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Tues May 12
This week I am attending the annual O.M.I. retreat which, because of Covid-19, is a day-time instead of a live-in activity ... with talks on Zoom by Cardinal Orlie Quevedo O.M.I. in the Philippines
Last night at 10.30pm, W/App said I still have 114 unanswered
messages. I will keep trying to answer 30-40 each day.
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: UK, US, Brazil: how leaders failed Covid-19 test . It's on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK". Text without recording
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
16-18: Moses' teaching:
"Remember the special feasts and days that you must observe.
Appoint judges for the people. Do not pervert the law.
You must be fair, you must not take bribes.
No bribes, no corruption.
Do not practise divination, soothsaying.
No one may be an augur or sorcerer.
Do not use charms, do not consult ghosts or spirits.
Instead, be entirely faithful to the Lord your God."
Dear
Lord, please help people avoid
astrology and fortune tellers
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
86: Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer
for I am poor and needy.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call to you. All the nations shall come to adore you
and glorify your name, O Lord,
you who alone are God. Show me, Lord, your way, and guide my heart
so that I may walk in your truth. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my
heart
for your love to me has been great. O give your strength to your servant
and save your handmaid's son.
Dear Lord, thank you for
all your
love
Listen
Revelation
13.2-12:
The dragon gave authority and power to
a beast
with seven heads.
For a time, the beast waged war on the saints. Then I saw a second
beast. It was a servant of
the first beast, and made people everywhere worship the first beast.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit - may people
worship you,
and not worship Satan and the two beasts
Listen
Luke
6.41-45:
In his teaching, Jesus said "Why do you
notice the splinter in someone else's eye, but don't notice the plank in
your own eye? Deal with your own faults before you start correcting
other people. A good tree does not produce bad
fruit. A bad
tree does not produce good fruit. The fruit tells you what sort of tree it
came from. So with people: their words and actions tell
you what their heart is like - good or bad.
Jesus, please help me be a good person,
producing good fruit
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Wherever we see goodness -
e.g. someone helping an elderly person - we see goodness, make that Goodness
since wherever love is present, God is there.
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With schools soon set to return to work in HK, maybe the
churches will soon be able to have Sunday services again. But it would be
strange if the all-clear is given for this coming Sunday, since a typhoon might
also be coming ... which would mean cancelling church services!
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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 12th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jiangsu
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 12th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Guinea Bissau
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon May 11
HK
Chinese Catholic paper KKP report about work of MercyHK helping the homeless
Click
"countries" here
for Covid-19 latest figures. Sobering
Wuhan
lab shutdown in October?
BBC Songs
of Praise - at a time of Covid-19 ... very encouraging
410 years ago today in 1610, Matteo
Ricci died in Beijing (& see: www.riccicenter.com
)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
14-15: Moses' teaching:
"There are certain animals you must not eat, including pigs.
At the end of every 7 years, you must cancel all debts.
If there is a poor person among you,
do not harden your heart or close your hand against that person.
Always be generous to anyone in need."
Dear Lord, make me more
generous towards poor people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
85: I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace.
Peace for his people and his friends
and those who turn to him in their hearts. His help is near for those who love him
and his glory will dwell in our land.
Mercy and faithfulness have met.
Justice and peace have embraced. Faithfulness shall spring from the earth
and justice shall look down from heaven. The Lord will make us prosper
and our earth shall yield its fruit. Justice shall march before him
and peace shall follow his steps
Lord, please give more peace to
our world
Listen
Revelation
12.7-14: Then war broke out in
heaven. Michael and his
angels fought the dragon and his angels. Michael
won. Satan and his followers were driven out of heaven. The
great dragon, the serpent, known as the Devil or Satan,
was hurled down to earth. His angels were hurled down with him. The
dragon began to make war on the children of the Woman
- those who obey God and bear witness to Jesus
Jesus,
may your holy angels protect us from Satan
Listen
Luke
6.27-38: Jesus said to the people
"Love your enemies. Do good to people who hate you. Pray for people
who are unkind to you. Treat others as you would like them to treat you.
Be compassionate as your heavenly Father is
compassionate. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn,
and you will not be condemned. Grant pardon, and you will be pardoned. Give,
and there will be gifts for you. The amount you measure out is the amount
you will be given back".
