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Tues July 17
Politicians lose touch with their citizens; parents lose touch with their children; pastors lose touch with their people. Why? Because they don't stay down to earth ... they tend to move in the world of theory rather than practice ... and they don't practise what they preach....so that their words have less and less relevance. Not so Mandela, Gandhi, St Paul, Jesus. As Pope Paul VI said many decades ago, the world no longer listens to anyone ... unless they practise what they preach. The only real authority is moral authority, coming from a life of practice rather than theory.
Archbishop
Wilson: - fair cop or foul?
Laudato
Si and urgency of present moment
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
91. In living the Gospel, we cannot expect
that everything will be easy, for the thirst for power and worldly interests
often stands in our way. Saint John Paul II noted that "a society is
alienated if its forms of social organization, production and consumption make
it more difficult to offer this gift of self and to establish this solidarity
between people".[78]
In such a society, politics, mass
communications and economic, cultural and even religious institutions become so
entangled as to become an obstacle to authentic human and social development.
As a result, the Beatitudes are not easy to live out; any attempt to do so will
be viewed negatively, regarded with suspicion, and met with ridicule.
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Genesis 30: Leah gave birth to
four sons - Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah.
Rachel had no children and was jealous of her sister Leah.
Rachel gave her servant girl Bilhah to Jacob
and Bilhah gave birth to two sons - Dan and Naphtali.
Leah then gave her servant girl Zilpah to Jacob
and Zilpah gave birth to two sons - Gad and Asher.
Leah herself had two more sons - Issachar and Zebulun
and a daughter - Dinah.
Finally Rachel had a baby, a son whom she named Joseph.
For many long years Jacob worked for Laban
but Laban would not let Jacob return to his own land.
Dear God, please bless
everyone in my family
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
102: O Lord, listen to my
prayer in my distress.
Do not hide your face from me. For my days are
vanishing like smoke,
my bones burn away like a fire. I forget to eat my
bread.
My skin clings to my bones. All day long my foes
revile me.
Those who hate me use my name as a curse. But you, O Lord, will
endure for ever.
You will arise and have mercy on Sion. You will hear the
groans of the prisoners
and free those condemned to die. I pray to you: "Do
not take me away before my time has come,
you whose days last from age to age.
Lord, please help people who
are in great distress
Listen
1
Corinthians
12.4-10:
The Holy Spirit gives us many different gifts. Some people have the gift of wise preaching.
Some people have the gift of an extra strong faith.
Some people have the gift of healing sick people.
Some people have other gifts like the power of miracles, prophecy,
recognizing spirits, and the ability to speak in tongues.
Holy Spirit, please increase your influence in
my life.
Please give me the gift of (..name...)
Listen
John
6.52-58:
The people said among themselves
"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus replied "If you refuse to eat
my flesh , and drink my blood, you will not have life in
you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life. For my flesh is real food, and my blood is
real drink. Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and
I live in them. As I, who am sent by the living Father, myself
draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me. This is the bread come down from heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever"
Jesus, thank you for the gift of your Body and
Blood
in Holy Communion
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: From ordinary food we get strength and energy ... life. From Jesus' Body and Blood we get spiritual strength and energy ... spiritual life
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10 years ago today: New classrooms; Kevin & Louis; July
18 activity; new baby for Mr & Mrs Ren; new power line; new cats
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Seems that the majority of HK people were supporting
Croatia. Why not France? Maybe HK people still have some UK DNA in them?! (...
making them dislike England's traditional rival, France)
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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 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon July 16
Police seize heroin worth HK$2.7m after tip-off
International
report on MercyHK centre on Cheung Chau Island - thank
you ucanews
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven"
90. Jesus himself warns us that the path he
proposes goes against the flow, even making us challenge society by the way we
live and, as a result, becoming a
nuisance. He reminds us how many people have been, and still are,
persecuted simply because they struggle for justice, because they take seriously
their commitment to God and to others. Unless we wish to sink into an obscure
mediocrity, let us not long for an easy life, for "whoever would save his
life will lose it" (Mt 16:25).
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Genesis
29: Jacob went to the home
of his uncle Laban, in Haran.
Laban had two daughters, Leah and Rachel.
Jacob fell in love with Rachel.
Jacob made an agreement with Laban:
Jacob would work for Laban for seven years
in return for marriage to Rachel.
For Jacob, the seven years went like a flash
because he loved Rachel so dearly.
But Laban forced Jacob to marry both Leah and Rachel
and made him work for another seven years as well.
Dear God, please
help us to enjoy our work
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
101:
My song is of mercy and justice.
