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A voice for the poor
by HK prison chaplain 胡頌恆神父
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
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Imitating
Pope Francis
Sat June 13
Please God, weather permitting, a hike on Friday June 19 (Dragon Boat public
holiday) to Lamma Island, following this
route. Get 10.20am ferry from
Central Pier to Sok
Ku Wan (not to Yung Shue Wan!). Meet
at pier before 10am. 2024
photos. Umbrella, water, swimming gear...
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Video
of visually impaired Gaza boy gets millions of views
Pope's
AI letter
14. Finally, building for the common good requires an evangelical
language. We must avoid humiliating or antagonistic words, opting rather for a
clarity that sheds light and a frankness that unlocks new possibilities. We
cannot condone naïve enthusiasms, nor fuel unfounded fears. Instead, let
us establish standards for discernment — the dignity of the human person, the
universal destination of goods, the preferential option for the poor, care for
our common home and peace — and let us translate these standards into
practices such as responsible planning, the assessment of human and social
impact, the inclusion of the most vulnerable, the promotion of digital literacy
and guiding research and industry toward justice and peace.
("evangelical" a strange word here? ..a mistranslation?)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Exodus
23: Moses told the people:
"Don't be unfair to anyone, friend or foe.
Work for six days, then rest on the seventh day.
Work your land for six years,
then let the land rest and recover in the seventh year.
Three times a year you must celebrate special feasts:
the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the Feast of Harvest,
the Feast of Ingathering.
On these three feasts
all men must present themselves before the Lord."
God's promise:
"I will send an angel before you to protect you
and bring you to the land I have prepared for you.
Eventually you will possess this special land
and take it over from the peoples who live there now."
Dear
God, please help everyone love you
01
02
Psalms
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
Acts
4.23-31: When Peter and John were released, they went
to a gathering of apostles and friends and told them everything that had
happened. The group then prayed "Master, it is you
who made heaven and earth and sea. Please protect us from leaders who
threaten us. Help us to proclaim your message with great boldness. Bless
us to heal and work miracles through the name of your holy servant
Jesus". As they prayed, the building rocked. They were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God
boldly
Jesus, by the grace of your Holy Spirit,
please help me to proclaim your message boldly
Listen
Luke 2.39-52 (for
feast of Immaculate Heart of Mary): Joseph
and Mary moved back to their own town of Nazareth. The child Jesus was filled
with wisdom as he grew older. Each year Joseph and Mary would take Jesus
to Jerusalem for the celebration of the Passover. When Jesus was 12 years
old, they went to Jerusalem as usual. But when their traveling group left
Jerusalem, Jesus stayed behind without his parents knowing it. They
presumed he was somewhere with the group. When they couldn't find him, they went
back to Jerusalem to look for him. After 2 days, they found him, in the
Temple, listening to the religion teachers and asking them questions. People who
heard him were astounded at his intelligence. His mother said to him "My
child, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been really worried
about you". Jesus replied "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you
know that I must be concerned with my Father's work?" But they didn't
understand what he meant. He went with them to Nazareth and lived under their
authority. His
mother stored all these things in her heart
Jesus, please help all "lost children" to be found!
Listen
Reflection on the above Gospel: Mary got involved, from start to finish
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Request in letter yesterday from prisoner - a book to study
storehouse management. Made me laugh, because many people are in detention for
managing drug storehouses!?!
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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 the people in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 13th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people 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 Congo
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 12
Feast
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
"Over the top" - the love in Jesus' heart (my 2013 reflection)
Yesterday
1,000 copies of the Chinese edition of the Simple
Bible - Old Testament arrived from the printer ...at cost of around HK$13
per book ...an excellent price for a 260 page book ...mainly for prisoners and
for distribution at MercyHK's canteen in Temple Street. This is the 5th
printing. Please God printing number 6 towards the end of next year will be an
illustrated edition with lots of artwork.
