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Tues June 19
Hello one more time from Iona College in
Brisbane. Yesterday morning I had my annual skin-check up ....all clear Thank
Goodness. In the afternoon I did something I can't remember ever doing before: I
walked from Iona to the Wynnum waterfront and nearby Guardian Angels church,
then after a cup of tea at a Wynnum restaurant with a fellow Iona foundation
student I walked back to Iona. Only about 3 hours of walking, but unusual in
that people usually drive everywhere here. Encouraging me to walk was the
beautiful sunny winter weather ....too good to stay inside on a day like
yesterday. No trouble sleeping last night.
Temporary
good-bye to a dear friend from Brisbane who helped many people in HK:
Barrister Kevin Egan dies aged 70
and see HK's
most famous criminal barrister
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Readings are from
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Jonah 2-4: God arranged for a big fish to swallow Jonah.
Jonah was in the fish for 3 days. Inside the fish, Jonah prayed to God for help.
God heard Jonah's prayer and got the fish to vomit Jonah on the shore. Again God told Jonah to preach repentance in
Nineveh.
This time Jonah did as God requested.
"Forty days and Nineveh will be destroyed" he proclaimed. The people of Nineveh believed God's message.
They put on sackcloth and ashes. They fasted and prayed.
They repented of their evil behavior. God saw their change of heart and spared
Nineveh.
Jonah complained to God:
"Your change of mind will cause me a big loss of face." God said to Jonah:
"Do I not have the right to show compassion to my people?"
Lord, please help me repent of
bad behavior
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
78: 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. 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
01
02
Romans
8.35-39:
Nothing can separate us from the love of
Jesus, even if we are in big trouble of any kind. By the power of Jesus who loves us, we can get
through any trouble.
Jesus, when I am in trouble, help me remember
your love
Listen
Luke
24.13-35:
That same day, two of Jesus' disciples were
on their way from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus, about 7 km from
Jerusalem. As they talked about all that had happened,
Jesus himself joined them as they walked along. But they did not recognize
him. When Jesus asked them what they were talking
about, they said "About Jesus of Nazareth, and how our
leaders had him crucified. And how some women in our group went to Jesus'
tomb and were told by angels that he was alive". Jesus then explained the Scripture passages
which predicted his suffering and resurrection. Jesus joined the two men for an evening meal.
During the meal,
he blessed some bread and gave it to them. They then
recognized him. But he immediately vanished from their sight. They said to each other "Did not our
hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the
Scriptures to us?" Straight away they returned to Jerusalem where
the eleven apostles said to them "Yes, it is true. The Lord has
risen". Then they told their story of what had
happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus at the
breaking of bread
Jesus, please make my heart burn within me as
I read the Bible
01
02
Reflection on the above readings: When our country wins a game at the World Cup, our hearts are full of joy. Awareness of Jesus, recognition of Jesus fills our heart with an even higher form of joy, a heart-burning joy
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10 years ago: Wednesday
meal at Marco Polo for families with handicapped children + new therapy equipment
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The late Kevin Egan studied at Nudgee College, a great
rival of Iona College where I'm staying. We often had lively conversations about
the benefits of being from the North (Nudgee) or South (Iona) side of the
Brisbane River. Great rivalry between North and South. e.g. one young Brisbane
Oblate from the South side has put in his will that he wants to be buried in a
cemetery near Iona on the South side, not in the Oblate cemetery on the North
side!
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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 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, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon
June 18
Today a holiday in HK for
Dragon Boat Festival
Hello once more from Iona College in Brisbane where yesterday morning I was one of a group of Oblate priests who took part in a special Sunday Mass for the college's 60th anniversary....followed by a cup of tea with the congregation consisting of many old friends of the college.
After Mass, Fr Slawek (my HK boss) and I went to a special home for a lovely lunch gathering.
And see
below!
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Jonah
1: God said to Jonah: "Go to the city of
Nineveh and preach repentance." Jonah was afraid to go to
Nineveh. He ran away. He boarded a ship for Tarshish.
When the ship was at sea, a great storm hit the ship. The sailors drew lots to see who was
responsible for this bad luck.
The lot chose Jonah who admitted his guilt in disobeying God. The sailors then threw Jonah overboard.
The sea immediately became calm again.