I sing to you, O Lord. I will try to walk with blameless
heart.
I will try to give my attention to what is good, not what is bad. People who slander others, people of proud
looks,
these will not be my friends.
People who are good and do good,
these will be my friends.
Dear Lord, please help me to
avoid bad company
Listen
1
Corinthians 11.20-26: Concerning the Lord's Supper, this is what I
received from the Lord and then taught you: On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus
took some bread, broke it and said "This is my body which will be
broken for you". After supper he took a cup and said "This
cup is the new covenant in my blood. Each time you drink this cup, drink
it in memory of me". Until the Lord comes, therefore, each time you
eat this bread and drink this cup, you re-enact the death of the Lord.
Jesus, help me understand how bread and
wine become your body and blood when Christians celebrate the Eucharist
Listen
John
6.42-51: The people criticized Jesus saying
"We know his father and mother. How can he say he has come down from
heaven?" Jesus replied "I am the bread of life. If you eat this
bread which has come down from heaven, you will live forever. I am the living bread which has come down from
heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. And the bread that I will give is my flesh,
for the life of the world".
Jesus, living bread come down from heaven,
please help me understand how you give your flesh for the life of the
world
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Once again our final two readings are on the same subject - the Eucharist, which is the source and summit of the Christian life. Each of us can ask: to what extent is the Eucharist the source and summit of my life?
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A long day yesterday: 8.30am Mass at Yau Ma Tei, then I joined
10.30 Mass at Tai Wai for an O.M.I. function, then back to YMT for monthly
prayer meeting for the sick, then gathering for the poor, then meal/meetings
with volunteers and a special visitor, then some email and this blog. After
which I turned off my computer before World Cup Final began ... and after
prayers and shower, hit the sack ... dreaming about France ...or was it
Croatia?!
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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 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, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun July 15
The more I read about the rescue of the Thai football team, the
more I think .... miracle. Thank you Jesus!
A
problem I find myself thinking about more and more: the fact that that HK
authorities (Customs/police) are not going after the "Big Fish" (drug
lords). And it becomes more complicated: usually when a small fish is on trial,
the "Big Picture" (how he/she was recruited/deceived by the Big Fish)
is not allowed to be mentioned in court. Why? I hesitate to keep thinking. Which
means that the Singapore girl in this re-enactment of a true story, if she went
to court in HK, would not be allowed to mention the Big Picture ... how a
boyfriend deceived her - here
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
89. It is not easy to "make" this
evangelical peace, which excludes no one but embraces even those who are a bit
odd, troublesome or difficult, demanding, different, beaten down by life or
simply uninterested. It is hard work; it calls for great openness of mind
and heart, since it is not about creating "a consensus on paper or a
transient peace for a contented minority",[75]
or a project "by a few for the few".[76]
Nor can it attempt to ignore or disregard conflict; instead, it must "face
conflict head on, resolve it and make it a link in the chain of a new
process".[77]
We need to be artisans of peace, for building peace is a craft that demands
serenity, creativity, sensitivity and skill. Sowing peace all around us: that is
holiness.
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c.f. readings for Sunday 15 (on 15th!)
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
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
Listen
Ephesians
1.1-7:
From Paul, appointed to be an apostle of
Christ Jesus. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ. Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Before the world was made, he chose us in Christ,
to live through love in his presence. He chose us, in Christ, to be his adopted
children,
to make us praise the glory of his grace. This grace is his free gift to us in his
Beloved Son,
through whose blood we gain our freedom
and the forgiveness of our sins.
Father, thank you for upgrading me from human child to Divine Child!
Listen
Mark
6.7-13: Jesus went on a teaching tour of the
nearby villages.
He sent out his 12 special friends in 6 pairs, with
authority over evil spirits. He told them to take only bare essentials for
the journey.
He said "If any place does not welcome you, as you leave that place shake the dust from your feet as a
sign to them". The 12 apostles preached
repentance. They cast out many devils. They anointed sick people with
oil and healed them.
Jesus, may every place welcome
you and your messengers
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings:
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian with English, Chinese and
Spanish subtitles
Daniel Daring: God's plan of salvation (Chinese text)
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10 years ago today: Summer holiday life at Marco Polo Center
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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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World
Cup .... Wimbledon ... Tour de France etc etc. But for me the happiest sporting
event yesterday was when my team the Brisbane Lions beat
Hawthorn. On July 14, Bastille Day ....and Brisbane's club song goes to the
tune of The Marseillaise!
