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Tues May 8
This week I am attending the annual in-service Oblate retreat in HK - lead by Fr Louis Studer O.M.I. from the U.S. Including Fr Louis we are a group of 15 ...thinking and praying about how to be better servants of the Gospel and of the poor.
Colombian
vet used puppies as drug mules
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: My mother ...and elderly HK women. It is on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK". Text without recording
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
24. May you come to realize what that word is, the message of Jesus
that God wants to speak to the world by your life. Let yourself be transformed.
Let yourself be renewed by the Spirit, so that this can happen, lest you fail in
your precious mission. The Lord will bring it to fulfilment despite your
mistakes and missteps, provided that you do not abandon the path of love but
remain ever open to his supernatural grace, which purifies and enlightens.
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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
Psalms
14-15: So many people live and act as if God doesn't exist.
Some foolish people even say there is no God. So many people have left the way of justice and truth.
So many people follow the way of falsehood. Lord, help us to live as we should.
Help us not to slander, help us not to wrong others.
Lord,
help us to stand firm in the
way of goodness
Listen
Acts
21.15-40:
In Jerusalem Paul gave a report to James and
other Christian leaders of all that God had done for non-Jews through his ministry.
But Paul was soon seen by Jews from where he
had traveled. He was dragged out of the Temple and beaten by a wild crowd.
The beating was stopped by a Roman captain who had Paul bound with chains. The crowd was calling out for Paul to be
killed. Paul asked for permission to speak to the
crowd and the captain agreed. Paul then spoke to the crowd in Hebrew.
Jesus, please protect Christians who live in
dangerous places
Listen
Luke
14.7-11: At the leader's house, Jesus noticed how the guests picked the places of
honor.
He said to them "When someone invites you to a meal, do not choose a
seat of honor. Rather, when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place
and sit there. Maybe your host will ask you to move to a seat of honor.
Everyone
who exalts himself, will be humbled. Whoever humbles himself, will be
exalted"
Jesus, please help me choose the lowest place
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: In HK...especially in restaurants, the place of honor is facing the door. Local people put Jesus' words into practice: they always offer that place of honor to seniors etc.
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Perhaps some HK readers can correct me if I'm wrong, but
it seems that HK people's nickname for Donald Trump is "Trum Trum"?!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N 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 8th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Heilongjiang
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 Sierra Leone
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon May 7
Photo
from yesterday's Yum Cha with family after morning Mass (and see
below!)
This week I am attending the annual O.M.I. retreat at Sheung Shui. Will remember all dear readers in my prayers ...and readers are asked to pray for the retreat group.
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
23. This is a powerful
summons to all of us. You too need to see the entirety of your life as a
mission. Try to do so by listening to God in prayer and recognizing the signs
that he gives you. Always ask the Spirit what Jesus expects from you at every
moment of your life and in every decision you must make, so as to discern its
place in the mission you have received. Allow the Spirit to forge in you the
personal mystery that can reflect Jesus Christ in today's world.
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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
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
9-13: I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart.
You have so often rescued me from trouble. Thank you! You are the best helper for people in trouble.
Please keep on helping me when troubles come. Please stop bad people from hurting others.
Please let peoples in all countries know they must avoid evil and live a
life of justice.
Dear Lord, thank you for
so often rescuing me
Listen
Acts
21.1-14: Our sea voyage took us to the city of
Caesarea. A prophet there took Paul's belt and used it to tie up his own
feet and hands,
as a sign of what would happen to Paul in Jerusalem. Everyone implored Paul not to go to
Jerusalem.
Paul replied "I am ready not only to be tied up,
but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus". And so we packed up and headed for Jerusalem.
Jesus, please give me a bit of Paul's courage
Listen
Luke
14.1-6: One Sabbath day Jesus went for a meal to the house of a religious leader. In
the house Jesus saw a man with dropsy.
Jesus asked the leaders present there "Is it against the Law to cure a man on the
Sabbath?" But they remained silent.
Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away.
