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Today's
bible readings, below, give encouragement to those of us
who are trying to speak up, despite criticism and
ridicule, on issues like: abortion,
climate change, the gay agenda, uncontrolled capitalism,
the new translation of the Mass, the spread of radical
Islam, the need to follow Pope Francis' call for a
simpler life style and more care for the poor, the
protection of basic freedoms in HK and China, the
evil of drug trafficking, corruption and injustice in
politics & in the Church
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Islam File
The
New Translation
"Same-sex
marriage" file
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195.
The principle of the maximization of profits, frequently
isolated from other considerations, reflects a misunderstanding
of the very concept of the economy.
As
long as production is increased, little concern is given to
whether it is at the cost of future resources or the health of
the environment; as long as the clearing of a forest increases
production, no one calculates the losses entailed in the
desertification of the land, the harm done to biodiversity or
the increased pollution.
In a word, businesses profit by
calculating and paying only a fraction of the costs involved.
Yet
only when “the economic and social costs of using up shared
environmental resources are recognized with transparency and
fully borne by those who incur them, not by other peoples or
future generations”,[138]
can those actions be considered ethical.
An instrumental way of
reasoning, which provides a purely static analysis of realities
in the service of present needs, is at work whether resources
are allocated by the market or by state central planning.
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Readings
are from Simple
Bible
(which has Chinese translation available) |
c.f.
Readings for "Sunday 4"
Jeremiah
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Jeremiah lived in a
village not far from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah's father was a priest.
God said to Jeremiah:
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
I have appointed you as prophet to the nations."
Jeremiah said to God:
"Lord, I do not know how to speak.
I am so young."
God then touched
Jeremiah's mouth and said:
"I now put my words into your mouth.
Go and tell the people everything I ask you to speak.
Do not be dismayed by
anyone.
I am making you strong.
You must confront
Judah's kings, priests and people.
They will oppose you, but will not overcome you,
for I am with you."
Lord, please give special
courage
to people who speak your message for the world
My recording of
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Psalm
71
In you, O Lord, I take refuge.
Please hear me and help me.
Be a rock where I can take refuge.
Rescue me from people who want to hurt me.
It is you, O Lord, who are my hope.
In you I have trusted since I was young.
From my mother's womb you have been my help.
My hope has always been in you.
Now that I am old, please do not forget me.
Now that my strength fails, do not abandon me.
Now that I am old and grey-headed,
may I continue to trust in you and proclaim your help.
To you I will sing with the harp.
All day long my tongue will tell of your goodness to me.
Lord, may all elderly people
put their trust and hope in you
Recording
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1
Corinthians 13.1-13
If I am the most brilliant speaker, but don't
have love, I am just a gong booming
If I understand all mysteries, and if I have a faith that will move mountains, but don't
have love, I am nothing
Love is always patient and kind. It is never
jealous, never boastful, never conceited, never rude or selfish
Love does not take offence. It's not
resentful. Love delights in the truth
Love is always ready to excuse, to trust, to
hope and to endure whatever comes
Love is virtue Number One, greater than
faith or hope
Jesus, please help me love like you
Recording
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Daniel
Daring: Most
Excellent Way
The
matter for discussion is a religious sister responsible
for the youth community. The young people adore her. She
takes care of their spiritual needs conducting prayers,
bible study and catechetical training. Yet she has
become a problem for the elders. Her creativity and
dedication threaten their leadership position Chinese
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Luke
4.23-30
People in the prayer hall rejected Jesus.
"Who does he think he is?" they asked. "He's just the son
of Joseph"
Jesus replied "No prophet is ever
accepted in his own country"
The angry people then took Jesus by force to
the edge of the hill on which Nazareth was built. They planned
to throw him down the cliff.
But Jesus escaped from them and went away
Jesus, please forgive people who reject you.
Please help them accept you
Recording
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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, Sunday,
please bless the people of Africa
And praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 31st of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Tianjin
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 31st
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Nepal
And
praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus,
please bless
all Muslims in my own
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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 HK
Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping
South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK) |