Today
is the feastday of Blessed Joseph Cebuba O.M.I. who was shot dead in a Nazi
concentration camp in 1941. May his example give us more courage to stand up
for what is right
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Video
shows car slowing before Israeli troops shot dead 7 month baby in mother's arms
Pope's
AI letter ***
Pope
- Christians cannot promote war
13. Thirdly, building a world in which everyone can flourish requires shared responsibility and courage. No one can single-handedly bear the weight of the challenges the world is facing, just as no one is so weak that they cannot play their part, for “power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9). All are given their own section of the wall: scientists and researchers, entrepreneurs and workers, educators and legislators, civil society, popular movements and faith communities. This is the logic of subsidiarity, which values the cooperation between generations, peoples, disciplines and cultures as the best way for fostering stability, prosperity and peace. We should not be intimidated by tensions or differences because they can become creative forces when guided by shared responsibility.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Readings from Feast
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
2
Corinthians 5.14-19: The
love of Christ is like a tsunami.
It overwhelms
us and sweeps us away when we remember how Jesus
died for everyone. God, through Christ, has repaired his friendship with
humanity. We must spread the news of this reconciliation.
"And when I think, that God his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I
scarce can take it in" -
from "How Great Thou Art"
My recording of this reading
Ephesians
3.14-21: This is what I pray,
kneeling before the Father from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural,
takes it name: May he give you power through his Spirit, for your hidden
self to grow strong. May Christ live in your hearts through faith. Planted in
love and built on love, may you continually focus
on the
love of Christ, until your life is filled
with that love.
Glory be to him whose power working in us, can do infinitely more than
we can ask or imagine. Glory be to him from generation to generation in the
Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen
Recording
Matthew
11.25-30: One day Jesus
prayed: Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am joyfully amazed at the way simple
people understand and accept what I'm saying, while proud and clever people miss
the plot. And he said to the ordinary people: Come to me, all you who are
treated unfairly by unjust religious laws. I will give you peace and justice.
Learn from me, and you will know peace, for
I am gentle and humble of heart.
Jesus, please help people who are suffering from unjust religious laws
John
19.31-37: The next day was
the Passover. To prevent the bodies remaining on the crosses during the
Passover, the soldiers broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. But
when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. Instead of breaking
his legs, they
pierced his side with a spear.
Immediately there came out blood and water. And so the Scriptures were fulfilled
"Not one of his bones will be broken" and "They will look on the
one they have pierced".
Jesus, please help me understand how blood and water are symbols of the
Eucharist and Baptism
Reflection on the above Bible readings:
A beautiful reflection: The heart of Jesus and our hearts
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A
few nights ago on Temple Street near the Dr Jesus Centre, I met a friendly man
and his wife from Victoria, from the town of Rosebud which is part of an O.M.I.
parish. The man's job ...he's a gardener. (...garden ...rosebud ..!)