Then Jesus said to the leaders "Which of you here, if his son falls into a
well, will not pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
Again the leaders
remained silent
Jesus, help me understand that "the Sabbath was made for man, not
man for the Sabbath"
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: "Dropsy" is a old medical term ...used by Luke, a doctor. The same Luke who was with Paul on the way to Jerusalem. For me, Luke's writings are especially trustworthy, written by a down-to-earth practical person who himself experienced great suffering (e.g. shipwreck) for the sake of the Gospel
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Dorothea
(8 year old in yesterday's photo, at top of this menu) had sore ribs (so to
speak) after my homily yesterday morning. During the homily, as she sat between
her mother and father, both of them used their arms to dig her in the ribs as
one certain idea was mentioned in the homily. She got the ... point!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South America
Sat: Cent, N. 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 7th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hebei
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 7th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Burkina
Faso
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun May 6
I came across this yesterday - about life in Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre some
years ago. Interesting info about drug trafficking! - Hell
in HK. 134 days of torture (maybe article is a bit exaggerated ....but
the drug info is quite believable)
Letter in Spanish from an Argentinian man in prison in HK for
drug trafficking - here
(May 1)
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
22. To recognize the word
that the Lord wishes to speak to us through one of his saints, we do not need to
get caught up in details, for there we might also encounter mistakes and
failures. Not everything a saint says is completely faithful to the Gospel; not
everything he or she does is authentic or perfect. What we need to contemplate
is the totality of their life, their entire journey of growth in holiness, the
reflection of Jesus Christ that emerges when we grasp their overall meaning as a
person.[26]
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c.f. readings for Easter 6
Acts 10.1-48: Cornelius was a Roman centurion stationed in
the town of Caesarea.
He and his household prayed, loved God, and helped the local people. One morning Cornelius had a vision that Peter
would visit him.
In another town, Peter was instructed by the Lord to visit Cornelius. Peter preached God's message to Cornelius and
his household.
While Peter was speaking, the Holy Spirit came down on all the listeners. Jewish believers who had accompanied
Peter were astonished
that the Holy Spirit would come down on non-Jewish people
Holy Spirit, please come down on all peoples
everywhere!
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
98: Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked
wonders.
His right hand has brought salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation.
He has shown his justice to the nations.
He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy. Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp,
with the sound of music. Let the sea, the world and all peoples
acclaim the King, the Lord. Let the rivers clap their hands
and the hills ring out their joy at the presence of the Lord, for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness.
Lord,
may all peoples in all countries know your love and goodness
Listen
1
John 4.7-16:
Let us love one another.
Love comes from God.
God is love. God showed his love for us
by sending his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Since God has loved us so much
we should love one another. God is love.
Anyone who lives in love, lives in God,
and God lives in him
Jesus, you are love itself. May I
live
in your love
Listen
John
15.9-13: At the meal, Jesus said to his disciples
"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Remain in my love
by keeping my commandments, especially this commandment:
love one another, as I
have loved you. A man can have no greater love than to lay
down his life for his friends".
Jesus, thank you for loving us. Help us
to love one another as you have loved us
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings:
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian with English, Chinese and
Spanish subtitles
Daniel Daring: LOVE (in Chinese)
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Hour
of Love HK radio program 8.30
pm HK time tonight
- with items about HK prison inmates
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My
football team in Australia - The Brisbane Lions - has not yet won a game this
season ....six straight losses. This afternoon they play the Melbourne Magpies
who are expected to defeat the Lions easily. And to make matters worse....at
last night's Mass at Yau Ma Tei, the president of the parish council was wearing
a black and white Collingwood style shirt!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Fri: South America
Sat: Cent., N 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 6th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hainan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 6th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Liberia
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat May 5
Yesterday I was privileged to be one of the speakers at this
year's in-service day for prison chaplains and prison volunteers. In the
congregation, I mean audience, of 100 people were Cardinal Joseph Zen, Bishop
Michael Leung, Bishop Joseph Ha and Vicar General Fr Dominic Chan....as well as
CSD Commissioner Lam Kwok Leung, Assistant Commissioner Ms Ng, and top CSD
welfare officials. My topic was "Prevention is Better than Cure"
....which I happily discovered two nights ago is also the main theme of the
Commissioner's message at the CSD website. (for
some reason this link does not work on IE, only with Chrome)
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
21. The Father's plan is Christ,
and ourselves in him. In the end, it is Christ who loves in us, for
"holiness is nothing other than charity lived to the full".[24]
As a result, "the measure of our holiness stems from the stature that
Christ achieves in us, to the extent that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we
model our whole life on his".[25]
Every saint is a message which the Holy Spirit takes from the riches of Jesus
Christ and gives to his people.
