speaking world asks them to adopt the 1998 English translation of the Mass as an officially approved version. That would be an infinitely better alternative to the version that the Vatican commissioned and imposed in 2011.

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, Sunday, please bless the people of Africa

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 15th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Liaoning

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 15th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Zimbabwe

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please bless all Muslims in my own country 

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File      Muslim map of world

An absorbing interview with Pope Francis about his first two years
on the job
 What do you like or do not like about being the Pope?   "The only thing I would like is to go out one day, without being recognized, and go to a pizzeria for a pizza. That would be nice"

The world's most humane prison
Halden Prison in Norway tests the limits of humane incarceration and rehabilitation, greatly reducing re-offending rates

How dangerous is China's debt?
The great hole of China
(The Economist)

Catholic school's 'red' song worries Hong Kong parents
Controversy erupts after children found to be singing pro-mainland tune

Jeremiah 18

The Lord told Jeremiah to go to the house of the potter.

At the potter's house, Jeremiah watched the potter working.
Sometimes a vessel he was making wasn't shaped properly.

So the potter would take the clay and start again, and shape the clay into a new vessel.

Then the Lord told Jeremiah: "The House of Israel is clay, I am  the potter. I  keep on trying to form Israel into a holy nation"

Lord, you are the potter, we are the clay - the work of your hands.
Please mould us into what you want us to become.

My recording of this reading

YouTube beautiful song: 
Abba Father, you are the potter
(Cary Landry)

Psalm 78 (b)

May future generations not be like our ancestors who so often were unfaithful to God.

Even though our ancestors had seen God part the sea, even though they had seen him provide food and water for them in the desert, still they went on sinning.

Yet he who is full of compassion forgave and spared them. He remembered they were only weak humans.

Eventually he brought them to the promised land, and gave a home to each of Israel's tribes.

But still they sinned by building mountain shrines and serving idols.

Then God raised up David to be their leader. God called him from looking after sheep to be the shepherd of his people.

Lord, help us not to forget all you have done for us

Recording

Colossians 2.9-18

In Christ's body lives the fullness of divinity. In him, you too find fulfillment

In baptism, you were buried with him and then raised to new life.
Our real life is life with and in Christ

Be careful of people who are always going on about some vision they have had, giving such visions more importance than Christ himself

Jesus, may my focus always be on you

Recording

Luke 18.35-43

As Jesus entered Jericho, there was a blind beggar sitting by the road. People in the crowd told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by

So he called out "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me". Some people told him to be quiet, but he just shouted all the louder "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me"

Jesus stopped and asked him "What do you want me to do for you?" He replied "Sir, let me see again"

Jesus said to him "Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you".
Instantly his sight returned, and he followed Jesus, praising God

Jesus, please heal my blind friend ......(name)...

Recording

Slaa records 9-page statement on alleged threat to harm him

A former US ambassador tells why he initiated a petition to free Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim

Obama is not the first person whom Najib has fooled.....

....People whose only “crime” was to walk down the street wearing the color yellow – the symbol of Bersih, the organizers of the protest – were arrested.  One week after his police force fired chemical-laced water on the protestors and detained over 1,600 people, the “good Najib” took a trip to London. But when he walked in the room to meet Queen Elizabeth, he got a big surprise. The Queen was wearing yellow. No one thinks it was an accident. Even the flowers in the vases behind her were yellow. The Queen had sent a clear message.

The day will come when the world understands that there is only one Najib, and that he leads one of most repressive, racist, and corrupt regimes in Asia. And when that day comes, then hopefully we all will be wearing yellow.

10 years ago
 on this day

2005-03-13 Zhaoqing tour"  Yut Gong building, new Protestant church, Hung Lau building (with Ricci info)

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, Saturday,  please bless the people of Central & North America

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 14th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jilin

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 14th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ethiopia

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify the Taliban 

Singapore hangs two convicted drug dealers
(for 15grams of heroin ....c.f. people bringing 1 or more kilos to HK!)

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File     Muslim map of world

Two years on, Pope faces headwinds in reforming Vatican

Happy 2nd Anniversary Pope Francis!

Pope will wash feet of men and women prison inmates on Holy Thursday, April 2!

What courage and determination!

Typewriter

Fridays of Lent: 

Prayer before a Crucifix

The Jesus Stabat Mater

Jeremiah 16-17

The Lord will bring back Israel's exiles, back to the land he gave to our ancestors.

Lord, my strength, my stronghold,
all the nations will come to you
and acknowledge that you alone are God in all the earth.

