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Tues Oct 8
The collapse of HK is continuing at exponential speed: Vandals
bring HK to standstill.
Yesterday before midday as I crossed the intersection of Nathan Road and Jordan
Road to join two very special friends for a Yum Cha, I noticed the traffic and
pedestrian lights were not working ... with pedestrians running the gauntlet
between buses, trucks and cars to cross the road .... and vehicles blasting
horns trying to force their way through the intersection .... with not a few
near-misses. I actually made a video of a police car going through the
intersection, but not stopping to help the situation.
More than an hour later when I returned to the same place, after the Yum Cha,
the situation was just as chaotic. So, I went home, got my trusty bush hat, and
went back to the intersection as a volunteer traffic guide .... for which, as
the afternoon went on, many dozens of bus drivers and other drivers waved a
thank you sign to me as they went past. Many pedestrians gave me bottles of
water ... from a few of which I took a few mouthfuls before putting the bottles
at an crossing island.
After about 30 minutes a police car stopped and several policeman told me to stop. I said I'd be happy to stop if they would do the job. They asked me to get in their car. I declined and walked to a footpath. Then I went home for a drink and toilet break. Then went back. Police still not helping. So I went back to work. Having a bus licence (in Australia and formerly in HK) I understand traffic and felt in no danger. Just got tired after another 90 minute stint. With a cramp in my left foot. So I went again to the footpath. Providential timing. Within a minute another police car came and two polite officers and I had the same conversation as above. They told me to go. I said I would go if they would do their job. My left foot and tiredness decided on a trip home, where I had a shower (very hot weather) and rest.
About 6.30pm I went back to the intersection ....as part of a prayer walk ...and was pleased to see 4 (!) traffic policeman on the job. But when I returned around 7pm they were just leaving ....walking away from a dangerous situation. So I ask myself, as on last night's menu: why are police not on the job? Why are they letting vandals have hours of freedom to wreck MTR stations and smash shops? Some people say the authorities want to see HK in chaos so that the PLA can come in and restore order and rule will be from Beijing. To this end, some people even say that some of the destruction is being done by undercover policemen .... maybe from the Mainland since some don't speak HK Cantonese.
Some people say that while the vast majority of protesters are peaceful, there's a small minority of radical vandals whose aim is anarchy. No mainstream media will talk much about this, but in private many people feel that former legislator "Long Hair" Leung Kwok Hung is one of the masterminds of the destruction that "spontaneously" breaks out at the same time at so many locations. Wikipedia's main article (with it's many links) shows he was/is a Trotskyist, anarchist and revolutionary Marxist.
So, the vandalising is maybe coming from more than one source, but it is turning one of the safest and most beautiful cities in the world into a place of destruction and despondency. I felt absolutely gutted last night as I walked down Nathan Road from Jordan Road to Waterloo Road, seeing the trail of destruction ...especially my beloved Kowloon Central Post Office whose doors and windows have been smashed and the front of the building covered in "campaign signs". And I noticed many groups of mainly young people in black carrying umbrellas (on a fine night) heading towards Mong Kok ....trouble brewing there.
Violence just makes things worse. And this is a lesson that the HK government is just not getting. It caused the original peaceful protests (by its crazy extradition amendment) and then by ignoring the peaceful protesters, the govt bred violence, bred radical vandals ..some of whom didn't need much breeding .... they were waiting for a chance to destroy HK. The govt has handed HK to them on a petrol bomb.
Is this all a bad dream? If only. But today is another day .... and how will people get to work and school with the MTR badly damaged and under threat after four nights of destruction (Frid, Sat, Sun, public holiday yesterday for Chung Yeung Festival)? God, please help HK get out of this mess! Please thwart the plans of the wicked!
New
FB to try to stop women from Thailand
bringing drugs to HK: Thailand Drug
Trade
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Jeremiah
7: At the gate of the Temple in Jerusalem,
Jeremiah proclaimed the word of the Lord: "You people of Judah who come here to worship,
amend your behavior and actions,
and then I, the Lord, will meet you here in this Temple. Do not exploit the stranger, the orphan and the widow.
Do not follow alien gods, do not break the Commandments. If you don't care about bad behavior
and yet keep on coming to my Temple for worship,
your worship is useless
and you are turning this Temple into a robbers' den. This nation refuses to listen to the Lord.