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Jeremiah
18: 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
Psalm
8: How great is your name, O Lord our God,
through all the earth. When I see the heavens, the work of your
hands,
the moon and stars which you have arranged,
then I stop and think:
what are we insignificant humans that you should care about us? Yet you have put us in charge of the world.
Everything is subject to our control.
How great is your name, O Lord
our God, through all the earth
Listen
Acts
20.28-38:
Paul continued "You elders are the
leaders of the Church of God.
Be on your guard against bad leaders trying to mislead people. Remember my example. I never asked anyone for
money or clothes. You know how my work as a tentmaker earned enough to
support my companions and me. Remember Jesus' words There is more
happiness in giving than in receiving".
When he finished speaking, he knelt down with
them and prayed. Then they took him to the ship
Jesus, please help Gospel workers imitate Paul
Listen
Luke
13.18-35: Jesus said to the people "The kingdom of God is like a tiny seed
planted in the ground. It grows and becomes a big tree, and the birds
live in its branches.
The kingdom of heaven is like yeast mixed with flour until the flour
is leavened all through.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets who are sent to you. How
often have I longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her
chickens under her wings, and you refused"
Jesus, may your kingdom grow in the hearts of more and more people
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: This is not a very Biblical reflection...but since Jesus mentions birds, a hen and chickens....I'm reminded of a list I once made...of all the animals mentioned in the Gospels (list can vary depending on what translation is used)
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Yesterday's all-day conference for prison
chaplains/volunteers was held at St Margaret's Church Hall in Happy Valley and
included a lovely buffet lunch at a nearby hotel. This old man was privileged to
be a guest at the main table with the CSD Commissioner and his two Welfare
leaders who all have the same surname: Lam!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent. & N
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 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, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri May 4
Today is a famous day in the history of
China - the start of the
May 4 Movement which saw China's emerging leaders turn to Marxism because
China was treated so shamefully at the Treaty of Marseilles.
Email from a friend in Venezuela: Greetings
from Caracas. An important news, on
an importan action from Interpol, on forced labour in several Latin American and
Caribbean countries (Freedom Operation) - here.
This brought my attention to other operation again traffic from NIGERIANS,
probably the same that have their base in Brazil and sent venezuelan to Hong
Kong, which are stronger and global that you could imagine. You can read about
them here.
Yes, the situation here is worse and worse every day. End of March you could have 10 millions Bolivars with US$45. End of April you only needed US$22 to have this amount. 80% or more of the population is poor now. Minimum wage (around 1 million Bolivars since yesterday) is not enough to buy one chicken, and people earn 3 or 4 $ a month! I really don't know how the people survive. Yes I more or less know: they are loosing weight and in fact a lot die.
(I have a growing feeling that this letter
was written by a committee, a very monastic committee?)
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
20. That mission has its
fullest meaning in Christ, and can only be understood through him. At its core,
holiness is experiencing, in union with Christ, the mysteries of his life. It
consists in uniting ourselves to the Lord's death and resurrection in a unique
and personal way, constantly dying and rising anew with him. But it can also
entail reproducing in our own lives various aspects of Jesus' earthly life: his
hidden life, his life in community, his closeness to the outcast, his poverty
and other ways in which he showed his self-sacrificing love. The contemplation
of these mysteries, as Saint Ignatius of Loyola pointed out, leads us to
incarnate them in our choices and attitudes.[18]
Because "everything in Jesus' life was a sign of his mystery",[19]
"Christ's whole life is a revelation of the Father",[20]
"Christ's whole life is a mystery of redemption",[21]
"Christ's whole life is a mystery of recapitulation".[22]
"Christ enables us to live in him all that he himself lived, and he
lives it in us".[23]
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
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
Psalm
7:
Lord God, I take refuge in you.
Please rescue me from people who are trying to hurt me. Lord, please stop bad people from doing bad
things.
Please help good people to keep on doing good things.
Lord, I will sing to you and thank you for
your goodness to me.
Lord, please help me to avoid
evil and to do good
Listen
Acts
20.22-24:
Paul continued "Now you see me a prisoner
already in spirit. I am on my way to Jerusalem, and have no idea what will
happen to me there.