Jesus, bless ....(name)....who was
unkind to me
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Pope Paul VI once said that our feeble minds have only a small understanding of the war in Heaven (Revelation) .... but we well and truly understand how that war's loser makes war on us
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I
used to be good at Maths, but a kind reader has pointed out several mistakes in
the financial figures of my report on the Temple Street project to help the
homeless. Same reader is kindly preparing a spreadsheet to make the report
professional. Coming soon.
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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 11th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hunan
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 11th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Eritrea
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun May 10
Mother's Day
Jesus, Son of Mary, please bless all
mothers!
A Mother's Day
reflection
All
three 2nd hand stalls arranged by MercyHK at Temple Street Market were operating
4pm to 9pm yesterday - thank you Jesus! And thank you Eddie Chan for all your
support and guidance! Stalls are located in front of a shop which is at 187
Temple Street. But I once again apologise to people waiting for replies to W/App
and email messages ... I had very little time to work on messages yesterday.
Last night (10.40pm) my mobile said I still have 171 W/App messages unanswered. And
urgent support letters for prisoners going to court also need to be done. All in
God's Good Time!
12
year old Australian-Chinese violinist prodigy
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Easter 5
Acts
6.1-7: About
this time as the number of disciples kept growing, the twelve apostles decided
to give other men the job of daily food distribution. The apostles said to the
whole group of believers "It is not right for us to neglect the
service of the word. Therefore you should choose seven men of good reputation,
filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom. We give them the food
distribution job, so that we can devote ourselves to prayer and the service of
the word". The whole assembly approved of this idea. They
chose seven men and presented them to the apostles who prayed over them with the
laying on of hands. The word of the Lord continued to spread. Even a
large number of priests became believers.
Jesus, please bless
all deacons. Fill them with the courage and wisdom of the first seven deacons
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 33: Ring
out your joy to the Lord, all good people, for praise is fitting for loyal
hearts. For the Lord loves justice and right; he fills the earth with his love.
By his word the heavens were made, he spoke and the universe came into being.
They are happy, whose God is the Lord, he
is the source of all true joy. May your love be upon us, O Lord, since we
place all our trust in you.
Lord,
we trust in your precious love
Recording
1
Peter 2.4-9: Jesus
is Mr Livingstone, the living stone rejected by men, but chosen by God.
Stay close to him, so that you too may be living stones in the spiritual house
of God's church. You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated
nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God who called you out of
darkness into his wonderful light.
Jesus, you are the
foundation stone of my life. May I build my life on your teaching, your values,
your example
Recording
John
13.37 - 14.6: At
the meal, Peter said to Jesus "I will lay down my life for you". Jesus
replied "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times. To all
of you I say, there are many rooms in my Father's house. I am going now to
prepare a place for you. I am the Way,
the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through
me".
Jesus, you are the
Way, the Truth and the Life. Please help more and more people follow you to find
truth and life
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
Jesus
is the
Way: following him is the best way to travel on our journey in this
world.
Jesus is the
Truth: if we want to know if something or someone is true/truthful,
we just need to remember Jesus' words and behaviour about the issue involved.
Jesus is the
Life: if we follow him, we will follow the Culture of Life, not the
culture of death
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
Daniel Daring: Whoever believes in me (with Chinese text below English 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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At
Mass yesterday morning I prayed for a young couple whose wedding I officiated 11
years ago and who I had not seen for 2 or 3 years. Yesterday afternoon at the
very moment I opened my G/F door around 4.45pm to go to a meeting in Kowloon
City, who happened to be going past but the "Groom"! Unknown to me he
had just kindly brought some items for the Temple Street stall. If either one of
us had been earlier or later by a few seconds we would not have met. How to you
spell PROVIDENCE!
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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 10th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hubei
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 10th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Guinea
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat May 9
Yesterday morning I was at the High Court for the case of an
African woman facing a drug trafficking charge. Then I went to the nearby
Chinese University office to enroll 6 prisoners for long-distance courses. Then
to the Catholic Centre in Central for a time of prayer, especially remembering
my dear mother for her birthday (109 ... in Heaven). Then back to the High Court
for the case of an Indonesian woman applying to the High Court for a hearing by
the Court of Appeal. Then to C.S.D. headquarters in Wanchai for a most
encouraging meeting between senior CSD staff and members of Voice for Prisoners.