Sincerity has vanished since worship and behavior are not
related."
Lord, please help me "practise
what I preach"
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
Galatians
1.11-24: The Good News I preach is not a human message.
It is something I received from Jesus Christ. I used to persecute the church, but then God
called me to follow Jesus. I am a one-time persecutor who is now
preaching the faith I had previously tried to destroy. When I visited Jerusalem three years after my
conversion, the believers gave glory to God for what he had done for me
Jesus, please turn more persecutors into
preachers!
Listen
John
20.1-10: Before dawn the next morning, Sunday, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw the stone had been moved from
the tomb's entrance. She ran to Peter and John and said
"Someone has taken the Lord out of the tomb". They ran back to the tomb. Peter went in
first. He saw that the linen cloths were on the ground. But the cloth that
had been around Jesus' head was not on the ground. It was neatly folded
and in a place by itself. Then John went into the tomb. He saw, and he
believed
Jesus, I believe you rose from the dead.
Please increase my faith
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Today's Gospel reminds us
that in the midst of death and destruction and dejection, God plants seeds
of .... deliverance and delight
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Australian
protesters using HK tactics!
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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 Oct 7
A Holiday in HK today for the Chung Yeung Festival - a beautiful custom of remembering the Dead
Live video news of HK on the hour and on the half hour at Now
TV (Warning: after watching for a while, you might not want to watch again
... it's so upsetting to see shops and MTR stations being vandalised) ***
Check photo here
of Yau Ma Tei station not far from my home - very sad ***
We
will all go with city when it sinks
?
?
If you receive call/message from +44 (UK) followed
by 070 - it
might be a scam! Several elderly prisoners in HK were scammed to become drug
mules by +44 070xxxxxx
An unusual letter - from a South African
woman in prison in HK for drug trafficking - not about drugs, but
about the current sitation of Xenophobia in South Africa - here
Yesterday as I did some office work, this video was playing on my computer: Pope's
dedication of Amazon Synod to St Francis of Assisi on Oct 4
*** Excellent article from The Guardian:
Death and resurrection as bishops meet for
Amazon summit
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Feast of the Rosary
Genesis 3:
A creature hostile to God
took the form of a snake and tempted the first man and first woman. The snake
tempted them to disobey God. When God asked them why they disobeyed him,
the man blamed the woman, and the woman blamed the snake. God said to the snake:
"You are the enemy of the human race. Someday
a member of the human race will defeat you."
God said to the man and woman: "From dust you came, and to dust you will
return." The first man's name was Adam
(meaning "man").
The first woman's name was Eve
(meaning "life").
Dear God, please help me
understand how evil in the world started when Adam and Eve disobeyed you
My
recording of this reading
Luke 1.46: My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour. He looks on his servant in her lowliness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed. The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name! His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him. He puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted. He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly. He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty. He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy, the mercy promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his sons for ever.
Acts 1.12: After
Jesus went up to heaven from the Mount of Olives, the apostles went back down to
Jerusalem, a walk of about half a kilometer. They
gathered in an upstairs room which they used as a meeting place. The 11 apostles
were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James son
of Alphaeus, Simon and Jude. They spent a long time praying. With them were
several women, including Mary the mother
of Jesus, and also Jesus' brothers.
Recording
Luke
1.26: In the sixth month of
Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of Nazareth in
Galilee, to a virgin named Mary who was betrothed to a man named Joseph. The
angel said to her "Mary, Rejoice! You have been greatly blessed by God. You
are to conceive and have a son whom you must name Jesus. He will be great
and will be called the Son of God". Mary said to the angel, "How can
this happen since I am a virgin?" The angel replied
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will
specially bless you. Know this too: your cousin Elizabeth has, in her old age,
conceived a son, and is now in her sixth month". "I am the
handmaid of the Lord", said Mary, "let what you have said, be done for
me". And the angel left her
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
Many religions use beads to help pray. Beads help us to remember what we're doing. Beads help us to focus on praying ... even as we ride a bus or walk along the street. My own custom is to pray an Our Father and a Hail Mary at the start of each decade of the Rosary, and then for the 9 other beads to use words from the Bible readings of the day. So for today, the first decade might use a bead or two for each of these words: "the snake tempted them", "they disobeyed God", "Someday a member of the human race will defeat you", "from dust you came, to dust you will return", the first people were named "man" and "woman". Then the Glory be to the Father, then the "O my Jesus" prayer. Then to the next decade
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Re
the
arrest of two South African Airlines cabin crew in HK:
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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 Oct 6
Happy
467th Birthday Matteo Ricci (1552)!
