Muslim map of world

ISIS trying to recruit in HK!
HK Muslims concerned about an ISIS leaflet circulating among Indonesian helpers - seeking recruits - Chinese news video report

People everywhere need to learn more about Islam to understand where ISIS is coming from. See my Islam File     

On this day in 1980, Oscar Romero was murdered. He's due to be beatified on May 23.  Inspiring Romero quotes

Malawi education plan backfires
An ambitious plan by the Malawi government to offer free primary education has backfired, because of  horrendously poor conditions 

c.f. HK volunteer Janny Law is  trying to help one area's schools - see her photos in this file (Jan 5-7)

Jeremiah 36

God told Jeremiah to write down
all the messages he had spoken for God. So Jeremiah got Baruch to make a written record of all his messages. Baruch wrote the messages on a scroll.

Some good officials took the scroll to the king to read. The officials hoped the king would obey the words of the scroll.

The king had the scroll read aloud for him. As each section was read, the king used a knife to cut off the section, and then threw the section into a fire.

Eventually the whole scroll was burnt. The king then issued an order for  Jeremiah to be arrested.

God protected Jeremiah and did not allow him to be arrested for the time being. God also told Jeremiah to have another scroll made.

Lord, please move world leaders' hearts to be open to your message of justice and peace and love

Psalm 87

On the holy mountain is Jerusalem, the Lord's cherished city.

Of you are told glorious things, O city of God.

All nations are called to serve and love the Lord. And Jerusalem shall be called their spiritual mother, for all shall be her children.

In Jerusalem everyone will be welcome and find a home.

Lord, may Jerusalem be a place of peace and prayer for all peoples

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

1 Thessalonians 1.1-6

From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy
to the Church of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in Thessalonika. Wishing you grace and peace

In my prayers for you, I thank God our Father for your faith in action, your work for love, and your persevering hope

When we brought the Good News to you, it came to you not just as words, but as power from the Holy Spirit

By the grace of the Holy Spirit, you accepted the Good News,
despite great opposition from many quarters

Jesus, help people accept the Good News, despite opposition

Recording

Luke 22.12-20

On the evening of the Passover feast, Jesus and his apostles ate the Passover Lamb in a large upper room furnished with couches

While they were having the meal, Jesus took some bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it and gave it to his apostles saying "This is my body"

Then he took a cup of wine and said "This cup is the new covenant
in my blood which will be poured out for you"

Jesus, please help me understand how your Body and Blood
are present in a Communion service

Recording

Lee Kuan Yew obituary
He saw in the economic success of east Asia the triumph of ‘Confucian values’: discipline, order, respect for education and authority over western values of individualism, liberalism and democracy.

The Darker Side of Lee Kuan Yew

The truth about "the bombs saved one million lives"

An excellent book to read as the 70th anniversaries come closer (Aug 6 and Aug 9) 

In Burma, a "higher class person" is not supposed to hold an umbrella to protect a "lower class person" from sun/rain.  Which is why in this video report, a man and woman have an umbrella's shadow at their feet, but the umbrella has been deleted from the photo. Report is in Chinese, but missing umbrella is easy to spot (?)

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 24th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Inner Mongolia

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 24th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Zambia

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

Pope yesterday had meal with 120 inmates in a Naples prison, with 12 apostles at his table

“At times you may feel disappointed, discouraged, abandoned by all, but God is always at our side, especially in times of trial"

The Holy Father went on to encourage the prisoners, saying that no matter what mistakes they committed in life, the Lord never tires of showing them the path that leads to Him and that “not even jail bars” can separate them from God’s love.

Acknowledging the many letters he receives from prisoners around the world, the Pope sympathized with them and the undignified conditions many find themselves in.

However, he also praised the work of the directors, chaplains, educators and pastoral workers who remain close to them. He also called for the development of a positive experience in prison life so that, once freed, detainees can contribute to both society and the Church

Jeremiah 32 

Jerusalem was about to be captured by the Chaldaeans. But God  promised that Jerusalem would recover its freedom.

As a sign that Jerusalem would be free again, God told Jeremiah to buy a field.