Then to Temple Street Market for a meeting with stall workers and Eddie Chan,
Chairman of St. Peter's Revival Association who is working closely with MercyHK
for the Temple Street project. Not many opportunities yesterday to answer some
of the 161 (10.50pm) W/App messages not yet answered.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
12-13: Moses continued his
teaching:
"Be faithful in keeping all the instructions that I give you,
so that you and your children after you may be happy,
always doing what is good and right
in the eyes of the Lord your God.
If anyone, even someone from your own family,
tries to get you to worship a false god,
have nothing to do with that person"
Dear
God, please don't let anyone influence me to forget you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
84: How lovely is your sacred temple, Lord.
My heart is longing to spend time in your holy dwelling. Even sparrows and swallows are your
temple guests.
They build homes for their young near your altar. Blessed are the people who live and work in
your temple.
And blessed, too, are people who keep the memory of your temple in
their hearts. As they go through the troubles of life,
you give them strength to face the trials of each day. Lord, one day within your temple
is better than a thousand anywhere else.
Dear God, thank you for special
places of prayer
Listen
Revelation
12.1-6:
A great sign appeared in heaven:
a woman, dressed in the sun, standing on the moon,
crowned with 12 stars. She was giving birth to a
child,
and she cried out in the pain of childbirth. Then a second sign appeared:
a huge red dragon, which wanted to eat the child. The
woman gave birth to a son, the ruler of
all nations. The
son was taken straight up to heaven, to God on his throne.
The woman escaped to safety in the desert,
to a place prepared for her by God
Jesus, protect us from Satan
who goes round like a hungry lion wanting to eat us
Listen
Luke
6.20-26: Jesus said to his disciples
"Blessed are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who are hungry: you shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now: you shall be happy.
Blessed are you when people hate you because
of me:
your reward will be great in heaven. But alas for you who are rich: your consolation is
only in this world.
Alas for you who have plenty to
eat: you shall go hungry.
Alas for you who laugh now: you shall mourn and weep"
Jesus, please help me to give more time and
importance to the things that really matter
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Love for the poor and oppressed ... and warnings for the wealthy - two very strong themes right through Luke's Gospel
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The arrival of a baby can turn parents' routine
upside down. The setting up of three stalls in Temple Street market has done the
same to me. Triplets to boot!
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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 9th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners 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 Central
African Republic
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri May 8
Thanks to the help of so many kind people, two more stalls were
begun yesterday in Temple Street Market - providing employment for 4 more of
the formerly homeless people now in guest house rooms at the nearby Ping On
Building. Financial update for Temple Street project is at bottom of this
file
Illustrated
story of man from Southern Africa now in prison in HK for drug trafficking
Senior
HK policeman arrested in drug bust - maybe he's a reason why people like this
Drug Lord and this
one operating in Kowloon have not been arrested?
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Deuteronomy 11: Moses continued his
speech to the people:
"You must love the Lord your God.
Remember this day, how it was you who heard these words,
not your children.
It is your eyes that have seen the great works God has done.
Keep the Lord's commandments,
so that you may have strength to conquer the land God is giving you.
That land is a land of hills and valleys watered by rain from heaven.
If you love the Lord your God with all your heart
the Lord will give your land its rain in due season,
autumn and spring,
so that you may harvest your corn, your wine and your oil.
But if you forget the Lord your God and worship other gods,
then the heavens will be closed and produce no rain.
See, I set before you today a blessing and a
curse:
a blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord our God;
a curse if you disobey the commandments of the Lord our God."
Dear
Lord, please help us to obey you and never forget you,
and please give rain to places that urgently need it
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
82-83: God says to corrupt officials:
"How long will you judge unjustly and mistreat the poor?
You should do justice for the weak and the orphan.
You should defend the afflicted and the needy.
You should rescue the weak and the poor.
You should set them free from the hand of the wicked". O God, please protect your people from
corruption and injustice.
Save us also from attack by other nations.
Let everyone know that you are the Lord of all the earth.
Lord, please stop corrupt
officials from hurting people
Listen
Revelation 8.1 - 11.18:
I saw how punishment
is coming for all evil
doers on the earth. I heard voices shouting: "The kingdom of
the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ. He will reign
for ever and ever". The 24 elders worshipped God saying:
"We give thanks to you, Almighty Lord God.
The time has come for everyone to be judged.
The time has come for good people to be rewarded
and bad people to be punished".
Jesus, please help bad people stop being bad
Listen
Luke
6.12-16: Jesus went to the hills to pray. He spent a
whole night praying.