HK paralysis continues with no trains, banks shut
*** This
report has these extraordinary words: For
three hours, not one police officer was visible in the district. The
demonstrators had all the time in the world to ransack the station
- if police are unwilling/unable to protect the MTR, I for one would welcome the
Chinese soldiers stationed in HK to guard the stations ***
See 
below! ***
This
article also says how no police were to
be seen during several hours of vandalism. What's going on with police force?! ***
Call
for Australia to allow HK students to stay
Johannesburg
airport - drugs welcome
Amazon Synod:
Background re ordaining married men as priests - A
Team of Elders ***
7
min interview with Bishop Lobingr (author of "A Team of Elders")
***Two
Oblates among participants at Amazon
Synod starting today
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 27
Minor prophets: Pride of heart leads us astray.
See how they are listless, those whose souls are not at peace.
Lord, I have heard of all your wonderful deeds in the past.
Do them again in our day, Lord! Even when everything seems hopeless,
I trust in you Lord, I praise you Lord. Seek the Lord, all you humble people.
Seek integrity, seek humility. In the days to come, people will say
"We want to go with you, since we have learnt that God is with
you". Rejoice heart and soul, people of Jerusalem.
See, your king comes to you.
He is humble and riding on a donkey.
Dear God, thank you for all the
beautiful teachings and stories in "The Old Testament", ("The First
Testament"). I now look forward to your message in "The New Testament"
("The Second Testament")
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
95: Come ring out our joy to the Lord.
Hail the rock who saves us. Let us come before him giving thanks.
With songs let us praise the Lord.
A mighty God is the Lord,
a great king above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are his. To him belongs the sea, for he made it,
and the dry land shaped by his hands. Come in, let us bow and bend low.
Let us kneel before the God who made us.
For he is our God and we are the people who belong to his pasture.
Lord, you are our Creator. Our
life comes from you. We praise and love you, Lord
Listen
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2
Timothy 1.6-8:
I remind you to fan into a flame the gift that
God gave you
when I prayed over you with the laying on of hands. God's gift was not a spirit of timidity, but
the Spirit of power,
and love and self-control. Never be ashamed of witnessing to the Lord.
Like me and with me, put up with hardships for the sake of the Good News
Jesus, help me put up with hardships for the
sake of the Good News
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: With the apostles let us often pray "Jesus, please increase my faith"!
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
Daniel Daring: But the Gospel endures forever (in English and Chinese)
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Hour
of Love HK radio program 8.30
pm HK time tonight
- with items about HK prison inmates
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Mother
to baby: "Since you cried after I slapped you shows I was right to slap
you". (What crazy logic. Just like this - Friday violence proves anti-mask law
justified - CE ...in fact, the mask law caused
the violence!!!)
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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 Oct 5
This is good news,
and how HK needs it in the midst of so much bad news: Feeding
HK - an organisation linking food companies to charities for the
redistribution of surplus
food
it is plentiful, to where there is a need.
This is terrible news:
HK
enacts emergency laws to ban masks at protests as NGOs criticise "draconian" measure.
This will make things worse. It will lead to underground/clandestine
attacks/bombings etc. Doesn't the HK govt have even one rocket scientist? Many
"D" words can describe this law: desperate, dangerous, dumb,
disastrous. Missing is the one word that is absolutely
necessary to end this crisis: dialogue.
*** Schools get notice to warn pupils over face masks
(notice the students' reactions ...this new law will be totally
counter-productive). Last night I was due to attend a diocesan function for
organisations which serve the poor. Function was cancelled because of risk that
public transport might be attacked. (A wise decision:
MTR closes line after line as vandals hit stations).