People thought Jeremiah was crazy. But through this action Jeremiah delivered God's message:

This city and this land are now a waste, but soon people will again buy land and build homes in freedom and safety.

Lord, when things get really bad, please increase our trust in you
that you will turn things around in our lives

My recording of this reading

Psalm 86

Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer for I am poor and needy.

O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call to you.

All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord, you who alone are God.

Show me, Lord, your way, and guide my heart, so that I may walk in your truth.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart, for your love to me has been great.

O give your strength to your servant and save your handmaid's son.

Dear Lord, thank you for all  your love

Recording

Colossians 4.3-21

Pray for me, in my chains, that I may proclaim the message of Christ as clearly as I should

Be tactful with people who are not Christians. Use friendly conversation with them

Greetings from the believers here with me. Greetings to all the believers in your area

Grace be with you all

Jesus, may my conversation with non-Christians help them know you

Recording

Luke 22.1-6

Big crowds were in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover which was only a few days away. The religious  leaders were afraid that the crowds would prevent them from killing Jesus

But then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot who was one of the 12 apostles. Judas went to the leaders to plan how to capture Jesus. The leaders agreed to give Judas some money for his help

Judas then began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus at a time when there were no crowds around

Jesus, please protect me from Satan's influence, and from any sort of pride that might make me want to abandon your friendship

Recording

The RC Church Needs Divine Wisdom
The scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees just cannot compete with the Lord’s thinking, though they are presumed to be the learned men of the Jewish faith

 Global weapons trade targets Africa as imports to Algeria and Morocco soar

10 years ago today

2005-03-23 Visit to Ricci Centre for school-less children by some 60(!) Zhaoqing University students

2005-03-23 Vice-Mayor Suen & Italian Consul General Mr Arpea - Ricci Cultural Exchange
Centre meeting no. 1!

2005-03-23 China Youth Daily article

Wild Gorilla Encounter

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 23rd of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangxi

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 23rd of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Djibouti

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

US seizes $180m in cocaine from Colombian drug traffickers in Pacific

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: 'Death penalty represents failure' – there's no 'humane' way to kill a person

SA cop cleared of drug charges in Hong Kong

Chaplain: Busi says she is innocent

Highly recommended by a teacher in South Africa who shows this movie to her students to warn them about the danger of being tricked into drug trafficking:
Brokedown Palace Trailer 

Amazon reviews

There are inmates in HK whose story is real-life Brokedown Palace

Saudi grand mufti: - Destroy all churches in Arabian peninsula

Pakistan: Solidarity with our Oblates in danger

 In search of moderate Muslims. Sarfraz Manzoor asks if moderate Muslims exist and, if not, where did they go? (BBC Radio)

c.f. Readings for "Sunday 22"

Jeremiah 30-31 (same as yesterday!)

God told Jeremiah to tell the people these words:

"I will restore you to health.
I will heal your wounds.

I have loved you with an everlasting love. Strong and constant is my love for you.

I will bring back the exiles and save them. I will change their sorrow into joy.

The days are coming when I will make a new agreement with my people. Deep within their hearts I will plant love of my Law.

I will be their God and they will be my people. I will forgive all their sins."

Lord, please plant love of you deep within my heart

My recording of this reading

Psalm 51

Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness, and cleanse me of my sin.

My offences truly I know them.
What is evil in your sight I have done.

But in my defence please don't forget that sinfulness is part of the human condition, part of our DNA.

A pure heart create for me, O God.
Put a steadfast spirit within me.

Give me again the joy of your help. With a spirit of fervor sustain me.

Lord,  you will not spurn a humbled, contrite heart

Recording

Hebrews 5.7-9

During his life on earth, Christ offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard.

Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.