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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 15th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Liaoning
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 15th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Zimbabwe
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 July 14
I spent much of yesterday at Lai Chi Kok men's prison where the African inmates
are strongly supporting France in the World Cup Final ... since 12 of France's
23 players have African origins! See Washington Post: France
is the last African country in World Cup!
This poses a problem for me: as an Australian I automatically want to support the under-dog, Croatia ... especially since it's a largely Catholic country; but as a member of the Oblates founded in France I should support France ... especially since it contains so many Africans ... and part of my heart is in Africa which I have visited three times and for whose inmates I spend so much blood, sweat and tears. My hope: an epic game that will be long-remembered for its brilliance and excitement .... and last minute win by .... Les Bleus !
English
translation now on line of two moving letters by a
Venezuelan woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking - here
(March 8 and May 8)
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
88. Peacemakers truly "make"
peace; they build peace and friendship in society. To those who sow peace Jesus
makes this magnificent promise: "They will be called children of God"
(Mt 5:9). He told his disciples that, wherever they went, they were to
say: "Peace to this house!" (Lk 10:5). The word of God exhorts
every believer to work for peace, "along with all who call upon the Lord
with a pure heart" (cf. 2 Tim 2:22), for "the harvest of
righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace" (Jas 3:18).
And if there are times in our community
when we question what ought to be done, "let us pursue what makes for
peace" (Rom 14:19), for unity is preferable to conflict.[74]
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Genesis
28: When Rebecca sent
Jacob to Haran,
she and Isaac told Jacob to find a wife in Haran.
While Jacob was on his way to Haran,
God appeared to him in a dream and said to him
"I will keep you safe wherever you go,
and I'll bring you back safely to your own land."
Dear God, please keep us safe
wherever we go
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
100: Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy. Know that he, the Lord, is God. He made us, we
belong to him.
We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Go within his gates, giving thanks.
Enter his temple with songs of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name. Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age.
Dear Lord, please help us to
serve you with gladness
Listen
1
Corinthians
10.16-11.1:
The cup that we bless is a communion with the
blood of Christ.
The bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. Avoid anything to do with idol worship.
It doesn't make sense to share in the table of the Lord and in the table
of demons. Whatever you eat, whatever you drink, whatever
you do at all,
do it for the glory of God. Never do anything offensive to anyone. Try to
be helpful to everyone at all times, not anxious for your own advantage,
but for the advantage of others, so that they may be saved. Take me for your model, as I take Christ.
Jesus, please help me imitate you in my daily
life
Listen
John
6.35-40: Jesus said to the people "The bread of
God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. I am the bread of life. Anyone who comes to me
will never be hungry. Anyone who believes in me will never be thirsty. It is my Father's will that whoever believes
in me will have eternal life"
Jesus, living bread from heaven, please help
more and more people believe in you and love you
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Jesus is speaking about the Eucharist ... so is Paul .... and it's especially at the Eucharist where we best praise God (Psalm 100) and where we most receive his protection (Genesis)
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At Lai Chi Kok men's prison yesterday I admired a young
local Chinese guard who had the job of delivering items to every room ...
accompanied by several inmates from the Mainland who couldn't speak Cantonese
.... so the guard was explaining everything in Mandarin .... but every now and
then he would let out some words of exasperation to the effect "They can't
understand anything in Cantonese!" and also comments about the fact that
the sound for "two" in Cantonese gets mixed up with the sound for
"one" in Mandarin! I admired the guard's patience and sense of humor!
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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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri July 13
Yesterday morning I was a guest at a Ming Pao yum cha ... on the 25th floor of iSquare in Tsim Sha Tsui ... overlooking the harbour and HK island. Last night I was at the usual Thursday night meal for the poor in a Yau Ma Tei canteen. Two very, very different locations!
After yesterday's yum-cha, I went "fishing" in the nearby Chung King Mansion ... doing a job that HK police are declining to do, to the great detriment of HK society
One
abortion every three minutes in England and Wales in 2017
How
a US Jesuit is helping prisoners
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called
children of God"
87. This Beatitude makes us think of the
many endless situations of war in our world. Yet we ourselves are often a cause
of conflict or at least of misunderstanding. For example, I may hear something
about someone and I go off and repeat it. I may even embellish it the second
time around and keep spreading it. And the more harm it does, the more
satisfaction I seem to derive from it. The world of gossip, inhabited by
negative and destructive people, does not bring peace. Such people are really
the enemies of peace; in no way are they "blessed".[73]
July: month of the Precious Blood of Jesus
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Genesis 26-27: God blessed and
protected Isaac all his life.