Hope weekend Masses are not affected. God,
please stop the protesters from using violence, and please make the govt to
agree to dialogue. Govt's refusal to listen to the voices of millions of
peaceful protesters has bred violent vandals ***
Mask ban sparks
protests in business district as malls close early
Amazon Synod starts tomorrow in Rome: Synod
to consider ordaining married men *** Dear
Holy Spirit, please powerfully bless the Synod!
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Jeremiah
3-6: The country has no rain
because its people have forgotten the Lord. The people refuse to repent
and so the land has many sorrows. Stop and think about the past: which was the
good way to live?
Follow that way now and you will find peace for yourselves and the land.
Lord, please bless our
land - by helping us be better people
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
Galatians
1.1-7:
To the church of
Galatia, from Paul, an apostle appointed not by man but by
Jesus Christ. Trouble makers among
you have changed the Good News. I am astonished that
you have begun following their false version
of the Good News
Jesus, don't let people
be deceived by anyone who waters down or changes your Good News
Listen
John
19.38-42: Joseph of
Arimathaea, a disciple of
Jesus, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Pilate agreed and
Jesus' body was taken down from the cross. Another man, Nicodemus, brought burial spices.
He and Joseph wrapped Jesus' body in linen cloths with the spices.
Since the Passover was due to begin at sunset,
they put the body in an unused tomb close to the place of
Crucifixion
Jesus, dead in the tomb, please give eternal
life to everyone who dies today
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: What a hopeless situation Jesus was in.
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Shipwrecked
smugglers survive by hanging on to containers of floating cocaine! Total
dependence?
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent. & N
America
Jesus,
today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
And
praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guizhou
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Chad
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Oct 4
Yesterday
I joined 5 kind friends for a lengthy lunchtime meeting about the work of
visiting prisoners and trying to prevent people becoming drug mules. God bless
all those who attended!
The
evolution of illicit drug markets & drug policy in Africa - Global
Initiative report - here
Pope's
letter to young people:
141. Jesus is the way: welcome him into your
"boat" and put out into the deep! He is the Lord! He changes the way
we see life. Faith in Jesus leads
to greater hope, to a certainty based not on our qualities and skills,
but on the word of God
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Chris McDonnell
The poetry of prayer
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
c.f. Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Galatians 6: The
only thing I can boast about is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through
whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. It does not matter if a
person is circumcised or not; what matters is for each person to become an
altogether new creature. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, who form
the Israel of God. I want no more trouble from anybody after this; the
marks on my body are those of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you
My
recording of this reading
Francis was a stigmata
Psalm 16: Please
protect me, Lord, I take refuge in you. You
are the only source of all true happiness. I
bless you, Lord, who guide and lead me. Even at night you direct my heart. And
so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad. My body shall rest in safety now and
always. You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand, happiness for ever.
Recording
Francis is the patron saint of animals
Matthew
11.28: Jesus said to the 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"
Recording
The Prayer of Saint
Francis: Lord, make me an instrument of Your
peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is
darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O
Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is
in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Recording
A beautiful song from the
movie about Francis: Brother
Sun Sister Moon
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For feast of St Francis: Man at horse races always asked help of St Francis of Assisi. One day someone asked him why St Francis? Man replied: "Because he could talk to animals"!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangdong
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 4th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Mozambique
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Oct 3
I
spent 4 hours at Lai Chi Kok men's prison yesterday afternoon and was sad to
learn that an inmate had taken his life last week (.. reported in media). Once
again I suggest to CSD that hang-proof plastic blankets be obtained as soon as
possible. Jesus, please give eternal life to that poor
man.
Accept demands and save the city, says opposition
*** (I know Veby well. She has greatly
helped my anti-drug campaign. Jesus, please heal her
eye!) Journalist
shot in face by police projectile will lose sight permanently in right eye ***Protesters
rain on Beijing anniversary parade
(c.f. my
"rain on" words of Sep
10)
Born
behind bars - the story of a young pregnant women, desperate to give her
unborn child a better future, falls pray to drug traffickers and is now in a HK
prison - here
Pope's
letter to young people:
138. The
healthy restlessness typical of youth continues to dwell in every heart
that remains young, open and generous
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
Jeremiah 2:
This is what God told Jeremiah to shout out
loud in Jerusalem: "The Lord says:
I remember the love you used to have for me.
But now you have forgotten me. Priests and prophets have no knowledge of me.
