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Tues May 19
Yesterday I was at Lai Chi Kok men's prison from 11am to 5pm ....
not affected too much by the heavy rain since most of the prison is an indoor or
semi-indoor type of place. These days ... never too late to start .... I try to
remember to begin every conversation with a prisoner with the words "God is
good" to which they reply "All the time". Only wish I could
remember all the time!
HK English Catholic paper - Sunday
Examiner - report about Temple Street project - here
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
31: Moses said to the
people:
"I am 120 years old and can no longer come and go as I will.
The Lord has told me I will not cross the Jordan."
Moses then said to Joshua in the presence of all the people:
"Be strong, stand firm. you are going with this people
into the land promised by the Lord.
The Lord himself will lead you; he will be with you;
he will not fail you or desert you.
Have no fear; do not be disheartened by anything."
Dear
Lord, please help more and more people
to choose life and blessings...and not to turn their backs on you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
92: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning,
and your truth right through the night. Your deeds, O Lord, have made me glad.
For the work of your hands, I shout with joy. To me you give the wild ox's strength.
You anoint me with the purest oil. May we love and praise you right through our
lives,
right till the end of our days. May we keep on proclaiming your goodness,
proclaiming that in you, our rock, there is only goodness.
Lord, it is right and fitting
to love and praise you
Listen
Revelation
20.11-15:
Then I saw God sitting on a great white throne. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing
in front of his throne, while the Book of Life was opened, in which was
the record of everyone's life. Everyone was judged according to the way they
had lived. Then Death and Hades were thrown into a
burning lake.
This burning lake is the second death. Anyone whose name could not be found in the
Book of Life
was thrown into the burning lake
Jesus, may all near and dear to me, be in the
Book of Life
Listen
Luke
8.1-3:
Jesus went to many towns and villages,
proclaiming the Good News.
The 12 apostles went with him, as did a group of women who had been healed
of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna and
several others.
These women used their own money to support Jesus and the apostles
Jesus, thank you for all the women who support
the spread of the Good News in today's world
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: The most important book in the world is not the Bible but the Book of Life!
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Yesterday at Lai Chi Kok men's prison I was struck by the
rapt attention the men in one dayroom were giving to something live on TV.
Beautiful women? Fast cars? No. It was a live broadcast of the violent scenes in
the legislature - here
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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 19th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shangxi
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 19th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Sudan
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 18
Yesterday afternoon at 2.30pm 97 year old Fr
John Chai O.M.I. went home to Heaven ... where we know he is praying for
the Oblate wider family ... just as he prayed for us so faithfully during his
final years at St Joseph's Home in Sheung Shui. R.I.P.
Yesterday was a busy day - many meetings with donors and
volunteers for the 3 MercyHK stalls at Temple Street Market. God bless everyone.
Also - updated (May 17) financial report for the project is here
Foreign
experts to publish own report into HK policing
Click
"countries" here
for Covid-19 latest figures. Sobering
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
29-30: Moses called the whole
of Israel together and said to them:
"Keep the words of this covenant and observe them
and you will thrive in all you do.
Let there be no man or woman among you,
no clan or tribe, whose heart turns away from the Lord your God
to go and serve the gods of the nations.
If ever you are scattered from the land God is giving you,
God will bring you back when your hearts turn back to him.
The Lord will circumcise your hearts
until you love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.
This law I enjoin on you today is not beyond your strength
or beyond your reach.
It is not in heaven, so that you need to wonder
'who will go up to heaven for us and bring it down to us
so that we may hear it and keep it?'
Nor is it beyond the seas, so that you need to wonder
'who will cross the sea for us and bring it back to us,
so that we may hear it and keep it?'
No, the Word is very near to you.
It is in your mouth and in your heart for your observance.
See, today I set before you life and prosperity,
death and disaster.
If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God,
if you love the Lord your God and follow his ways,
if you keep his commandments, his laws, his customs,
you will live and increase,
and the Lord your God will bless you
in the land which you are entering to make your own.
But if your heart strays, if you refuse to listen,
if you let yourself be drawn into worshipping other gods
and serving them,
I tell you today, you will most certainly perish;
you will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan
to enter and possess.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today:
I set before you life or death, blessing or curse.
Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants
may live in the love of the Lord your God,
obeying his voice, clinging to him.
For in this your life consists,
and on this depends your long stay in the land
which the Lord swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob he would give them"
Dear
Lord, please help more and more people
to choose life and blessings .. .and not to turn their backs on you
01
02 03
04
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.
