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Yesterday here in Kuala Lumpur I met with another family of a
prisoner in HK. Said prisoner saw a FB advertisement looking for couriers to
deliver parcels overseas ... "two nights, three days, R5,000" ... and,
being short of money, took the job ... and is now facing about 3,600 nights ...
and the same number of days ... in a HK prison. Following the meeting I went to
a nearby Chinese church and enjoyed a chat with the local Chinese priest, asking
him to support the campaign to warn young Malaysians not to be fooled by FB
advertisements. About two thirds of the Malaysians in prison in HK are Chinese,
the rest are mostly Indians
And: Malaysia's king abdicates amid marriage rumours
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: Hello from Malaysia!. It's on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK". Text without recording
Pope Francis - The Joy of the Gospel No. 77: I am grateful for the beautiful example given to me by so many Christians who joyfully sacrifice their lives and their time for others. This witness comforts and sustains me in my own effort to overcome selfishness and to give more fully of myself.
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Judges
10-11: The
Israelites yet again served false gods,
and once more they were oppressed,
this time by the Ammonites. The
Israelites appealed to Jephthah to help them.
Jephthah was the son of a prostitute.
His brothers had driven him from home
and would not give him a share of their father's inheritance. Jephthah
went into exile and became a famous soldier. Jephthah
agreed to help the Israelites
after they agreed to make him their future leader. Jephthah
tried to reason with the Ammonite king,
but the king refused to negotiate a peace agreement. The spirit
of the Lord then came on Jephthah
and he led the Israelites to victory over the Ammonites.
Dear Lord, may
your spirit give courage to all leaders
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
138: I thank you, Lord, with all my heart.
You have heard the words of my mouth. With the angels I will bless you.
I will adore you in your holy temple. I thank you for your faithfulness and love
which are far above what we can understand. On the day I called you answered.
You increased the strength of my soul. All earth's kings shall thank you
when they hear the words of your mouth. They shall sing of the Lord's ways:
"How great is the glory of the Lord!" Though I walk in the midst of affliction
you give me life and frustrate my foes. Your love, O Lord, is eternal.
Do not abandon us whom you have made.
Lord, when we remember how much
you love us and help us, every day of the year is a Thanksgiving Day
Listen
Hebrews
13.8-21:
Jesus Christ is the same today as he was
yesterday and as he will be for ever. Do not let yourselves be led astray by strange
doctrines
that teach a different Jesus. Jesus died outside the city. Let us go to him
and share his rejection. Our life in this world is a temporary
arrangement, like a tent. We look for a permanent home in the life to come.
Keep doing good works and sharing your
resources
God of peace, you brought Jesus back from the dead to be our great Shepherd and
Priest. Make
me ready to do your will in any kind of good action
Listen
Mark
2.1-12:
After some time Jesus returned to Capernaum.
Crowds quickly gathered at the house where he was staying. While he was preaching inside the house,
four men carried a paralytic on a stretcher to the front door.
They couldn't get in, because of the crowd, so they went up on the roof,
took off some of the roof covering, and lowered the stretcher in front of
Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the
paralytic "Your sins are forgiven". Some religious leaders
present in the crowd thought to themselves "Who does this man
think he is? Only God can forgive sins". Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he
asked them "Which is easier? To say 'Your sins are
forgiven' or 'Get up and walk'? But to show you that I have authority to
forgive sins I now say: get up, pick up your stretcher and go home."
The man got up, picked up his stretcher and
walked out in front of everyone. The crowd said "We have never seen
anything like this".
Jesus, please heal my
friend.....(name)....who is a paralytic
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Reflection on the above readings: Pope Francis is continually asking us to "go outside the city" .... to befriend the outcasts and rejects of society ... in whom we see The Outcast, Jesus (today's reading from Hebrews)
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New York's Wall Street will be relocated to
the Mexico border?
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of
South
Asia
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 8th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Heilongjiang
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 8th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Sierra Leone
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Jan 7
Over
the past 50 years I have met many families carrying big crosses, but yesterday I
met one that would be near the top of the list. Their son being in prison in HK
is just one of their crosses. May Jesus' cross give them courage to keep going
day by day. Yesterday I also met two other families, also suffering from a
son in prison in HK. Please God this website's anti-drug campaign can reduce the
number of suffering families.
Pope Francis - Homily for Feast of Epiphany (.. beautiful ..)
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Judges
9: Gideon had seventy sons
by his wives and concubines.
One of his sons was Abimelech, son of a concubine. Abimelech became king
after murdering all but one
of his 70 half-brothers.
The half-brother who escaped was Jotham. Abimelech ruled over
Israel for 3 years.