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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 the
people in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 12th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people 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
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 11
Today is the Feast of St Barnabas (see readings below): a wonderful HK NGO - The St Barnabas Society
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Israel
murders 8 in Tyre
12. Secondly, building for the common good means accepting the limits and weakness of humanity without considering them an error to be corrected. Today, the human desire for fullness of life is at risk of being misled by deceitful goals, such as the prospect of a technology that promises to free us from all weakness, and models of wellbeing that leave behind entire populations. All too often, we place our hope in unlimited “upgrades,” in forms of progress that exacerbate inequalities, and in immediate solutions incapable of healing people’s wounds. As a result, while some pursue the illusion of unlimited self-assertion, many are deprived of basic necessities. The Church reminds us, with a firm yet humble voice, that true fulfilment is not achieved by eliminating weakness but through harmonious growth. It is found where freedom and responsibility are intertwined with mutual care and true solidarity, and where progress is measured by the dignity of each person and the good of all peoples
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
For
the Feast of St Barnabas
Acts 11.19-26: Some
believers went to Antioch in Syria where they preached the Good News of the Lord
Jesus to non-Jewish people. Many non-Jewish people became believers. Barnabas,
a good man filled with the Holy Spirit, was sent to Antioch in Syria to
encourage the new believers to remain faithful to the Lord. Barnabas brought
Paul from Tarsus to Antioch. They stayed in Antioch one year, instructing a
large number of people. It was at Antioch that the believers were first called
"Christians"
Jesus, please help me be a good Christian
Listen
Acts
13.1-3: In the
church at Antioch in Syria, the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas,
Simeon, Lucius, Manaen and Paul. One day while they were offering worship to the
Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said "I want Barnabas and
Paul set apart for the work to which I have called them". After fasting and
prayer, the leaders prayed for Barnabas and
Paul with the laying on of hands and sent them off on a missionary journey
Holy Spirit, help me be attentive to your guidance
Listen:
Acts
13.13-52: Paul and Barnabas went
to another Antioch, Antioch in Pisidia. Out of jealousy, the local Jewish
leaders there stopped Paul from preaching to the Jewish community. Paul and Barnabas then
turned their attention to non-Jewish people, and so the word of the Lord spread
through the whole countryside. But the Jewish leaders kept up their campaign,
and had Paul and Barnabas expelled
from Pisidia
Jesus, please don't let Gospel workers be expelled
My
recording of this reading
Acts
15.36-50: Some time after this,
Paul said to Barnabas "Let's
revisit the towns where we preached the word of the Lord". Barnabas suggested
taking John Mark with them, but Paul opposed this, since John Mark had deserted
them on the previous trip when the situation became dangerous. After a violent
argument, Paul and Barnabas split
up. Barnabas went
with John Mark to Cyprus. Silas joined Paul for his next journey
Jesus, at your Last Supper you prayed for the unity of your
followers. Help us avoid arguments
Listen
Reflection: St Barnabas believed in giving people a second chance - Paul, John Mark
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Paul
and Barnabas became friends again after their breakup!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid:
Sat:
Cent,
Jesus,
today, Thursday,
please bless
the people of
And praying for the people in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 11th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of
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 Yemen
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 10
A busy day yesterday at the Dr Jesus Centre in Temple Street: am MercyHK staff meeting, early afternoon processing of Chinese University study receipts for prisoners ...then visit by group of teachers from a Yuen Long secondary school ...and last night one of the most powerful and moving talks I have ever heard in my life: a local former drug addict (now a member of Cocaine Anonymous) sharing with 15 Nepal Drug addicts
Police
don't want people to know about these weapons
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Israel
puts Palestinian doctor in solitary confinement after 17 months held without
charge
11. Building a city founded on the common good implies, first and foremost, building on a firm relationship with God. It means recognizing that the truth of his love calls us to life “in all its fullness” ( Jn 10:10) and communion with him. Like Saint Augustine, we too can say, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” [8] Indeed, God has inscribed in our hearts a desire for happiness that embraces all the dimensions of life. The Church, in dialogue with the men and women of our time, recognizes the urgent need to safeguard and guide this aspiration toward its deepest truth.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 22: Laws
announced by Moses:
"If a man seduces a virgin, he must marry her.
A sorceress must be put to death.
Anyone who has intercourse with an animal must die.
Do not discriminate against foreigners,
for you yourselves were foreigners in
Dear God, please help us not to hurt other
people
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
61-65: O God, hear my cry,
you who are my refuge and help. In you alone is my soul
at rest. My help comes from you. Take refuge in God,
everyone in trouble.
Trust him at all times. O God, you are my God,
for you I long.
My body and soul thirst for you
like a dry, weary land without water. Your love is better
than life,
my lips will speak your praise. On my bed I remember
you.
On you I muse through the night. You are the Creator of
the world.