Dear God, thank you for your
protection day and night
Listen
Revelation
19.1-9: After this I heard the sound of a huge crowd
in heaven singing: "Alleluia! Victory and glory and power to our
God!" The sound of the crowd was like the
sound of the ocean
or the roar of thunder as they called out: "Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God
the Almighty has begun.
Let us be glad and joyful, and give praise to God,
because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb". And an angel said "Blessed are those who
are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb"
Jesus, even on this earth, may I start to hear
the sounds of heaven
Listen
Luke
7.36-50: A religious leader invited Jesus for a meal.
A woman who had a bad name heard that Jesus was at the leader's home.
She entered the house and knelt behind Jesus, crying. Her tears fell on
Jesus' feet and she wiped them away with her hair. She covered his feet
with kisses, and put ointment on them.
The leader was thinking "If Jesus is a prophet, he would know what
sort of woman is now touching him". So Jesus said to the leader "I
came into your house and you did not follow the custom of pouring water on
my feet. But this woman has poured out her tears on my feet. You gave me no welcoming kiss, but she has
been covering my feet with kisses. You gave me no welcoming oil on my
head, but she has anointed my feet. And I tell you that her sins must have been
forgiven, or she would not have shown such great love. People who are forgiven little,
show little love"
Jesus, please forgive my sins. Help me
show great love
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: 97 year old Fr John Chai O.M.I. who went home to Heaven yesterday afternoon is now Please God hearing the sound of ocean/thunder as in today's reading from Revelation
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From
the life of the late Fr John Chai: once when he attended a course in the
Philippines, a lecturer asked him a question ... to which he replied "I pay
you speak. I no pay you ask me question"!
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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 18th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shandong
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 18th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ivory
Coast
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 17
Many people have contacted me over the past two weeks with offers
of help for the Temple Street Market stalls of MercyHK ( .. new offers - please
see here). But
yesterday there was a special offer: from the Pastor of a church which is not
Catholic. Thank you Jesus!
The political situation in HK continues to deteriorate as the government seems
more and more to be just a mouthpiece for Beijing. In fact for many HK people,
the political situation is now more of a worry than the virus situation (which
is basically under control). June 4 just around the corner .... standby for govt/Beijing
to say "No" to annual June 4 gathering ... as has already happened in
Macau.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Easter 6
Acts
8.14-17: The
apostles in Jerusalem heard that people in Samaria had accepted the word of God.
Peter and John went to Samaria to pray for the Samaritans to receive the Holy
Spirit. So far the Samaritans had only been baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. The Holy Spirit had not come down on them. When
Peter and John prayed over them with the laying on of hands, the Samaritans
received the Holy Spirit.
Come
Holy Spirit. Come down on me. Please help me understand the sacraments of
Baptism and Confirmation
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
66-68: O
God, be gracious and bless us and let your face shine its light upon us. Let all
the peoples praise you, O God. Let all
the peoples praise you. O sing to the Lord, make music to his name.
Rejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence. Father of the orphan, defender of
the widow, God provides a shelter for the homeless. God gives his people
strength.
May all the peoples of the earth know you and
praise you, O God
Recording
1
Peter 4.13-19: If
you have a share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad, because this means you
will have an extra share of happiness in the life to come. It is a blessing for
you when they insult you for being a Christian. It means you have the
Spirit of God resting on you. People who experience suffering for God's
sake, must trust themselves to the grace of the Creator, and keep on doing good
Jesus, give strength to persecuted Christians
Recording
John
14.8-21: At
the meal, Jesus said to his disciples "To have seen me, is to have seen the
Father. I am in the Father, and the Father is in me. Whatever you ask for in my
name, I will do it, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you
love me, you will keep my commandments. I will ask the Father and he will give
you another Friend to be always with you. This
Friend is the Spirit of Truth who will be living in your heart. If anyone
loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come
to him and make our home in his heart".
Father,
Jesus, Spirit of Truth - three Persons, one God - thank you for living in
my heart
Recording
Reflection on the above readings: In yesterday's news Donald Trump says the US is leading the world in the fight against Covid-19. Nothing could be further from the TRUTH. Extremely doubtful if the Spirit of Truth has much influence in DT's life
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
Daniel Daring: Another Paraclete (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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Recently
a young Chinese mother asked me what would be a good English name for her son
born on April 25. As an Australian I immediately thought of "Anzac" (Ap
25 is Anzac Day) but then when I remembered I am a priest I suggested
"Mark" or "Marcus" (Ap 25 is Feast of St Mark)!