When Isaac grew old and was nearly blind,
he followed the usual custom of giving his final blessing to his sons.
He wanted to bless Esau first,
since Esau was his older son.
But Rebecca and Jacob tricked Isaac.
Jacob dressed in Esau's clothes
and put hairy animal skins on his
arms.
Before Esau came home, Jacob asked for Isaac's blessing.
Isaac said "Your voice is that of Jacob,
but your arms and scent are those of Esau.
Are you really Esau?"
Jacob said "I am."
Isaac then gave him his solemn blessing.
When Esau found out what had happened,
he was very angry and planned to kill Jacob.
So Rebecca got Jacob to go to Haran until Esau's anger cooled down.
Dear God, please bless
everyone in my family
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
99: The Lord is king. He is great in
Sion.
His power is seen throughout the world. Among his priests were Aaron, Moses and
Samuel.
They prayed to the Lord and he answered their call. Let peoples everywhere praise his name.
He is holy, full of power.
Lord, may all peoples
know and love you
Listen
1
Corinthians 9.12-27:
I put up with anything, rather than obstruct
the Good News of Christ in any way. I make myself all things to all people, in
order to save some. All the runners at the stadium are trying to
win, but only one of them gets the prize. You must run in the same way,
meaning to win the gold medal of eternal life. That is how I run, intent on winning.
Therefore I try to stay in top condition, avoiding sloppy living.
Jesus, may I run a good race till my last day
Listen
John
6.26-29: Jesus said to the people "You have come
looking for me because you had so much bread to eat. Do not give so much concern to physical
food.
Be more concerned about the spiritual food that lasts
forever.
This is the food I am offering you".
Jesus, please give us the food that lasts
forever
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: The main topic for many people is physical food ... food... food. So many media advertisements are about physical food. Physical food enables us to stay alive in this world. But physical food can't help us live forever. Only spiritual food contains everlastingness.
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Last night a visitor at the usual Thursday night meal for
homeless people asked one of the guests "Where do you sleep?"
"McDonald's" was the answer. "Why do you sleep at
McDonald's?" asked the guest. And back came an answer that made everyone
smile: "Because of the air-conditioning"!
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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 13th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jiangxi
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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu July 12
For the past few months I've been helping an Argentinian man,
Walter, in Lai Chi Kok prison, to communicate (by his letters to me) with Clarin media
in Buenos Aires (by my emails). Last Sunday the Clarin report was published.
Please God it will stop others from drug trafficking, and help Walter get a
sentence discount for helping the anti-drug campaign. Clarin report in
Portuguese is here
(can be translated by Google, although the translation is not 100% accurate). At
above link can also be found all 6 letters from Walter to Clarin.
Last
week on the feast of St Thomas I watched this interesting CNN documentary: Saint
Thomas the Apostle - how he founded 7 churches in India
LGBT
infiltration of Southern Baptist Convention ... what
to expect in other churches/nations
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
86. A heart that loves God and neighbour
(cf. Mt 22:36-40), genuinely and not merely in words, is a pure heart; it
can see God. In his hymn to charity, Saint Paul says that "now we see in a
mirror, dimly" (1 Cor 13:12), but to the extent that truth and love
prevail, we will then be able to see "face to face". Jesus promises
that those who are pure in heart "will see God". Keeping a heart free
of all that tarnishes love: that is holiness.
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Genesis
25: After Abraham died,
God
blessed Abraham's son Isaac.
For a long time Isaac's wife Rebecca
could not have children.
Then after Isaac prayed for her,
she had twin boys - Esau and Jacob.
Esau became a hunter.
Jacob helped at home.
Isaac favored Esau.
Rebecca preferred Jacob.
There was a strong rivalry between the two boys.
Once when Esau came home seriously ill,
he agreed to give Jacob his rights as first born son
in exchange for some soup Jacob had made.
Dear God, please help childless
couples to have a baby
Recording
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
Recording
1 Corinthians 6.18-20: We should respect our bodies as a gift from
the Lord.
Our bodies are not meant for fornication. Avoid sexual activity that avoids commitment.
Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who
lives in you.
Let people know that your body is not something to be profaned.
Jesus, please help me avoid sex outside
marriage
Listen
John
6.16-21: That evening, the disciples got into a boat
to cross the sea to Capernaum. The wind became strong and the sea became
rough.
They had rowed about 4km when they saw Jesus walking on the sea, coming
towards them.
