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Islam File
The
New Translation
Malawi
- HK volunteer Janny
"Same-sex
marriage" file
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Words in danger of becoming illegal if the Rainbow Agenda has
its way:
male, female, boy, girl, man, woman, wife, husband,
mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother, aunt, uncle,
grandmother, grandfather, grand daughter, grandson, nephew,
niece, maternal, paternal, (hen, rooster?!)
Ontario
MPPs approve motion to remove words mother, father from
government forms
c.f.
Don't
Say "Boys and Girls"
-see
Pope's words in 56, below, describing this gender ideology
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The
Book Blog
4 readings +
recordings |
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Readings
are from Simple
Bible
(which has Chinese translation available) |
c.f.
Readings for "Sunday 10"
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Kings 17
When Ahab was king of Israel, in
the 9th century B.C.,
Elijah was a prophet of the Lord.
Elijah told Ahab there would be
no rain for a long time
because the people were following the cult of Baal.
Elijah did miracles in the name
of the Lord:
he blessed a poor widow's food to make it increase,
and he brought back to life a young boy who had died.
Dear God, please bless our prayers
as you blessed the prayers of Elijah
My recording of
this reading
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Psalms
29 & 30
The Lord gives us strength, the Lord blesses
us with peace.
Thank you, Lord, for so often helping and healing me.
I cried to you when sickness surrounded me, and you healed me.
You changed my mourning into dancing.
So I will thank you always. Thank you, Lord, for all the
times you have healed me
Recording
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Galatians 1.11-24
The Good News I preach is not a human message.
It is something I received from Jesus Christ
I used to persecute the church,
but then God
called me to follow Jesus
I am a one-time persecutor who is now
preaching the faith I had previously tried to destroy
When I visited Jerusalem three years after my
conversion, the believers gave glory to God for what he had done for me
Jesus, please turn more persecutors into
preachers!
Recording
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Daniel
Daring:
Chinese
text
Turning
Weeping into Joy
Both
widows symbolise the Church, composed of the Jews and
the Gentiles. The first deepened their faith, the others
turned from false gods to the true and living God
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Luke
7.11-17
Jesus and his disciples went to a town called Nain. Many other people went with them. As they reached the town, a
dead man was being carried out for burial, the only son of his mother, and
she was a widow
When the Lord saw her, he felt sorry for her.
"Do not cry" he said. Then he said "Young man, I tell you
to get up"
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and
Jesus gave him to his mother
Everyone was filled with awe and praised God
saying "A great prophet has appeared among us. God has visited his
people"
Jesus, please give me the faith to pray that
dead people will come back to life - you who once told your disciples
"to raise the dead"
Recording
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The
Joy of Love - Pope Francis'
letter - on
love in the family
Full
English text
56:
Recording
Yet another challenge is posed by the various forms of an
ideology of gender that “denies the difference and reciprocity
in nature of a man and a woman and envisages a society without
sexual differences, thereby eliminating the anthropological
basis of the family.
This
ideology leads to educational programs and legislative
enactments that promote a personal identity and emotional
intimacy radically separated from the biological difference
between male and female.
Consequently,
human identity becomes the choice of the individual, one which
can also change over time”.45
It
is a source of concern that some ideologies of this sort, which
seek to respond to what are at times understandable aspirations,
manage to assert themselves as absolute and unquestionable, even
dictating how children should be raised.
It
needs to be emphasized that “biological sex and the
socio-cultural role of sex (gender) can be distinguished but not
separated”.46
On
the other hand, “the techno-logical revolution in the field of
human procreation has introduced the ability to manipulate the
reproductive act, making it independent of the sexual
relationship between a man and a woman. In this way, human life
and parenthood have become modular and separable realities,
subject mainly to the wishes of individuals or couples”.47
It
is one thing to be understanding of human weakness and the
complexities of life, and another to accept ideologies that
attempt to sunder what are inseparable aspects of reality.
Let
us not fall into the sin of trying to replace the Creator. We
are creatures, and not omnipotent. Creation is prior to us and
must be received as a gift. At the same time, we are called to
protect our humanity, and this means, in the first place,
accepting it and respecting it as it was created.
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62:
Recording
Why
should this document, addressed to all people of good will,
include a chapter dealing with the convictions of believers?
I
am well aware that in the areas of politics and philosophy there
are those who firmly reject the idea of a Creator, or consider
it irrelevant, and consequently dismiss as irrational the rich
contribution which religions can make towards an integral
ecology and the full development of humanity.
Others
view religions simply as a subculture to be tolerated.
Nonetheless, science and religion, with their distinctive
approaches to understanding reality, can enter into an intense
dialogue fruitful for both.
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031: Recording
The
bishop must always foster this missionary communion in his
diocesan Church, following the ideal of the first Christian
communities, in which the believers were of one heart and one
soul . To do so, he will sometimes go
before his people, pointing the way and keeping their
hope vibrant. At other times, he will
simply be in their midst with his unassuming and merciful
presence. At yet other times, he will have
to walk after them, helping those who lag behind and –
above all – allowing the flock to strike
out on new paths.
In
his mission of fostering a dynamic, open and missionary
communion, he will have to encourage and develop the means of
participation proposed in the Code of Canon Law, and other forms
of pastoral dialogue, out of a desire to
listen to everyone and not simply to those who would tell him
what he would like to hear. Yet the principal aim of
these participatory processes should not
be ecclesiastical organization but rather the missionary
aspiration of reaching everyone
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Hour
of Love HK
radio program 9.05pm HK time each Sunday night
- with messages about African inmates in HK prisons (c. 9.25pm) |
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To
go with today's Gospel:
Three friends from
the local congregation were asked, ‘When you’re in your
funeral casket, and friends and congregation members are
mourning over you, what would you like them to say?’
Artie said: ‘I
would like them to say I was a wonderful husband, a fine
spiritual leader, and a great family man.’
Eugene commented:
‘I would like them to say I was a wonderful teacher and
servant of God who made a huge difference in people’s
lives.’
Al said: ‘I’d
like them to say, ‘Look, he’s moving!’ |
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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 5th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guizhou
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Chad
And
praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus,
please bless
all Muslims in my own
country |
Letters
from (mainly African) inmates in Hong Kong prisons - and other
drug trafficking items: 2016
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 HK
Asylum Seekers' File
(stopping
South Asians from being "people smuggled" to HK) |
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