You care for the earth, you give it water. To you our praise is
due,
wherever we are on earth
.Lord, my
soul clings to you. Your right hand holds me fast
Listen
Acts
4.13-22: The religious leaders were astonished that
two uneducated men like Peter and John could speak so confidently. The
leaders also realized that a miracle had taken place: the crippled man was
standing next to Peter and John. The leaders gave Peter and John a formal legal
warning not to speak in future about Jesus.
Peter and John replied "Which is right? To obey you, or obey God? We
cannot stop proclaiming what we have seen and heard". The leaders released the two apostles. They
were afraid to punish them since all the people were giving glory to God
for the miracle that had happened
Jesus, please help me obey you always
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: Re Acts - obedience should not be paid to any voice which is different from that of God
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So many meetings and activities yesterday .... no trouble
sleeping last night!
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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 the
people in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 10th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people 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, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Tues June 9
Letters
in Chinese from a Mainland woman in prison in HK for money laundering
*** 
Her story (in English)
10. We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization — of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means — is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise. Instead, let us choose the “way of Nehemiah,” which highlights the importance of working together to make the City of God a safe place for returning exiles. Rebuilding today means recognizing that, precisely from the plurality of voices and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges. Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and dialogue the common ground upon which to cultivate justice and fraternity. Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its solid foundations and its final end. In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem “coming down out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity. And this vision of grace is an invitation for us Christians to work together in order to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life in community within today’s “cities.”
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon: Sanctions
to stop West Bank settlement *** Israel
killed 14 more people in Gaza last Sunday
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
21: Laws
announced by Moses:
"When you buy an Israelite slave, you may keep him
for only six years. In the seventh year he is free to leave or stay.
Put to death anyone who kills someone in cold blood,
anyone who curses or strikes his father or mother.
If someone injures another person,
the compensation will be according to the formula
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, burn for burn, injury for injury."
Dear God, please help people not to seek
revenge
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
52-60: Lord, I will tell everyone about how good you
are.
You are our Creator. Everyone should love you. Thank you for so often rescuing me from
trouble.
You uphold my life. Sometimes I have so many troubles and cares
that I can't get to sleep.
Sometimes I wish I was a bird and could fly away to a safe place. When I fear, I will trust in you,
in you whose word I praise. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready.
I will sing, I will sing your praise. Each morning I will sing of your strength,
and each morning acclaim your love.
O God, please help me to praise
and love you every day
Listen
Acts
4.1-12: While Peter was talking to the crowd, some
religious leaders and soldiers came and arrested Peter and John. The next day the leaders held a meeting and
asked the prisoners: "By what power and by whose name did you
heal the crippled beggar?" Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied
"The cripple is able to stand up perfectly healthy because he was
healed by Jesus the Nazarene, the one you crucified, whom God raised from
the dead. Salvation comes no other way. Only by the name
of Jesus can we be saved"
Jesus, your name means "God saves", you are indeed the Saviour
of the world
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: "Eye for eye, tooth
for tooth" ..surely the author of these terrible words is not God but
Moses ... or a group of Jewish scholars in a later age ..as in this excellent
production by Jewish scholars: Evidence
of Ancient Israel
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Many times over the past 2 years I looked unsuccessfully
for the above documentary (Evidence ...). Last night I found it!
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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 the
people in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 9th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Henan
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 9th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Mozambique
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 8
25
year old HK woman ...dubious friends...then the world of drugs
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Israel
shoots dead a baby in mother's arms
(SHAME, ISRAEL .... AND SHAME USA FOR ENABLING ISRAEL... which
is why I am boycotting USA 250th celebration - see messages here,
at June 1)
Pope's
AI letter *** Pope
in Spain 01 02
9. In light of these two images, the Holy Spirit challenges us today regarding our relationship with technology and the ongoing digital revolution. Scientific discoveries are talents entrusted to humanity so that they may bear fruit (cf. Mt 25:14-30). Technology has the power to heal, connect, educate and protect our common home; but it can also divide, exclude and generate new forms of injustice. In the abstract, technology in and of itself is not a solution to humanity’s problems, just as it is not inherently evil. In practice, however, technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it. Therefore, the primary choice is not between a “yes” or “no” to technology, but rather between constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem; between a power that claims to dominate the heavens and a people who work together in the presence of God to rebuild the walls of fraternal coexistence.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
20:
The Ten Commandments given by God to
Moses:
1: I am the Lord your God. Do not worship anyone or anything else.