Then God sent a spirit of discord
between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. The leaders of Shechem
rebelled against Abimelech.
Abimelech started attacking and destroying their towns. Abimelech besieged the
town of Thebez.
The people of the town took refuge in a tower. When Abimelech tried to
set fire to the tower,
a woman in the tower threw down a large rock
which crushed Abimelech's head.
Abimelech got his armor-bearer to kill him with a sword,
so that no one could say he was killed by a woman.
Dear
Lord, please stop evil people from hurting other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
137: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and cried,
remembering Zion.
On the poplars that grew there we hung up our harps. For it was there that they asked us, our
captors, for songs.
"Sing to us", they said, "one of Zion's songs". O how could we sing the song of the Lord on
alien soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand wither. O let my tongue cleave to my mouth
if I remember you not, Jerusalem, above all my joys.
Lord, please help people
who have been exiled from their homeland
Listen
Hebrews
12-13: Your ancestors were at Mount Sinai when God
spoke to Moses.
But you already have one foot in the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, where millions of angels gather in praise. So, continue to live a life of love and
hospitality.
Keep in mind those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with
them. Keep your marriage undefiled. Avoid greed. Be
content with what you have
Jesus, help me remember heaven .... and people
in prison
Listen
Mark
1.40-45: A leper came to Jesus and on his knees
pleaded
"If you want to, you can heal me". Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his
hand,
touched him and said "Of course I want to heal
you. Be healed!" The leprosy left him at that moment and he was
healed. Jesus told the man not to tell people what had
happened
(in case people misunderstood Jesus' spiritual mission and tried to use
him politically). But the man told everyone. Soon Jesus could not go openly into any town
(for fear the crowds would become unruly) so he stayed in remote places. Even so, people from all around the district
would come to him.
Jesus, please heal people who
are lepers
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Reflection on the above readings: When Jesus was asked to heal, never once did he say "your sickness is your cross". What mother or father would say to their sick child "your sickness is your cross"? Parents and Jesus have the same mindset: "Of course I want you to be well"
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Yesterday I visited a church just after the weekly Chinese Mass had finished. It
was lovely to see the joy of the people as they left the church. Maybe I need to
put that better: I don't mean to say they were happy that church was over! I
mean they had the happiness of people who have just been to a party. Hundreds of
them. Many families. People of all ages. I said to myself "this community
is alive"!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& Russia
And
praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On
this 7th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hebei
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 7th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Burkina
Faso
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Jan 6
Feast
of the Epiphany
Yesterday in Kuala Lumpur I met with another family of a prisoner
in HK. I am encouraging the families to get to know each other and to support
each other. WhatsApp is a great help for this! But yesterday, more than once, I
had trouble saying "Kuala Lumpur" in English. Now my problem is not
using "Koala" but "Kowloon". Several times yesterday I said
"Kowloon Sentral" instead of "Kuala Lumpur Sentral" (a main
train station)!
Pope Francis - The
Joy of the Gospel No. 76:
The pain and the shame we
feel at the sins of some members of the Church, and at our own, must never make
us forget how many Christians are giving their lives in love
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c.f. readings for Feast of the Ephiphanhy
Isaiah 59-60: Arise,
shine out, for your light has come. The glory of the Lord is rising on you,
though the rest of the world is still in darkness. The nations come to your
light and kings to your dawning brightness. People
from other lands are coming to you, bringing gold and incense and singing the
praise of the Lord. No more will the sun give you daylight, nor moonlight
shine on you, for the Lord himself will be your everlasting light. Then your
days of mourning will be ended.
Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world. Please give more light to my
life.
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
Recording
Ephesians
3.2-6: You have probably heard how I have been
entrusted by God with the grace he meant for you, and that it was by a
revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery. This mystery that
has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets was
unknown to any men in past generations; it means
that pagans now share the same
inheritance, that they are parts of the same body, and that the same
promise has been made to them, in Jesus Christ, through the gospel
Recording
Matthew 2.1-12: Jesus
was born in the town of Bethlehem, during the reign of King Herod. Some months
after Jesus' birth, several wise men from the East came to Jerusalem. They
said "Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it
rose and we have come to offer him honor." King
Herod felt threatened by this news. He knew from the Scriptures that the
promised Saviour would be born in Bethlehem. So
Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem, pretending that he too would like to offer
honor to the child. The wise men headed for Bethlehem, guided by the star. The
star filled them with joy. The star stopped over the place where the child was.
The wise men fell to their knees and honored the child. They
offered him gifts of gold, incense and myrrh. Then they returned to their
own country by a different way, having been warned in a dream not to go back to
Herod.