Lord,
please help me agree to do anything you ask me to do
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
Listen
Romans
8.26-29: When we are not sure of what to say in prayer,
we ask the Spirit to pray in us. We know that by turning everything to their
good, God blesses everyone who loves him. God the Father wants us to become living
images of his Son, so that his Son will be the eldest of many brothers and
sisters.
Jesus, brother Jesus, please help me to be
more like you
Listen
Luke
24.1-11: On Sunday morning, at daybreak, the women
went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared. They found that the
large stone which had been put at the tomb's entrance had been rolled away.
They entered the tomb and found that the body
of Jesus was not there. Suddenly two men in brilliant clothes appeared at
their side. The men said to them "Why look among the
dead for someone who is alive? He is not here. He has risen, just as he
said he would". The women told all this to the eleven
apostles. But the apostles did not believe them
Jesus, increase my faith in your
resurrection
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: How often it happens that large
stones/problems are "rolled away" without any effort on our part!
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The
60th Anniversary Mass at Iona College yesterday morning was lead by the college
principal, who at the end of Mass happily pointed out that the college had just
finished a most successful sporting season....after which one of the Irish
priests taking part in the Mass made an impromptu announcement: Ireland defeated
Australia at Rugby Union the day before!
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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 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, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun June 17
Hello again from Iona College in Brisbane where last night I was one of about 200 guests at a 60th anniversary re-union for teachers and staff. Great to see so many old friends. Even met one member of the present Iona staff who is from ....Venezuela!
Yesterday afternoon, after going to the home of a very special family, I spent some time at the grave of my dear Mum and Dad, in a cemetery near Iona
Fr Harry Winter O.M.I.
Pope to visit Geneva June 21 for World Council of Churches anniversary
(..note the Oblate connections...and Fr Bill Cagney was Australian
provincial)
and update re June 21 here
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c.f. readings for Sunday 11
Psalm
92: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning,
and your truth right through the night. Your deeds, O Lord, have made me glad.
For the work of your hands, I shout with joy. To me you give the wild ox's strength.
You anoint me with the purest oil. May we love and praise you right through our
lives,
right till the end of our days. May we keep on proclaiming your goodness,
proclaiming that in you, our rock, there is only goodness.
Lord, it is right and fitting
to love and praise you
Listen
2
Corinthians 5: We are always full of
confidence when we remember that to live in the body means to be exiled from the
Lord, going as we do by faith and not by sight – we are full of
confidence, I say, and actually want to be exiled from the body and make our
home with the Lord. Whether we are living in the body or exiled from it, we are
intent on pleasing him. For all the truth about us will be brought out in the
law court of Christ, and each of us will get what he deserves for the things he
did in the body, good or bad.
Reflection
on the above readings:
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian with English, Chinese and
Spanish subtitles
Daniel Daring: The Lord speaks and acts (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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One
of the former Oblates attending the 60th anniversary functions at Iona College
is a priest who has officiated at the wedding of many, many former students. He
tells the story of one wedding reception he attended....went in...mixed with the
guests...enjoyed a drink....but then...when the bride and groom entered he said
to himself "that's not the woman I married" ..he was in the wrong room
of the reception centre which had three function rooms!
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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 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, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat June 16
Hello again from Brisbane where I'm staying at my old school Iona
College ...and where yesterday morning one of the local Oblate priests
kindly invited me to join him for a sharing session with three of his classes.
Students excellent. A very happy experience.
Last night I was one of nearly 20 O.M.I. priests attending a 60th Anniversary Dinner at the college....with many stories being shared of all the love, sweat and tears that have been part of the past 60 years. God bless Iona!
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Amos
1-9: It was God who formed the mountains
and created the wind.
The Lord is his name. He says to the House of Israel: Seek me and you shall live.
Do not go to the places of idol worship. Seek good and not evil, so that you may live.
Hate evil and love good. Injustice and swindling, exploitation of the
poor,
this is the reason for earthquakes and disaster.
Lord,
please help me to do good and avoid evil
My
recording of this reading
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
Listen
Romans
8.14-21:
Everyone moved by the Spirit is a child of
God.
The Spirit lets us use children's language to speak to God tenderly as "Abba, Father".
Since we are God's children, we are also his
heirs, coheirs with Jesus,
sharing his suffering so as to share his glory. What we suffer in this life can never be
compared with the glorious life we will have in heaven. The whole of creation looks forward to sharing
the same glory, to sharing immortality.