Let all the peoples praise you, O God, let all the peoples praise you

My recording of this reading

Psalm 78 (a)

Listen, everyone, to my teaching.
I will recount the lessons of our history.

The things  our parents have told us, we will not hide from our children, but will pass them on to the next generation.

We want the next generation to know all that the Lord has done for us in the past.

May the next generation in turn
pass on this knowledge to their own children, so that they too will put their hope in God, and never forget all that God has done for us.

Lord, please help each generation preserve and pass on the faith

Recording

Colossians 2.6-8

You must live your whole life according to the Christ you have received - Jesus the Lord

You must be built on him and held firm by the faith you have been taught

Make sure no one deceives you with any teaching based on the principles of this world instead of on Christ

Jesus, please protect people from false teaching

Recording

Luke  18.31-34

Once again Jesus explained to the 12 apostles what would happen to him:

"Now we are going to Jerusalem. Everything written about me by the prophets will happen:  I will be handed over to the pagans. I will be mocked and spat on. I will be scourged and put to death. On the third day I will rise from the dead"

But the apostles had no idea what his words meant

Jesus, especially each Friday, please help me to remember you on the Cross

Recording

Story about a ghost appearing in swimming photo at waterhole in Queensland has been featured by Chinese media in HK. Under "Hit" at this link, there are 9 photos. Click the right hand one of the top line  (c.f. Healing the Haunted by Dr Kenneth McAll)

Young refugees risk their lives by mocking Islamic State in a series of films, as satirising the extremists grows in popularity across the Middle East

New Book

see no. 32 - From The Centre To The Periphery: Towards An Asian Contextual Theology
– Ambrose Mong O.P.

10 years ago today

2005-05-13 Visit to Zhaoqing Ricci Centre and CAS by HK Holy Family Canossian College students and staff

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 13th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jiangxi

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 8th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Mali

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, on this Friday Muslim day of prayer, please bless all Muslims!

Another drug mule arrested at HK Airport
Most of these Colombians are from just one city: Pereira. For several years I've been trying to get the message to Pereira: bringing drugs to HK is a suicide mission. Anyone know a media contact in Pereira? I've tried to find one ...no success  (jdwomi@gmail.com) 

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File     Muslim map of world

Elderly foreigners being tricked into smuggling drugs out of HK
- all are in detention, facing long sentences, unlike Australia 
- c.f.
A difference between Hong Kong and Australia    

YouTube: The Lord's Prayer 

Jeremiah 15

Alas, my mother, for you gave me birth to be a man of strife and dissension for everyone.

I neither lend nor borrow, yet everyone curses me. Lord, remember how I suffer insult for your sake.

When I heard your word, I devoured it. Your word was my delight and the joy of my heart
for you called me to speak your word.

Lord, please increase my love for your word, my love for the Bible

My recording of this reading

Psalms 73-77

Sometimes when I see how bad people prosper, I wonder what's the use in trying to be good?

But then I realize that everyone someday has to pay the bill for any evil they have bought in the world.

Sometimes when I see our world  and religion in ruins, I wonder why has God abandoned us?

Then I remember that God has promised to break the power
of the wicked. He has promised to give strength to good people.

So may all people honor the Lord our God and judge. May the Lord give us his loving help.

Lord, you are goodness itself. Please help us to be good and to trust you always

Recording

Colossians 1.24 - 2.2

As I sit in my prison, I am at peace in my suffering, offering up my suffering to Christ for the sake of his body, the Church

God chose me to reveal to you his sacred message: Christ, your hope of glory,  is among you

My aim is to bind you together in love, and to keep you growing in your knowledge of God's plan for your lives

"Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, With cords that cannot be broken, Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, Bind us together in Love"  (YouTube)

Recording

Luke 18.18-23

A young man from a prominent family asked Jesus "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Jesus replied "You know the commandments: you must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must honor your father and mother"

The man answered "I have kept all these commandments all my life"

Jesus then said "There is still one higher goal: sell all  you own,
give the money to the poor, then come follow me"

But when the man heard this he was very sad, because he was very rich

Jesus, please help me follow you the way you want me to follow you

Recording

Why the UN climate talks have wasted 23 years, and how this can change

Indonesian Executions Push Sovereignty Claim
Singapore, after hanging hundreds of people including dozens of foreigners, in 2013 lifted the death penalty on a young Malaysian after a judge ruled that he was only a courier.  Reform laws now allow the courts to impose life in prison if the accused is found to be a mule or mentally impaired

New photo

10 years ago today

Today also the 90th anniversary of Sun Yat-Sen (1925, Beijing)

 An Augustinian, a Franciscan, and a Jesuit all die and get to heaven. Jesus asks each one, "If you could go back, what would you change"?