In the morning he called all his disciples together. He chose 12 of them
and called them "apostles": Peter and his brother Andrew, James, John,
Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon, Judas
son of James - and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor. Jesus and the 12 came down from the hill to a
place of level ground.
Gathered there were his many disciples and a large crowd of people from
all over the country who had come to hear him and to be healed of
diseases. People in the crowd tried to touch Jesus
because power came out of him that cured everyone
Jesus, please bless modern day apostles who
pray for the sick to be healed
Listen
Reflection
on the above Bible readings: In
Jesus' 12 - no politicians, no religious leaders, no one from royal
family, no academics - see 
below!
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To go with today's Gospel:
Resume
of the 12 apostles!
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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 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu May 7
!
Chinese ! English !
Three more street sleepers are due to move in to the
Ping On Building in YMT tonight. We are now renting 11 rooms for 25 homeless
people
Father
recovers from Covid-19 in answer to family's prayers
Apple
Daily report about book written by South
African woman while in prison in HK - English translation here.
Congratulations Michael Fenton for getting this wonderful project done!
Vale
dear friend LEO GOODSTADT who
died in Ireland on April 24. His book about HK "Poverty
in the Midst of Affluence"... powerful!
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Deuteronomy 10: Moses continued his
speech to the people:
"And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you?
Only this: to love and honor the Lord, to follow all his ways,
to serve him with all your heart and all your soul,
to keep the commandments and laws of the Lord
that for your good I set before you today.
Circumcise your heart and be obstinate no longer.
The Lord your God is great and good.
He it is you must praise, he is your God.
It is he who sees justice done for the orphan and widow,
who loves the stranger and gives him food and clothing.
You too must love the stranger,
for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Dear Lord, please help me love you as I should
Recording
Psalm 81: Ring out your joy to God our strength,
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
Listen to the voice of the Lord: "I am the Lord your God
who brought you out from the land of Egypt. Let there be no foreign god among you,
no worship of a false god. O that my people would heed me,
that Israel would walk in my ways. At once I would subdue their foes.
But Israel I would feed with finest wheat and honey".
Lord, please help us to walk in
your ways
Recording
Revelation 7.9-17: I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of
people from every nation, race, and language. They were standing in front of the throne,
with palms in their hands.
They shouted: "Victory to our God,
who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb". One of the elders told me who these people
are:
"These are the people who have been through the great persecution.
They now serve God day and night in his sanctuary. The Lamb is their
Shepherd. He leads them to springs of living water. God has wiped away all
tears from their eyes"
Jesus, please help sorrowing people who are
crying today
Listen
Luke 6.6-11: On another Sabbath Jesus visited a prayer hall.
A man with a withered hand was in the prayer hall. Some religious leaders were watching to see if
Jesus would heal the man (since no work was allowed on the Sabbath, and
they regarded healing as work). Jesus knew what they were thinking, so
he said to the man with the withered hand "Stand up! Come out into
the middle of the hall".
He came out and stood there. Jesus then asked the leaders
"Is it against the law on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil; to
save life or to destroy it?" Then he said to the man with the withered hand
"Stretch out your hand". He stretched it out. It was healed. The leaders were very
angry. They
left the prayer hall
and began plotting how to get rid of Jesus
Jesus, please stop bad religious leaders from
misleading people
Listen
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Every month I (and most people in HK?) receive a bogus phone call
which begins "I'm from your bank and I need to let you know...."
to which I usually reply "You are not from my bank. I hope you will soon
find a decent job and stop trying to deceive people". Same conversation
yesterday ... BUT ... turned out the man calling really was from the bank ....to
let me know my name on a deposited cheque was not spelt correctly, so cheque
would have to be returned etc. After which I apologised profoundly. Anyone know
of an App to help differentiate between genuine and bogus callers?!
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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 7th 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 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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed May 6
So many good people in this world! Last Saturday morning I received
an email from the welfare office at Lo Wu women's prison asking me to collect
and pay for
contact lens for an inmate (a repeat job every 7 months). Same morning I phoned the
only store in HK where lenses can be collected (a store in Mei Foo which has a
special arrangement with CSD) asking if lenses could be collected by midday
yesterday since I was committed to going to LW prison yesterday afternoon with a French-speaking
O.M.I. so he could visit a West African woman who speaks only French.