Abba, Father, may everyone love and honor you.
Help everyone get to heaven
Listen
Luke
23.50-56: Joseph from the town of Arimathaea was a
member of the religious leaders' council. He was a good and just man, and
had not agreed to the killing of Jesus. Late Friday afternoon, he went to Governor
Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. He took it down from the cross,
wrapped it in a burial cloth, and put it in a rock tomb that had not yet
been used. The women from Galilee who had come to
Jerusalem with Jesus went with Joseph to the tomb. Then they left to
prepare burial spices and ointments. They planned to put these on Jesus'
body after the Saturday Sabbath day of rest
Jesus in the tomb, please give eternal life to
all the dead
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Carey
Landry -
Everyone moved by the
Spirit
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While I was half-dozing on the flight from Kuala Lumpur to
Brisbane a few days ago, I heard a voice close to my ear saying "A-Choo"
as people say when they sneeze. On opening my eyes I saw it was a hostess
speaking about a special diet request to a man seated just in front of me whose
name was Chu...so she was addressing him as "A-Chu"!
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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 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, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri June 15
Hello from Iona College in Brisbane. Thank you Lord for a safe
trip from Kuala Lumpur. Yesterday morning I walked the 10 minutes from my hotel
to Sentral Station where I checked in for my flight, then took "South East
Asia's fastest train" for the 28 min. trip to KLIA. KL a very beautiful and
very friendly place.
Today
in Malaysia is a public holiday for Hari Raya
(Eid) marking the end of Ramadan ....it's like
Christmas or Lunar New Year....lights and decorations everywhere (even in the prison
I visited a few days ago!) ....family reunion meals....a happy time. God bless
Malaysia!
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Bible
Joel 1-4: My country has been invaded.
Joy has disappeared from the land. Priests, put on sackcloth and lament.
Proclaim a fast to pray for our nation. Turn to the Lord your God again,
for he is all tenderness and compassion. Call out to the Lord for help.
"Spare your people, Lord!" The Lord replies:
"I will save and rescue you. I will pour out my spirit on all
peoples.
Every one will prophesy and see visions. You will learn that I am the Lord your God.
Jerusalem will be a holy place."
Lord,
let our land be filled with knowledge of you and love for you
My
recording of this reading
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
Listen
Romans
8.9-13:
You are on God's team. God the Father is the
manager.
Jesus is the captain. The Holy Spirit is the coach, a coach
living in your heart. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the
dead, is living in you,
then he who raised Jesus from the dead will help
you live a risen life. By the grace of the Holy Spirit you can stop
doing bad things.
Holy Spirit of Jesus, Holy Spirit of the
Father, fall afresh on me!
Listen
Luke
23.44-49: At about midday, there was an eclipse of the
sun.
The whole land was in darkness until about 3pm. The veil of the Temple was torn right down the
middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice "Father,
into your hands I entrust my life". Then he died. When the Roman army leader saw what had
happened,
he said "This was a great and good man". The people who had been present went home
asking God for mercy. Jesus' friends
stood at a distance and saw all that had happened.
Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for
the salvation of the world
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: One of the main things that can activate God's power in our lives is - as Pope Francis often says - a greater awareness of God's goodness to us. Gratitude begets openness to grace
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A few days ago in Kuala Lumpur while having a meal with a
media team at McDonald's, I saw something I've never before seen at McDs: a
bidet in the toilet!
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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 10th
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 10th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Guinea
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu June 14
Hello again from Kuala Lumpur. Yesterday morning I took part in lengthy interview with a media team...after which we drove to the home of a young Chinese inmate in prison in HK facing a drug trafficking charge....then last night we met with two more Chinese families of inmates in HK. At the home we visited we were joined by a local politician who is kindly going to support our anti-drug campaign. Please God the media report will do an enormous amount of good on many fronts ...not the least being to stop other young people from going to prison in HK.
This morning I'm due to fly to Brisbane to attend 60th Anniversary functions at my old school, Iona College. Thank you for a prayer. God bless everyone I've met in Koala, I mean Kuala Lumpur the past few days....and God bless the kind people who made this trip possible.
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Hosea
7-14: God's message through Hosea:
Israel has forgotten its Maker.
The people worship idols made by human hands. It is time to seek the Lord.