The Augustinian ponders a while and says, "There's so much sin in the world. If I went back, I'd try and stop people from sinning so much."
The Franciscan thinks a bit and says, "There's so much poverty in the world. If I went back, I'd try and get people to share more of their wealth with the poor."
The Jesuit looks at Jesus and quickly replies, "If I went back, I'd change my doctor."

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, Thursday,  please bless the people of S.E. Asia & Pacific

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 12th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jiangsu

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 12th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Guinea-Bissau

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, please pacify Al-Qaeda 

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

My Islam File      Muslim map of world

Pope: Theologians should smell like the sheep, too     

"Do not settle for a theology of the desk. Your places for reflection are the boundaries."

 NGOs in China bracing for a crackdown 

Death threats to Tanzania's opposition leader When I was in Tz in January I heard how the powers that be have made several attempts on Dr Slaa's life. I pray every day for his safety

Jeremiah 12-14 (let's pray this on behalf of people being attacked by IS)

Lord, you are in our midst, we are called by your name. Please give us help and strength in this time of trouble.

Wherever I go I see sadness and despair.
Our land has been invaded by the foreign soldier.

If I go into the countryside, I see people killed by the sword.

If I go into the city,
I see people sick with hunger.

O God, you are our hope. For your name's sake, please forgive us and help us.

Lord, please help people  whose countries are under occupation by foreign soldiers

Psalm 72

O Lord, please bless the king, that he might serve your people with justice.

May the mountains bring forth peace for the people, and the hills, justice.

The kings of Sheba and Seba bring him gifts. All nations will serve him.

He will save the poor when they cry for help, and the needy who are helpless.

He will have pity on the weak, and save the lives of the poor.

May every tribe be blessed in him. May every nation bless his name.

May all the nations know and love you, Lord

Recording

Colossians 1.15-20

Christ is the image of the unseen God. In him were created all things. 

All things were created through him and for him

Before anything was created, he existed.
He holds all things in unity

The Church is his body. He is its head

God wants all things to be reconciled through him who brought peace by his death on the Cross

Jesus, God the Son become man, may our world find reconciliation and peace in you

Recording

Luke 18.15-17

People brought little children to Jesus, for him to bless them. The disciples told the people to go away and not bother Jesus

But Jesus called the children to him and said "Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs

I tell you, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child, will never enter it"

Jesus, please give all children the chance to know and love you

Recording

Chris McDonnell (Wed UK blogger) 

After the Curtain came down
The Church in Europe is facing a huge challenge. With falling congregations and a drastic fall in vocations to the priesthood, a continent framed in the spirit of Christian faith over many hundreds of years is rapidly changing. How does the Church proclaim the message of Christ in what is at best an indifferent culture and at worst one that is openly hostile to the faith that we profess?

Taiwan joint funeral and wedding Mass draws mixed reactions in China

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, Wednesday,  please bless the people of East Asia

And praying for prisoners in one part of China each day of the month:
On this 11th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hunan

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 11th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Eritrea

And praying for one Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday, please pacify Al Shabaab 

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 HK Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK)

Pope Francis:
Thank you Holy Spirit

Inspiring photos:

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Newness, harmony, mission

Engagements of Pope Francis

Zenit.org - reports from Rome

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Priests 9 Masses a day
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Why are women not being
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A Call to Action
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Excellent articles on Mission
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Imposter Priests
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My Islam File

Political leaders who live(d) a simple life style and care(d) for the poor

HK Democracy File - essential reading

HK Asylum Seekers File

IS (ISIS) File - Essential Reading

Gaza File - essential reading

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1998 ICEL Sacramentary

Misguided Missal 

The new translation
Ghastly process/result

Ron Schmit:
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Jackie Evancho  - To Believe

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Whole text of 1966 Jerusalem Bible

The Last Supper -  Bohdan Piasecki 
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Bob Welsh - My Christmas Eve

 A Tale of Two Brains

The Story of Jonah 
as Told by The Cutest Little Girl
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YouTube from KLM!

North Africa refugee boat - Link

Abortion Survivor’s Letter
 to the Abortionist

Tribalism lives on, 
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Video: Sydney Peace Prize Lecture by Julian Burnside  

16 Documents of Vatican II

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Reflections on the 16 documents
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Be careful of junk reading re Pope:
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Why I collect rubbish for Pope

Taking a stand

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Abortion - a true story

The evil of compulsory celibacy

Link between compulsory celibacy
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"Same-sex marriage": 
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     Near Death Experiences

Globalisation of Indifference

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