Jesus, please help us to put up with difficulties for the sake of your kingdom

Recording

John 12.23-33

Jesus said to his apostles Andrew and Philip "Now the time has come for me to be glorified.  Unless a wheat grain goes into the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain. But if it dies, it yields a rich harvest

Now sentence is being passed on this world. Now Satan is to be defeated. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself"

By these words, Jesus indicated the kind of death he would die

Jesus, lifted up on the Cross, you are the Saviour of the world

Recording

 White Shadow review – a brutal, honest portrayal of Tanzanian albinism

Joan Chittister

This column is about religious thuggery. It is thuggery justified by a distorted notion of religion. It is a religious thuggery that in this case distorts the very Islam out which of it claims to grow

What ISIS Really Wants 

The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs.

The reality is that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic. The religion preached by its most ardent followers derives from coherent and even learned interpretations of Islam

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 22nd of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Zhejiang

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 22nd of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Rwanda

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

State has duty to protect Christians

Condemning the latest atrocity against Christians in Pakistan, Pope Francis spoke of the  “persecution of Christians … that the world seeks to hide”.  (Tablet Editorial)

Tanzania has prisoner exchange agreement with only one country but is negotiating an agreement with China?  (Article doesn't realise HK is distinct from China ...says 185 Tanzanians in prisons in China ...should say c. 125 in HK and c. 60 in China)

Jeremiah 30-31

God told Jeremiah to tell the people these words:

"I will restore you to health.
I will heal your wounds.

I have loved you with an everlasting love. Strong and constant is my love for you.

I will bring back the exiles and save them. I will change their sorrow into joy.

The days are coming when I will make a new agreement with my people. Deep within their hearts I will plant love of my Law.

I will be their God and they will be my people. I will forgive all their sins."

Lord, please plant love of you deep within my heart

My recording of this reading

Psalm 85

I will hear what the Lord God has to say, a voice that speaks of peace.

Peace for his people and his friends, and those who turn to him in their hearts.

His help is near for those who love him, and his glory will dwell in our land.

Mercy and faithfulness have met.
Justice and peace have embraced.

Faithfulness shall spring from the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven.

The Lord will make us prosper
and our earth shall yield its fruit.

Justice shall march before him
and peace shall follow his steps

Lord, please give more peace to our world

Recording

Colossians 3.18 - 4.1

Wives and husbands, understand and support each other.

Children, be obedient to your parents.

Parents, treat your children fairly or else they will rebel

Slaves, be obedient and respectful to your owners. Offer up your work to the Lord, our Heavenly Owner

Owners, be just and fair to your slaves. Remember your Heavenly Owner

Jesus, help families to live together in harmony

Recording

Luke 21.3-38

Jesus said to his disciples that Jerusalem would be destroyed and its people scattered throughout the world

He also spoke of how his followers would be persecuted,  and of the end of the world: "The planets will be shaken, nations will be in agony,  bewildered by the force of the oceans. Then they will see me coming in a cloud with great power and glory

To prepare for your own end of earthly life, stay faithful to prayer and goodness. Don't let your heart be coarsened by debauchery, drunkenness and material cares"

In this his final week on earth, Jesus spent the daytime in the Temple, teaching. From early morning the people would gather round him to listen to him. Then he would spend the night on the Mount of Olives

Jesus, help me be faithful to prayer and goodness

Recording

10 years ago
 on this day

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 21st of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Yunnan

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 21st of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Benin

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

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

Fridays of Lent: 

Prayer before a Crucifix

The Jesus Stabat Mater

Jeremiah 24-29

For 23 years Jeremiah spoke the message of the Lord, calling on people to do good and turn away from evil.

But the people, especially the leaders, refused to listen to Jeremiah. They eventually arrested Jeremiah and planned to kill him.

Jeremiah also sent a message to the exiles in Babylon. But they too refused his message.

Lord, please give me some of Jeremiah's courage and faith

My recording of this reading

Psalm 84

How lovely is your sacred temple, Lord. My heart is longing to spend time in your holy dwelling.

Even sparrows  and swallows are your temple guests. They build homes for their young near your altar.

Blessed are the people who live and work in your temple. And blessed, too, are people who keep  the memory of your temple in their hearts.

As they go through the troubles of life, you give them strength to face the trials of each day.

Lord, one day within your temple
is better than a thousand anywhere else.