It is time to sow integrity and reap kindness. Israel,
come back to the Lord your God.
Have no more to do with idols made by human hands.
Lord, please help us lead good
lives, and thereby follow you
Recording
Psalms
69-70: Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to
my neck.
I am sinking fast and can't keep afloat much longer. So many people hate me without cause.
I have no more strength to resist them. May my situation not cause anyone to lose
faith in you.
May people realize that it is for your sake that I am taunted. Taunts have broken my heart.
No one shows me any compassion. For food they give me poison.
In my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. Lord, do not hide your face from your servant.
Answer quickly for I am in distress. You are my rescuer, my help, O God.
O Lord, do not delay to help me.
O God come to our
assistance. Lord make haste to help us
Recording
Romans 7.14-25: Even though I'm on God's team, I don't always
play as well as I should.
At times I cannot understand my behavior. I
fail to do good things, and I find myself doing bad things. It's as if there is a battle going on inside
me. In my heart I dearly love God,
but my will is weak, and I
do things that I know are wrong. Who can help me keep going? Who can fix up
things in my life? Jesus can. He is the one who sorts out things
in my life,
and changes chaos into order, by the working of the Holy
Spirit.
Jesus, my life is in your hands. Please
arrange my life the way you want to
Listen
Luke
23.29-34: One of the criminals hanging on a cross mockingly
said to Jesus
"Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well", But the other criminal rebuked the first one
and said "We are paying the penalty for our crimes. But this man has
done nothing wrong". "Jesus", he said, "remember me
when you come into your kingdom". Jesus replied "I promise you, this day
you will be with me in Paradise"
Jesus, remember me when you come into your
kingdom
Listen
Reflection
on the above Bible readings: Beautiful
Taize hymn: Jesus,
remember me
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Two nights ago this menu was done in a new location for
me....in the back seat of a car during a two hour journey from Ipoh back to
Kuala Lumpur at a very, very late hour....sometimes using my mobile phone as a
torchlight. A moving report ...
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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 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, today, Thursday,
please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed June 13
Hello again from Kuala Lumpur. Yesterday morning I went with two kind lawyers to visit a Kenyan woman in prison ...facing the death penalty for drug trafficking ....recruited by the same person who recruited a number of prisoners in HK. Hopefully information from HK can help the woman avoid not only execution but even conviction.
In the afternoon I went with a media team for a two hour drive to the beautiful Ipoh district (whose lovely limestone formations remind me of Zhaoqing in China) for a meal meeting with the family of a young Malaysian facing a drug trafficking charge in HK. Please God the media report will not only help that inmate but also help prevent others from being recruited as drug mules.
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Chris McDonnell
So what can we
do?
We are no longer children who respond to being told we can't do something, but
adults teaching each other how we might be Christians in difficult days.
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Hosea 5-6: God's message through Hosea:
What am I to do with you, Ephraim?
What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud,
like dew that quickly disappears. What I want is love, not the sacrifice
of animals in the Temple.
What I want is knowledge of God, not burnt offerings in the Temple.
Lord, please help us to love
you as we should
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
66-68: O God, be gracious and bless us
and let your face shine its light upon us. Let all the peoples praise you, O God.
Let all the peoples praise you. O sing to the Lord, make music to his name.
Rejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence. Father of the orphan, defender of the widow,
God provides a shelter for the homeless. God gives his people strength.
May all the peoples of the
earth know you and praise you, O God
Listen
Romans
6.12-23: Do not let sin control your life. Always
remember which team you play for: God's Grace Guys, not Satan's Sin Side. Playing for SSS is a recipe for death.
Playing
for GGG leads to eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus, please help me remember I'm on your
team
Listen
Luke
23.33-38: When they reached the place called The Skull,
they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals also, one on his right,
the other on his left. Above his head was placed a sign
"This is the King of the Jews". Jesus prayed "Father, forgive them. They
do not know what they are doing". The leaders made fun of him "He saved
others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God". The soldiers mocked him too "If you are
the king of the Jews, save yourself"
Jesus, you forgave those who mocked you and
crucified you. I forgive anyone who has been unkind to me
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Jesus practised what he preached....about forgiveness
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Big problem the past few days: when I try to type Kuala
Lumpur I keep typing Koala Lumpur!
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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 13th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jianxi
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 13th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Mali
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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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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