The Holy Spirit has made it clear that imprisonment and persecution await
me there. But life to me is not a thing to waste words
on. What matters is that when I finish my race, I have carried out the
mission the Lord Jesus gave me - to bear witness to the Good News of God's
grace"
Jesus, please help me live a worthwhile life
Listen
Luke
13.10-17: One Sabbath day Jesus was teaching in a prayer hall. There
was a woman there who for 18 years had been possessed by a spirit
which left her bent over and unable to stand up straight.
When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said "Woman, you are rid of
your infirmity" and he laid his hands on her. At once she was healed
and could stand up straight, and she glorified God
Jesus, please heal the people I know who are bent over and can't stand
up straight
Listen
Reflection
on the above Bible readings:
Abba Father, You are
the Potter (224,855 views)
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Yesterday when I went to the Open University of HK to pay
the fees of a prison inmate, I travelled on the MTR (Metro) and for the very
first time got off at the recently-opened Ho Man Tin station ....where at the
platform there was a sign indicating use Exit A for the OUHK. But then, at end
of Exit A ...no sign saying which way to go for the remaining 15 min walk to the
uni. I was lucky to be shown the way by a young guy on his way for study at the
Uni....and when I mentioned the lack of signs to him he gave me the perfect
Generation-Now answer: just use GPS!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. 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 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangdong
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 4th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Mozambique (...they urgently need rain!)
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu May 3
One
way the No
More Mules
campaign operates is to put inmates' letters on Facebook, then pay a small price
to FB to target specific audiences in specific countries (...like Donald
Trump...) to warn people about the danger of drug trafficking to HK. See this
post aimed at Colombia which has had 13,309 views! Hopefully posts like this
from an inmate due at High Court tomorrow will help him get a discount for
helping my anti-drug campaign.
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
19. A Christian cannot think
of his or her mission on earth without seeing it as a path of holiness, for
"this is the will of God, your sanctification" (1 Thess 4:3).
Each saint is a mission, planned by the Father to reflect and embody, at a
specific moment in history, a certain aspect of the Gospel.
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Bible
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
Recording
Psalm
6: Have mercy on me, Lord, I have no strength.
My body is racked with pain. Please heal me, Lord. I am exhausted with my groaning.
Every night my pillow is covered with tears. Lord, please hear my prayer.
Dear Lord, please help people who are in distress of mind or body
Recording
Acts 20.17-21: Paul's journey took him to Meletus where he
met the elders of the church from Ephesus. He said to them "You know what my way of life has been
from the first day I arrived among you. I have served the Lord in all
humility, facing all the sorrows and trials that came to me through the
plots of the Jews. I have not hesitated to do anything
that would
be helpful to you.
I have preached to you and instructed you, both in public and in your
homes, urging everyone to believe in our Lord Jesus"
Jesus, please help me be a bit more like Saint
Paul
Listen
John
1.35-51 (for
Feast of Sts Philip
& James, apostles):
John the Baptist told his disciples Andrew and
John that Jesus was the Chosen One of God. Andrew and John then followed
Jesus. Andrew took his brother Simon to Jesus. Jesus changed Simon's name to
Peter, and Peter followed Jesus. Jesus met Philip
and said to him "Follow me". Philip called one more man,
Nathanael (Bartholomew) and said to him "we have found the one Moses and
the prophets wrote about. He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth".
Jesus, please help me introduce more people
to know and love you
Recording
Reflection
on the above Bible readings: Wikipedia
- Philip
the Apostle
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10 years ago today: 2008-05-03
Special visitors for Lina - colleagues from Amway Company in Guangzhou
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An unusual day yesterday: after lunch in a local canteen
with two Temple Street ladies I went to two different study centres in Tsim Sha
Tsui to pay course fees for several prison inmates who will do studies by
correspondence...then back home received call from a homeless Indian asylum
seeker who has finally been released from Castle Peak Immigration Centre (CIC)
after 13 months detention (most of them in isolation)...helped him liaise with
our Cheung Chau Island Mercy Centre manager Lucia to go to the centre last night
....just before the centre was invaded by 10 Customs officers with an African
asylum seeker who has been staying at the centre....Customs arrested him in Mong
Kok earlier yesterday on a drug trafficking charge which I suspect is a set-up.