Jesus, help me to honor you like the wise men
Recording
Reflection
on the above readings: 
We
Three Kings
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
Daniel Daring: The Epiphany of the Lord (Chinese text)
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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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Since
today is the twelfth Day
of Christmas, it's a good day to check
The 12 Days of Christmas!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Fri: South America
Sat: Cent., N America
Jesus,
today, Sunday,
please bless the people of
Africa
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 6th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hainan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 6th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Liberia
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Sat 5
Yesterday I met two more families of prisoners in HK, but both
visits involved quite a lot of travelling ... so that I arrived back in Kuala
Lumpur very late .... so late in fact that I postponed my nightly shower till
this morning...likewise the nightly Ming Pao recording job. But the visits were
most worthwhile, on several fronts, and I'm most grateful to the Good Lord for
all his blessings yesterday
Pope Francis - The
Joy of the Gospel No. 75:
Jesus desires to pour out an abundance of life upon our cities.
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Readings are from
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Judges
8: After Gideon defeated
all the enemies of the Israelites,
the Israelites asked him to be their ruler. He replied: "It is
not I who shall rule over you, nor my son;
The Lord must be your ruler". After Gideon's death,
the people of Israel again began
to worship the local idols. They no longer remembered
the Lord who had so often rescued them. The people were also
ungrateful to Gideon's family
despite all the good deeds that family had done for Israel.
Dear
Lord, please don't let me ever become an ungrateful person
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
136: O give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
for his great love is without end. It was his wisdom which made the skies,
for his great love is without end. It was he who made the sun, moon and stars,
for his great love is without end. It was he who rescued and protected his people
Israel,
for his great love is without end. He gives food to all living things,
for his great love is without end. To the God of heaven give thanks,
for his great love is without end.
We praise you, Lord, for your
great love is without end
Listen
Hebrews
11-12: Only faith can keep us going. Only faith
helped Abraham and other famous people in the Scriptures to keep going. So many of them were weak people who were
given strength by God, to be brave when life became difficult. With so many witnesses in a great cloud all
around us, we too should keep running in the race we have started. We
should get rid of everything that slows us down. Keep focusing on Jesus. He is running beside
us. His example going to the cross gives us courage. Try to live at peace with everyone. Don't let
any seed of bitterness begin to grown and make trouble. This can poison a
whole community
Jesus, help me remember your presence
in my heart
Listen
Mark
1.35-39: The next morning, long before dawn,
Jesus left the house and went off to a lonely place to
pray.
When Simon and the other fishermen found him, they said
"Everyone is looking for you". Jesus replied "We must go to the nearby
towns,
so that I can preach there too, because that is why I came". Jesus went all through Galilee,
preaching in the prayer halls and casting out devils.
Jesus, may every town on earth
welcome you and hear your message
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Jesus was God ... how come he needed to pray? Because he was also man ... his human heart and mind needed to pray, were strengthened by prayer .... prayer to his Father. We also need to pray
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent. & N
America
Jesus,
today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
And
praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guizhou
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Chad
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
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Fri Jan 4
May the Good Lord grant eternal rest to Bishop Michael Yeung who
died yesterday. May his prayers in Heaven help us here on the other side of
the veil.
Yesterday here in Malaysia I spent the morning at the
desk (... many phone calls needed to arrange meetings with families), then
I went to a prison to arrange a visit for next week, then I went to town
about two hours by train from KL where I met the family of a prisoner in HK ....
all the while checking messages from HK for news about Bishop Michael Yeung ....
which made it difficult for me to be happy about the many good things that
happened during the day.
Latest updates from Sr.
Anastasia, M.M. (黄修女）:
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Judges 7: Gideon prepared to go
to war with the Midianites.
But God told him to reduce his number of soldiers. The army was told
"Let anyone who is frightened or fearful go home". 22,000 men went home;
10,000 stayed. The Lord said
there were still too many.
"So many men might cause Israel to claim that a victory
had nothing to do with the Lord".
So Gideon got the men to go to the river to drink. All those who lapped the water, like a
dog, he put on one side.
These numbered 300. The rest knelt down and used their
hands to drink.
These were sent home. Gideon divided his 300 men into 3
groups,
surrounding the Midianite camp. To each man he gave a horn and an empty
water container,
with a torch inside each container. In the middle of the night, they
attacked.
They sounded their horns and smashed their containers,
holding a horn in their right hand and a torch in their left. The Midianites woke in terror,
thinking that the Israelites had a huge number of men. In their panic, the Midianites attacked
each other
as they fled the camp. The Israelites drove the Midianites
from the Israelite homeland.