King and princes have rebelled against me. Not only have you abandoned me,
you now follow false gods. You have abandoned the fountain of living
water
in exchange for muddy pools."
Lord, please don't let
anyone else or anything else ever replace you as number one in my life
Recording
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
Recording
2 Corinthians 13.1-13:
Soon I will be with you for a third time.
What I ask is that you live the way God wants you to live. So, grow in your Christian life. Help one
another. Be united.
Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love
of God the Father,
and the friendship of the Holy Spirit be with you all
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, help me live the
way you want me to live
Listen
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
Listen
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Hats
off to the people who cleaned up HK in the early hours of yesterday morning to
let transport return to normal at daybreak!
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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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Wed Oct 2
Happy 150th Birthday Mahatma
Gandhi! Your example of NON-VIOLENCE
is urgently needed in HK!
Late yesterday afternoon when I left home in Jordan to get a bus
to Kowloon Hospital to visit a prisoner I found Nathan Road occupied by
protesters and police instead of buses. Hundreds of riot police hurried by me,
in pursuit of radical protesters who had just left a trail of vandalism in
Jordan, including my beloved Jordan MTR station. I eventually walked to and from
the hospital, walking along Nathan Road for the final part of the return trip.
An eerie experience. Usually busy shops closed, almost no traffic ... just a
trail of destruction. And I wondered what the Chinese soldiers were thinking in
the base only a few minute walk from Jordan MTR station. If the HK police are
unable/unwilling to protect the MTR, I for one would welcome the Chinese
soldiers doing the job. Enough is enough!
Form
5 protester in critical condition after being shot by police
Oct 1 a Day of Violence
in HK - how come radical protesters think they have
the right to vandalise private and public property??? *** CE
Mrs Lam, please imitate Nelson Mandela who sat down for dialogue with his
enemies ... and thereby saved his nation from civil war. Lack of response from
govt to millions of peaceful protesters has bred radical vandals. Do people have
to die before real dialogue is held?
This
dear reporter has greatly helped my anti-drug campaign. Jesus,
please give her a speedy recovery: Indonesian
reporter shot in eye by police
Pope's
letter to young people:
138. The love of God and our
relationship with the living Christ do not hold us back from dreaming; they do
not require us to narrow our horizons. On the contrary, that
love elevates us, encourages us and inspires us to a better and more beautiful
life.
Writing from Japan, Fr Jerry Novoty, OMI: God
or Nothing
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Chris McDonnell
A time to
dream
The life of a Christian is the continuing experience of the dream of the
Gospel
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. Feast of the Guardian Angels
Exodus 23:
The Lord says this: "I
myself will send an angel
before you to guard you as you go and to bring you to the place that I
have prepared. Give him reverence and listen to all that he says. Offer him no
defiance; he would not pardon such a fault, for my name is in him. If you
listen carefully to his voice and do all that I say, I shall be enemy to your
enemies, foe to your foes. My angel will go before you."
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
91: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most
High says to the Lord "you are my refuge in whom I trust". The
Lord will hide you and protect you. Under his wings you will find refuge. You
will not fear any night time terror, nor any attack during the day. Upon
you no evil shall fall, no plague approach where you dwell. For you has he
commanded his angels
to keep you safe in all your ways.
Recording
Acts
12: When
Peter was rescued from prison, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John
Mark where people were praying for him, thinking he was still in prison. A
servant girl opened the door when Peter knocked. She ran inside to tell the
group that Peter was at the door. The group did not believe Peter was
there. One of them said "it
must be his
angel".
Eventually they opened the door and Peter described how an angel had rescued him
from prison.
Recording
Matthew 18.1: The disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" So he called a little child to him and set the child in front of them. Then he said, "I tell you solemnly, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven."
Reflection on the above readings:
I recommend this little
prayer which I've said each morning and night for 60 years:
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's
love commits me here. Ever this day (night) be at my side to light and guard, to
rule and guide. Amen
Today is also the feast day of the inspiring African saint St Josephina Bakhita
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For today's feast of the Guardian Angels:
Small child thought her angel lived among the plants and flowers ... she
mixed up "guardian" and "garden"
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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
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 trip to Malaysia
June 2019: my anti-drug campaign featured in The Malaysia Drug Trade
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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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