They were frightened, but he said "It is I. Do not be afraid". He got into the boat, and it quickly
arrived at Capernaum
Jesus, help me remember that you are in my
boat
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Jesus is with us in our lives, our boats .... in fact he and his Father and the Holy Spirit live inside us as in a temple. Reminds me of the famous US actress Shirley Temple! Each of us can say my name is (John) Temple!
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01:To go with reflection on the readings. My name is John Temple ... and I live in Temple Street, Jordan, HK!
02: Woman accidentally steals car for two weeks after key mix-up
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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 12th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jiangsu
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 12th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Guinea Bissau
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Thursday,
please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed July 11
Thank you Jesus! All 13 rescued from Thai cave!
Yesterday morning at McDonald's I fareweled the three ladies from
Lesotho whom I had met at McDs last Saturday - photo.
They had spent last Friday night at McDs and on Sat morning I helped them find
accommodation for three nights while their China visas were processed
For most of yesterday I stayed home and spent much time working on another Drug Lord
"name and shame" file ... will be public in the next week or so I
hope. It's a file I've been meaning to do for quite a while. I was given energy
to finish it after attending two days ago the sentencing for 9 years (after
cuts) of an Indonesian domestic helper who was a victim of the same Drug Lord
... who is a police informer, so the police won't arrest him.
Philippines
targets children in war on drugs
Sr
Patricia: stand up to Duterte
Full text of my favourite novel Joshua
by Joseph Girzone (for private use) here.
And see
below!
Pope's new letter -
"Rejoice and Be Glad":
85. Certainly
there can be no love without works of love, but this Beatitude reminds us that the
Lord expects a commitment to our brothers and sisters that comes from the heart.
For "if I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but
have no love, I gain nothing" (1 Cor 13:3). In Matthew's
Gospel too, we see that what proceeds from the heart is what defiles a person
(cf. 15:18), for from the heart come murder, theft, false witness, and other
evil deeds (cf. 15:19). From the heart's intentions come the desires and the
deepest decisions that determine our actions.
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Chris McDonnell
Baggage on the journey
You
cannot be understood if the language you use is archaic and has therefore no
meaning for those we address
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis 23-24 (a): Not long after his wife
Sarah died
Abraham told his number one servant
to go back to Haran and find a wife for his son Isaac.
The servant went to Haran, to the town of Nahor.
When women were getting water from the well in Nahor
the servant prayed to God for help to find a wife for Isaac.
He said to God, "If I ask a woman for a drink and she answers
'Please take some of my water,
and I'll give some to your camels,
too'
may she be the one you have chosen for Isaac."
Listen
Genesis
23-24 (b):
He had barely finished his prayer
when Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel came to the well.
She was very beautiful and not married.
The servant asked her for water and she said "Drink, sir...and I'll get water for your camels,
too."
Bethuel, a relative of Abraham, gladly agreed for Rebecca to go with the servant to be Isaac's wife.
Rebecca herself was happy with the plan.
Isaac married Rebecca and loved her dearly.
Dear God, please help people to
find "Mr/Mrs Right"
Listen
1
Corinthians
5.8-11: Get rid of all evil and wickedness from your
life. Replace them with sincerity and truth. People who do wrong will not inherit the
kingdom of God: people of immoral lives, idolaters, adulterers, catamites,
sodomites, thieves, usurers, drunkards, slanderers and swindlers. Some of you were like that once, but now you
have been washed clean and sanctified by Jesus Christ and his Spirit.
Jesus, help me avoid doing bad things. Help me do more good things
Listen
John
6.1-15: Near the Sea of Galilee, a large crowd
followed Jesus, attracted by the way he healed so many sick people. Jesus climbed a hillside and
sat there with his disciples. Seeing the huge crowd, Jesus said to one of
his disciples
"How can we feed so many people?" The disciple Andrew said "There's a young boy here with 5
loaves and 2 fish. But what good is that for such a huge crowd?" Jesus said "Make the people sit down". The crowd of about
20,000 sat down on the grass. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all
the people. He did the same with the fish. Everyone ate as much as they
wanted to. The people, seeing this miracle, said "He really is God's great
prophet". Jesus, aware that they wanted to make him
king, slipped away and went up the hill by himself
Jesus, please bless my prayers and actions to
help others,
just as you blessed the loaves and fish
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: A good way to pray - "Jesus, please bless my little prayer, just as you blessed the loaves and fish"
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To scan "Joshua" by Joseph Girzone, I needed to
tear out each page. As I thought about where to find a book binder to put Humpty
Dumpty back together again, I remembered the bookbinding section of Lo Wu
women's prison .... and the book can be donated to the LW library!
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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 11th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hunan
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 11th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Eritrea
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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