2: Use my name with respect. Do not insult my name.
3: Make the Sabbath Day a holy day each week.
4: Honor your father and your mother.
5: Do not kill.
6: Do not commit adultery.
7: Do not steal.
8: Do not tell lies.
9: Do not desire someone else's wife.
10: Do not desire what belongs to someone else.
Dear
God, please help us to put these commandments into practice
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
51: Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness,
and cleanse me of my sin. My offences truly I know them.
What is evil in your sight I have done. But in my defence please don't forget that
sinfulness is part of the human condition, part of our DNA. A pure heart create for me, O God.
Put a steadfast spirit within me. Give me again the joy of your help.
With a spirit of fervor sustain me.
Lord, you will not spurn
a humbled, contrite heart
Listen
Acts
3.9-16: When people saw the former crippled man
walking, they couldn't believe their eyes. So Peter said to them "Why
are you so surprised? Do you think John and I made this cripple walk? It is by our faith in Jesus that this man has
been restored to health. Jesus is the Holy One, the Just One, the
Prince of Life whom you handed over to Pilate for crucifixion. But God
raised him from the dead
Jesus, Prince of Life, please increase my
faith in you. Please give me a faith that can bring your healing to
handicapped people
Listen
Luke
12.22-34: Jesus said to his disciples "Do not
worry about food and clothing.
As regards food, think of the birds.
They don't sow or reap, and they have no homes to store things. Yet God
feeds them.
As regards clothing, think how the flowers grow with a beauty greater than
that of Solomon's clothes. God will look after you more than he looks
after the flowers. So, don't set your hearts on food and
clothing.
Don't go in for worry. Just set your hearts on God's kingdom, then food and clothing will not be a problem.
Where your treasure is, that is where your
heart will be too
Jesus, please help me to put your friendship
as number one in my life
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Jesus' teaching in today's Gospel used on page 4 and page 5 of this little book
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Plan B for June 19 hike: Lamma Island ...details to come
later this week
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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 the people in one
part of China each day of the month:
On
this 8th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Heilongjiang
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 Sierra
Leone
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 7
Corpus Christi
In a world which has so many problems .... when we often feel so weak and helpless ... it is good for us if we have the chance to spend some time in silent prayer before Jesus in the tabernacle of a church. No need to say much....just a word of praise ....quiet awareness of Jesus' presence....a reflection with Jesus on the day's Bible readings....a few prayers for special needs....a final prayer of thanks and praise. Yes, we can pray anywhere and at any time. But ten minutes spent before a tabernacle is one of the best things we can do for ourselves, our families, our nation, our world. May today's Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ give us the motivation to sometimes visit a church for prayer... and to receive Jesus' Body and Blood in Communion each Sunday if we can.
Ebola
-.report from OMI in Congo: Beware of media exaggeration
.
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
8. The Book of Nehemiah, in turn, opens at a time of great vulnerability in the history of ancient Israel. After the Babylonian exile, a portion of the people returned to Jerusalem, but the city was still in ruins, the walls collapsed and the gates burned (cf. Neh 1–2). Nehemiah, a Jew in the service of the Persian King Artaxerxes, received news of the disastrous state of his ancestral city. Before taking action, he fasted, prayed and interceded for the people. He then asked the king for permission to return to Jerusalem and, upon arriving, examined the destroyed areas in silence. He did not impose solutions from above. He convened the families, assigned each of them a section of the wall to rebuild, listened to their concerns, coordinated their efforts and addressed any opposition. The narrative shows how the city is reborn, not through the initiative of one man, but through the shared responsibility of all: men, women, priests, artisans, heads of households and young people all play a part. It is an undertaking with God at the center, which rebuilds relationships before rebuilding with stones. Thus, ancient Jerusalem rediscovers a common language — not one of uniformity, but one of communion, namely the harmony that arises when all persons assume their own role and recognize that their strength comes from the Lord.