At times like this one can groan ... and then say "Praise you
Lord"!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Thursday,
please bless the people of
South East Asia
And
praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 3rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hubei
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 3rd of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Guinea
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Thursday,
please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed May 2
On April 7 I wrote this
support letter for an inmate due to be sentenced on April 27 for a
not-too-serious offence. Yesterday I saw him at Lai Chi Kok men's centre....very
happy that he was sentenced for only 7 months instead of an expected 11 months
...my letter helping him get a discount of 4 months. And since he's already been
in detention for more than 5 months, he's due for release on June 23 ....after
which a party will be held in Yau Ma Tei!
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
18. In this way, led by God's
grace, we shape by many small gestures the holiness God has willed for us, not
as men and women sufficient unto ourselves but rather "as good stewards of
the manifold grace of God" (1 Pet 4:10). The New Zealand bishops
rightly teach us that we are capable of loving with the Lord's unconditional
love, because the risen Lord shares his powerful life with our fragile lives:
"His love set no limits and, once given, was never taken back. It was
unconditional and remained faithful. To love like that is not easy because we
are often so weak. But just to try to love as Christ loved us shows that Christ
shares his own risen life with us. In this way, our lives demonstrate his power
at work - even in the midst of human weakness".[17]
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Chris McDonnell
Time to get dressed again
I have often thought that if my years had not taken
me in to teaching, then working with wood was an alternative worth considering
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
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
Psalm
91: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
says to the Lord "you are my refuge in whom I trust". The Lord will hide you and protect you.
Under his wings you will find refuge. You will not fear any night time terror,
nor any attack during the day. Upon you no evil shall fall,
no plague approach where you dwell.
For you has he commanded his angels
to keep you safe in all your ways.
Dear God, thank you for your
protection day and night
Listen
Acts
20.7-12: In the city of Troas Paul and his group
joined the local believers for the Breaking of Bread one Saturday night. Paul's sermon went on till the middle of the
night. As Paul went on and on, a young man who was sitting on the
window-sill, went to sleep and fell to the ground three floors below. He was dead when they picked him up. Paul went
down to the boy and prayed over him. The boy came back to life. Paul kept on talking till
dawn. That same day
he left Troas
Jesus, is it ok if I pray that someone who has
died
will come back to life?
Listen
Luke
12.35-38:
Jesus said to his disciples "Be like people waiting for their master
to return, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. Be
ready, for I will come at an hour you do not expect. "When someone is given a great deal, of that person more will
be expected"
Jesus, you have given me so much. Please help
me use my gifts and my situation
to do more to help other people
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: For the rest of his life the young guy in reading from Acts, above, never again went to sleep during a sermon!
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The Global Times on Monday referred to this
"addiction" among children, which parents complained was encouraging
some pre-schoolers "to oink, and jump in puddles":
'Subversive' Peppa Pig gets the chop in China
(..."pork chop"...)
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E.Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N 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 2nd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Fujian
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 2nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Niger
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Please also join me in praying for the very many deformed and handicapped people from China who are on the streets of HK as beggars...as well as deformed people in China itself ...like Hung Chun Cai
My Africa trips:
2015: Tanzania, Malawi
2016:
Kenya, Uganda
2017:
Southern Africa, Dubai (
The
Last Run)
2018:
My trip to Latin America
March 18, 2018: South China Morning Post report on my work
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Australian Chinese for
Families Association
Gay marriage: an elephant in the room (by John W)
Video:
What "gay
marriage" did to Massachusetts
同志婚姻自2004年立法後，美國麻省的改變
（ 廣東話附字幕版）
Frightening
YouTube reports:
LGBT radical impact
on educational institutions (No.
5); LGBT
infiltrating churches
(No. 6); US corporations massively
supporting LGBT agenda (No. 7). What
has happened in the US is now starting to happen in other places. Some
day our children will ask "why didn't you do more to stop this evil?"
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Pope's surprise visit to drug treatment centre
Pope is practising what he preaches: "get out and mix with the poor"
HK
readers might like to join me in praying each day for one group of HK
prison inmates: Sun:
Lo Wu; Mon: C.I.C., Siu Lam, Tai Lam; Tue: Stanley
Wed: Hei Ling Chau Thu: Lantau
Fri: Lai Chi Kok
Sat: Hospitals, Pik Uk & other centres
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