Dear God, thank you for special places of prayer

Recording

Colossians 3.15-16

May the peace of Christ reign in your hearts. Always be thankful

Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home in you. Help each other grow in wisdom

With gratitude in your hearts, sing songs to God

Jesus, live in my heart. Please live in my heart

Recording

Luke 20.45-47

After some leaders had asked him some trick questions, Jesus said to his disciples

"Beware of the religious leaders who like to walk about in special clothes and love to be greeted obsequiously in the market places

They like the front seats in prayer halls and the places of honor at banquets. They like making a show of lengthy prayers.

But at the same time they steal the property of widows.  They will receive a severe sentence from God at the end of their lives

Jesus, please help religious leaders be good people

Recording

A former minister in this government ran HSBC while it engaged in systematic tax evasion, money laundering for drugs gangs and the provision of services to Saudi and Bangladeshi banks linked to the financing of terrorists. Instead of prosecuting the bank, the head of the UK’s tax office went to work for it when he retired

  Fr Neuhaus S.J. - hopes for peace in wake of Israeli election

Why do so many countries have a sword on their flag?

10 years ago today

2005-03-20 Visit to home of Mr Wu, main chef at Zhaoqing CAS canteen for 10 years

Yesterday afternoon I went to a bookstore for a while, then to a church, then to Chung King Mansion to get things for the prisons  (see story at top of this menu) ....and just at the very minute I was buying IDD cards at a certain shop, one of the three just-released Africans "happened" to walk past and, despite the crowd, recognised me. And yesterday's trip is something I do only every couple of months. What are the chances of all this happening just "by chance"?!  At the very least when things like this happen (and they happen not infrequently) we have to say in our hearts "thank you Lord for such timing"!)

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 20th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Sichuan

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 20th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Gambia

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

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

St Joseph, please help our world be open to Jesus' message of peace !

See below for update re dangerous situation in one of the Oblate parishes in Pakistan ...where dozens of Christians were killed/injured last Sunday

Critics cite lack of airspace for third HK runway 

Michael Mo used to be my altar boy in Tung Chung, next to airport!

Labour Party flays government over runway plan

c.f. Mass readings for Feast of St Joseph

Two Samuel 7

After David settled into his palace and the land enjoyed peace, David thought about building a temple for the Lord.

Then through the prophet Nathan the Lord told David:

" I will establish your dynasty for ever. But it will be your son, not yourself, who will build a temple for me."

David praised God: "Who am I, Lord, and what is my House, that you have helped me so much and promised me so much?

May my House continue in your presence for ever. May you bless my House forever."

Jesus, Son of David, give peace to our world

My recording of this reading

Psalm 134

Recording

Revelation 22.16-20

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to make these revelations to you
for the sake of the churches

I am of David's line, the Root of David, the Bright Star of the Morning"

The Spirit and the Bride say: "Come". Let all who want eternal life say: "Come"

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Jesus, Son of David, come into our world!

Recording

Correction to popular use:  Joseph was the step-father, not foster father of Jesus, because Joseph was the husband of Mary and Mary was Jesus' biological mother.
c.f. What's the difference between foster father and step father?

Matthew 1.18-24

This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally.

He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ 
When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do.

Jesus, Son of David, save your people from war and strife

Recording

10 years ago today

(in honor of March 19 St Joseph)

Thief broke into convent of Sisters of St Joseph.
Then a voice was heard: Joseph is watching.
Voice again heard: Joseph is watching.
Thief uses torch....sees that "voice" is a parrot.
Thief goes on putting items in his sack.
Voice then says to huge guard dog: "Get him, Joseph"

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 19th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanxi

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 19th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Sudan

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's Holy Year of Mercy
 could be a truly great jubilee

The Great Jubilee of 2000 was really not all that great. Pope Francis has a chance to make that right.

12-year-old boy praised after he refused reward for returning  phone

"My dad always says 'what goes around comes around' and if I lost my phone I would like to think someone would do the same for me"

c.f. The Man in the Queue for an example of "what goes around comes around" 

March 28: Nigeria's long-awaited election: what you need to know
Boko Haram is “being used as a political football by politicians” who are more interested in discrediting each other than addressing the insurgency.