Dear
God, thank you for the courage and leadership of Gideon
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Psalm
135: Praise the name of the Lord,
praise him, servants of the Lord. Praise the Lord for he is good.
Sing a psalm to his name for he is loving. I know the Lord is great. He does whatever he
wills
in heaven, on earth, in the seas. Pagan idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
They have mouths but they cannot speak.
They have eyes but they cannot see. Sons of Israel, do not trust in useless idols.
Sons of Aaron, trust only in our Creator and
Lord.
Dear Lord, please help people
who worship idols to know and love you
Listen
Hebrews
10.32-39:
Remember all the suffering you experienced
after you became Christians - the insults and violence, the loss of
your possessions. Don't give up
now. Keep going in your
Christian life.
You and I are not the sort of people who give up.
We are the sort of people who stay faithful until our souls are saved
Jesus, help me keep going,
despite difficulties
Listen
Mark
1.29 -34: Jesus went to the home of Simon and
Andrew.
Simon's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever. Jesus took her by the hand and helped her up.
The fever left her, and she began to serve her visitors. That night all the local sick people were brought to
Jesus.
He healed many who were suffering from all kinds of diseases.
He also cast out many devils.
Jesus, please heal (..name..)
who is sick
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Two days ago when I visited a church near my hotel in Kuala Lumpur I noticed a young couple praying extra hard for their tiny unwell baby. Jesus, please give that baby good health!
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Be careful when you get into a train in Malaysia. Many/most
of the KL line trains have their three central carriages showing a sign
"ladies only".
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangdong
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 4th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Mozambiqe
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Happy New Year! I wish all dear readers every blessing for 2019!
Thu Jan 3
Long
but very, very worthwhile day yesterday here in Kuala Lumpur: 8 (!) hour meeting
with local media team, the first two hours also attended by some special people.
Media team hoping to release first report on January 14. Please God it will do
much good on many fronts.
Many thanks "No More Mules" team in HK for this good news - 46,000
viewers in Malaysia reached:
Cable/ITV
review of 2018 mentions
case of Li Dan Dan
Pope Francis - The
Joy of the Gospel No. 73:
What is called for is an evangelization capable of bringing
the word of Jesus to the inmost soul of
our cities
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Judges 4-6:
After Sisera's forces
were defeated,
the land enjoyed peace for 40 years. But then the Israelites
again lapsed into idolatry,
and so they were oppressed by the Midianites for 7 years. The Lord then raised up
Gideon to rescue the people. Following the Lord's
instructions,
Gideon at night time destroyed the altar to Baal
in his father's house. When the Midianites
heard what Gideon had done,
they prepared to attack the Israelites. The spirit of the Lord
came on Gideon
and he rallied the Israelites. Gideon asked for a sign
of success in battle,
and said to the Lord: "See now, I
spread out a fleece of wool on the ground;
tomorrow morning, if there is dew only on the fleece
and not on the surrounding ground,
then I know you will deliver Israel by my hand". And so it happened the
next morning:
the ground was dry but the fleece was drenched with dew. Gideon asked for a
second sign,
requesting that the fleece be dry but the ground covered with dew. And God did what Gideon
asked:
the fleece stayed dry, and there was dew on the ground
Dear
Lord, thank you for hearing Gideon's prayer (and please bless the work of
the Gideon Society
which puts Bibles in hotels around the world!)
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Psalm 134: O come, bless the Lord,
all you who serve the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God. Lift up your hands to heaven
and bless the Lord through the
night. May the Lord bless you from Zion,
he who made both heaven and earth.
Lord, please protect my
family tonight and every night
Recording
Hebrews 10.21-25: Jesus is the supreme High Priest of the whole
house of God.
As we enter that house, let us have sincere hearts that are filled with
faith and hope. Let us be concerned for each other,
encouraging each other to do good. Do not stay away from the meetings as some
people do,
but encourage each other to attend.
Jesus, may my life encourage others to
do good
Listen
Mark
1.21-28: Jesus and the fishermen went to the town of
Capernaum.
On the Sabbath Jesus began to teach in the local prayer hall.
The listeners were deeply impressed by Jesus' teaching.
Unlike the religious leaders, Jesus taught with authority. That very day in the prayer hall there was a
man possessed by an evil spirit. The spirit shouted out "Have
you come to destroy me, Jesus of Nazareth? I know who you are: the
Holy One of God." Jesus said strongly "Be quiet! Come out
of him!"
The evil spirit threw the man on the ground and with a loud cry went out
of him. The people in the prayer hall were amazed.