Store owner phoned around midday yesterday to say lenses were ready for
collection. Then when I collected the lenses he revealed that on Monday
afternoon a courier had delivered the lenses to an incorrect address, so the
owner used his own car yesterday morning for a two hour return trip to collect the lenses so they
could be delivered to the prison yesterday afternoon. Jesus,
please bless that good owner!
The
MercyHK stall in Temple Street is set to be joined by 2 more MercyHK stalls
(each employing 2 more homeless people) by the end of this week, thanks to the
support of so many kind HK friends. And my W/App messages also keep expanding
.... but yesterday I was not able to process many messages because of visits to
the prison and a hospital.
"That's
life": Stoic gang boss gets 23 years for 300kg of Ice
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Chris McDonnell
Then and now
We cannot prevent many of the misfortunes that it is our lot to experience but
we can hopefully see beyond the darkness that we call night to greet the
oncoming dawn of another day
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy 9:
Moses continued his
speech to the people:
"Listen, Israel, you are soon to cross the Jordan River,
to dispossess nations greater and stronger than yourself.
Know that the Lord your God will go in front of you.
So often in the past you forgot the Lord.
So often you were rebels and did not obey the Lord. In future you must rebel no more."
Dear
Lord, please don't let me ever rebel against you
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
79-80: O God, the nations have invaded your sacred
land,
they have profaned your holy temple.
They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins. We have become the taunt of our
neighbours,
the mockery and scorn of those who surround us. How long, O Lord, will all this last?
How long will this sorrow keep going? Do not hold the guilt of our ancestors against
us.
If their guilt is somehow influencing our situation now
please give peace and healing to everyone and everything
in our history. Let the groans of the prisoners come before
you.
Let your strong arm reprieve those condemned to die. O Lord, our God, help us and save us.
Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.
Lord, please heal any problems
in my family tree
Listen
Revelation
5.11-14: I heard the sound of an immense number of
angels gathered around God's throne. There were 10,000 times 10,000 of
them, shouting:
"The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power,
riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory and blessing". I heard all living things in creation -
angels, people, animals - crying out: "To the One sitting on the
throne and to the Lamb, be all praise, honor, glory and power for ever and
ever"
"Thou are worthy, Thou art worthy, Thou
are worthy O Lord,
to receive glory, glory and honor, glory and honor and power"
Listen
Luke
6.1-5: One Sabbath day Jesus and his disciples were walking through a
cornfield. The disciples were hungry. They picked some ears of corn
and ate them. Picking corn on the Sabbath was regarded as unlawful by the
Pharisees.
So the Pharisees said to Jesus "Your disciples are
breaking the Sabbath law". Jesus replied "Don't you remember what King David and his
followers once did when they were hungry? They ate the Temple bread which
only the priests were allowed to eat. I am Master of the Sabbath"
Jesus, please help me understand that love is more important than law
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: At times of great trial (.. Covid-19 ...) today's reading from Revelation gives us hope that after the trials of this life, there's something that will make us forget all about this world's trials .... just like we have forgotten our first visit to a dentist.
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Paddy was driving
down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find
a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, "Lord take pity on me. If
you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me
life and give up me Irish Whiskey". Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
Paddy looked up again and said, "Never mind, I found one."
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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 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, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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On-going project to help homeless people in YMT-Jordan area
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Africa:
2020: My trip to Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg
2017:
My trip to Southern Africa, Dubai (
The
Last Run)
2016:
My trip to Kenya, Uganda
2015: My trip to Tanzania, Malawi
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Latin America:
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
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South East Asia:
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
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Hong Kong:
July 2019: My warning to HK domestic helpers - published here in HK Filipino media
2018-09-22:
My
60 min video interview with Radio99,
in Cantonese, is here: 01 02
to help stop people going to prison
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
2017-12-01: Report in Chinese in Ming Pao Magazine
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)
2027-05-18: 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, Apple
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
(skillfully
managed by kind HK friends):
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomasmulas/
Facebook: AddisAbabaDrugTrade; KenyaDrugTrade; TanzaniaDrugTrade; JohannesburgDrugTrade; SaoPauloDrugTrade; MalaysiaDrugTrade; ThailandDrugTrade; HongKongDrugTrade; CambodiaDrugTrade; IndonesiaDrugTrade
http://hkdrugblog.org/name-and-shame/index.htm
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Photos
from my time in China 2001-20008
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Australian Chinese for
Families Association
Gay marriage: Elephant in the room (by John W)
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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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