Pope sends letter to the Bishops of Nigeria

Jeremiah 33-35

Most of the people and their leaders ignored God's message
delivered by Jeremiah.

But one group listened to Jeremiah and obeyed God's message: that group was the nomad clan of Rechabites.

At God's command Jeremiah invited them to a meal  near the Temple, and invited them to drink wine.

But they replied that they had been told by God never to own property or build houses or be farmers or drink wine.

Jeremiah then spoke to the people watching the Rechabites: "See how this clan is obedient to the message of the Lord, unlike most of the people and its leaders who ignore God.

Because this clan has been faithful and obedient, therefore it will  always be blessed by the Lord".

Lord, please help me be faithful to you,  like the Rechabites

Psalms 82, 83

God says to corrupt officials:

"How long will you judge unjustly and mistreat the poor? You should do justice for the weak and the orphan.

You should defend the afflicted and the needy. You should rescue the weak and the poor. You should set them free from the hand of the wicked".

O God, please protect your people from corruption and injustice.
Save us also from attack by other nations.

Let everyone know that you are the Lord of all the earth.

Lord, please stop corrupt officials from hurting people

Recording

Colossians 3.12-14

You are God's special friends. He loves you. You should be clothed in sincere compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience

Allow for other's weaknesses. Forgive each other as soon as a quarrel begins. The Lord has forgiven you. You must forgive others

Over all these clothes, to keep them together and to complete them, put on love

Jesus,  help me be a better and kinder person

Recording

Luke 19.41-48

As Jesus caught sight of Jerusalem, he shed tears over it and said "How I wish you had accepted my message of peace. You will be totally destroyed, because you rejected God's offer of grace"

Jesus then went into the Temple and drove out the sellers. According to the Scripture", he said, "my house will be a house of prayer. But you have turned it into a robbers' den"

Each day Jesus taught in the Temple. The leaders wanted to do away with him, but they didn't know how to, since most of the ordinary  people had great respect for Jesus

Jesus, please don't let me ever reject your friendship

Recording

Chris McDonnell (Wed UK blogger) 
It won’t go away, you know
Prayer should be a welcome into an open space for listening, not a struggle to complete an obstacle course through a dense language jungle   

c.f. Open letter to English speaking bishops – Gerald O’Collins SJ

Second day of protests follow Lahore church bombings

Rare display of anger from persecuted minority group in Pakistan

Newly-arrested drug traffickers usually spend a few days in a prison hospital section (to double check no drugs left in their bodies) before they move to ordinary day rooms of the prison. Yesterday as I visited two recently-arrived Nigerian inmates in the hospital section of a detention centre, I noticed something I hadn't noticed before: the hospital's uniform consists of green and white squares ....and Nigeria's flag is  .... (but inmates were not really in the mood for smiling ..)

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 18th of the month,  Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shandong

And praying for one of the world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 18th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ivory Coast

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

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Previous Bible Blogs of this website

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The unjust treatment
 of Bishop Bill Morris

Hans Küng:  Letter to bishops  

Revolution to stop authoritarianism 

Fr Joseph Ratzinger: 
Writings on Vat II 

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

Why are women not being
 ordained to priesthood?   (updated)

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

Imposter Priests
- refusing to pass on the teaching of Francis' The Joy of the Gospel

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:
 1962 Mass a condemnation of Vat II

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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 
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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
(gets even better as it goes along)

YouTube from KLM!

North Africa refugee boat - Link

Abortion Survivor’s Letter
 to the Abortionist

Tribalism lives on, 
for better and for worse

Video: Sydney Peace Prize Lecture by Julian Burnside  

16 Documents of Vatican II

This website's 
Reflections on the 16 documents
 of Vatican II

Be careful of junk reading re Pope:
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Why I collect rubbish for Pope

Taking a stand

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"Reform of reform" agenda

Too Western/European 

Abortion - a true story

The evil of compulsory celibacy

Link between compulsory celibacy
 and sexual abuse

"Same-sex marriage": 
two elephants in the men's room     

     Near Death Experiences

Globalisation of Indifference

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China Library
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