They said
"Here is a teaching which has
authority. Even evil spirits obey
him." Jesus' reputation quickly spread throughout
the whole district.
Jesus, Holy One of God, please
protect my family from evil
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: "Authority" in today's Gospel means "Jesus' words cause things to happen" (c.f. the Centurion who asked Jesus to use his authority to heal the Centurion's son)
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Yesterday here in KL I spent two hours at a golf club ....not
playing golf but having a meeting ...which, I suppose you could say, was all
about how to help people stay on the ....fairway
(and not go to prison)!
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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 prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 3rd of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 3rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Burundi
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Happy New Year! I wish all dear readers every blessing for 2019!
Wed Jan 2
Hello again from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. My computer
is having the same problem as it had when here in June last year: it keeps
wanting to use "Koala Lumpur". I can't bear
it. Yesterday was a quiet day during which I spent some time at a church near my
hotel, asking the Lord's blessing on 2019. This was after lunch ... and church
was not empty.... many people paying visits for prayer .... giving the Lord
special time on a special day. After the church I went to a train station to buy
tickets for another over-night trip. Then at a cafe I spent quite a bit of time
phoning families to arrange visit times over the next week or so. Good sleep
last night ... always a peaceful sleep when you have your washing done and dry!
(and see 
below!)
Pope Francis - The
Joy of the Gospel No. 73:
We are challenged to imagine innovative spaces and possibilities for prayer and
communion which are more attractive and
meaningful for city dwellers.
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Chris McDonnell
December
Song
In memory of BBC presenter Sr Wendy Bckett
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Judges 4: After Ehud died, the
Israelites again began to stray from the Lord
and therefore again lost their freedom and peace. The Lord then used Deborah,
who was a judge and prophetess, to rescue the people. Deborah instructed Barak son
of Abinoam
to go and do battle with Sisera, the people's oppressor. Barak said he would go only if
Deborah went with him.
She agreed but then said that his hesitation would cause the Lord to give battle victory to a
woman, not Barak. When Barak's forces
routed those of Sisera,
Sisera fled and took refuge in the tent of Jael, wife of Heber. As Sisera slept from
exhaustion,
Jael drove a tent peg into his head and he died. So once again the Lord had
rescued the Israelites.
Dear God,
please give me more courage in the battle of life,
(and please protect and bless Barack
Obama!)
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
133: How good and how pleasant it is
when people live in unity. It is like precious oil upon the head,
running down upon the beard. It is like the dew of Hermon
which falls on the heights of Zion. For there the Lord gives his blessing,
life for ever.
Dear Lord, please help all the
peoples of the world to live as one family, in unity.
Listen
Hebrews
8-9: Jesus' priesthood is part of the new covenant
predicted in the Scriptures: "See, the days are coming - it is the
Lord who speaks - when I will establish a new covenant with the House of
Israel". Jesus
has come as High Priest of all the
blessings that were predicted would be part of the new covenant. He has offered not the blood of animals like
priests of the old covenant, but his own blood, by which he won our
redemption. His blood can purify our inner self from dead
actions,
to help us in our life of dedication to the living God
Jesus, by your precious blood, purify my heart
and protect me
Listen
Mark
1.14-20: Jesus went to Galilee and proclaimed the Good
News from God.
"The time has come" he said "and the kingdom of God is
close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News." As he was walking along by the sea of Galilee,
he saw two fishermen Simon and his brother Andrew. Jesus said to
them "Follow me and I will make you into fishers of men".
Simon and Andrew then followed Jesus.
Going a little further, Jesus saw two more fishermen James and his brother
John. He called them also to follow him. They left their nets and
boat and followed him.
Jesus, please bless all the
people who work full time as "fishers of men"
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Today's reading from Hebrews about the blood of Jesus follows yesterday's Gospel when Jesus' blood was first spilt as he was circumcised
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Yesterday I had a
laundry lunch: while my washing was in a machine at a "laundry
hub" near my hotel, I had lunch at an adjacent canteen. As an English
teacher ... and clothes washer ... I noticed that the word "laundry"
contains the word "dry" ... and "laund" comes from a word
meaning "wash" .... so I wish to propose that "laundry"
means "wash and dry", not just "wash" as the dictionaries
say!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E.Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Wednesday,
please bless the people of East
Asia
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 2nd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Fujian
And praying for one of
the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 2nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Niger
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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My Africa trips:
2015: Tanzania, Malawi
2016:
Kenya, Uganda
2017:
Southern Africa, Dubai (
The
Last Run)
2018:
My trip to Latin America
2018: My trip to Thailand and Cambodia
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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