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Corpus Christi
Deuteronomy
8: Moses
continued his speech to the people: "Remember how the Lord your God led you
for 40 years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you, to know your inmost
heart - whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he
fed you with manna, to make you understand that we do not live on bread
alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Learn from this that
the Lord your God was training you as a man trains his child. Keep the
commandments of the Lord your God. Follow his ways and reverence him. When you
become prosperous in the land that God is giving you, do not become proud and
say your own efforts have brought you success. Take care and do not forget the
Lord your God."
Dear Lord, don't let me ever forget all you have done for me
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
116: I love
the Lord for he has heard the cry of my appeal. He turned his ear to me in the
day when I called him. They surrounded me, sorrow, distress and the snares of
death. I was helpless, so the Lord saved me. Calm down my soul, for the Lord has
been good. I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
How can I repay the Lord for his goodness to me? The
cup of salvation I will raise to thank the Lord. O precious in the eyes
of the Lord is the death of his faithful. Lord, you have loosened my bonds. I am
your servant.
Thank you, Lord, for all your goodness to me
Recording
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
Recording
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
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
Pope Francis: "The Eucharist is not a prize for the perfect, but medicine for the sick"
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After
3 losses, Brisbane win again
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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 the
people in one part
of China each day of the month:
On this 7th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Henan
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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Anti-drug
campaign trips: 2020:
My trip to Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dar es
Salaam, Johannesburg Jan
1, 2020: How cocaine trafficking is impacting West Africa 2017:
My trip to Southern Africa, Dubai ( 2016:
My trip to Kenya, Uganda
---------------- 2019-05-10:
No More Mules
Peru FB boost 199,000 views! 2019-01-20: Article
in El Pais, Uruguay
- 01 02 2018-09-18:
No
More Mules Facebook campaign
- more than 300,000 people reached in Venezuela
2018:
My trip to Latin America ---------------- South East Asia: Aug 16, 2020: CNN
- Indonesian women recruited to take drugs to Hong Kong Oct
23, 2019: FM988
Breakfast program in Kuala Lumpur at which I was a guest June
2019: My
campaign featured in The
Malaysia Drug Trade (6 written reports & documentary
video) 2019-03-25: Eleven
HK01 video and photo reports about Malaysian drug mules arrested in HK- here (one
of the reports is about my anti-drug campaign). Dec
2018 - My Jan 2019 trip to Malaysia 2018:
My trip to Thailand and Cambodia -------------------- Hong
Kong: July
2019: My warning to HK domestic helpers - published
here in HK Filipino media 2018-07-29:
SCMP- Beware
drug lords luring domestic helpers, refugees into narcotics trade 2018-04-08:
The
Pearl
Report on
TVB
- concerning HK's Long Term Sentencing Review Board and my anti-drug campaign March
18, 2018: South China Morning Post report on my work 2017-09-27: SCMP
Spirit of HK Awards (video starts
after 20 secs) 2017-08-24:
Cable
TV video report on my anti-drug campaign and a
Facebook report on the video report (click
"translation" for English) 2017-05-17:
SCMP - The prison chaplain who has stopped 150 drug mules reaching HK 2017-03-25: Oriental
Daily
report of case of South African woman given discount for help to my campaign
*** May
14 updates: Oriental
Daily, Sing
Tao Dec
1, 2016 - HK News: More women being recruited as drug mules 2016-10-13: HK01
report about campaign and about work for the poor 2016-09-11: Oriental
Daily
report about my campaign - and same day
Editorial 2016-08-27: Oriental
Daily
article about court case and campaign My
anti-drug campaign sites Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomasmulas/ Facebook: Chinese
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