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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 17th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shaanxi
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 17th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Malawi
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat May
16
Laudato
Si Week: May 16-24
Yesterday afternoon Eddie Chan (Chairman, St Peter's Association)
and I spent much time meeting with the staff of the Temple Street Market Project
.... and with many kind volunteers/donors/helpers. Eddie is putting together a
team of volunteers who will help supervise the stalls each day in two shifts:
3.30pm to 6pm ... then 6pm to 8.30pm. If you'd like to help, please contact
Eddie: W/App +852 98498546. In case you did not see yesterday's menu, the
Project's financial report is here
(... thanks to so many kind donors, a lot of money in the bank. But monthly
expenses will be around $100,000)
I send a monthly donation to MSF. But this sickening article has prompted me to
send a special donation:
Pregnant
women and babies attacked in Afghanistan hospital
Africa
will have 250,000,000 Covid-19 cases?
The
Fragrant Harbour and the Northern Capital
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Book Blog:
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Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
27-28: Moses' teaching:
"Be silent, Israel, and listen.
Today you have become a people for the Lord your God.
A curse on anyone who breaks the commandments of the Lord.
Blessings on everyone who keeps the commandments of the Lord.
If you obey the voice of the Lord your God
you will be blessed in the town and blessed in the country.
Blessed will be the fruit of your body, the fruit of your soil,
the issue of your livestock.
Blessed will you be coming in, and blessed going out.
But if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God,
you will be accursed in the town and accursed in the country.
Accursed will be the fruit of your body, the fruit of your soil
and the issue of your livestock."
Dear
God, please help us to obey your words ... and be blessed
01
02
Psalm
90: O Lord you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
Before the earth or the world
existed,
you are God, without beginning or end. For you, a thousand years are
like yesterday, come and gone so quickly. We humans have a short life,
our life is over like a sigh. Our span is 70 years,
or 80 for those who are strong. Make us know the shortness of our
life,
that we may gain wisdom of heart. In the morning, fill us with your
love.
Give success to the work of our hands.
Lord,
help us realize the shortness of our life, that we may live our lives more wisely
Listen
Revelation
18.1-4:
I saw another angel, shouting at the top of
his voice:
"Babylon has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen.
Gone for ever, never to return, is your life of magnificence and
ease". Another voice spoke from heaven:
"Come out, my people, away from
Babylon,
so that you do not experience her punishment".
Jesus, please help us not be contaminated by
worldly values
Listen
Luke
7.18-30: John the Baptist, imprisoned by King Herod,
heard the news about Jesus. John sent two of his friends to
ask Jesus "Are you the promised One?" Jesus replied "Go and tell John
what you have seen today: the blind see again, the lame walk, lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is
proclaimed to the poor". Jesus then spoke to the people about John:
"Everyone who accepted baptism from John acknowledged God's plan. But
by refusing baptism from him, the religious leaders thwarted what God had
in mind for them"
Jesus, please don't let me do anything to
thwart your plan for my life
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings:
Climate change
is teaching us there is a link between human behaviour and climate (Deuteronomy)
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Toothless inquiry: Investigators were only allowed to make
internal police inquiries .... not allowed to make any investigations outside
the police force ... Report
lacks key data
and Lawmaker
rips up report!
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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 16th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Qinghai
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 16th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Afghanistan
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri May 15
I went to bed a bit late last night but very, very happy. After
coming back to Jordan from Day 4 of the annual O.M.I. retreat, I rented two more
rooms at the Ping On Building: one for 3 women who had been sleeping at
McDonald's .... last night they were in a 3 person room; the other for 3
homeless men who will start using the room tonight. Each room $6,000 for one
month. That makes 14 rooms now being rented for around 30 people. Then I went to
Temple Street Market where the 3 MercyHK stalls (employing 5 homeless people and
one other needy person) were purring like kittens. Icing on the cake was this
excellent financial report for MercyHK prepared by volunteer Monica
(Thank you so much!). The report shows, thanks to so many kind donors, MercyHK
has a large amount of money .... but .... our expenses are expected to be around
$100,000 per month
Is
the Chinese Communist Party incompetent?
A chalice
made c. 1860 in China
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
Deuteronomy 26:
Moses' teaching:
"When you enter
the land the Lord your God is giving you,
you must take the first-fruits of your produce
to the priest then in office and say
'Today I declare to the Lord my God
that I have come to the land
the Lord swore to our fathers he would give us.'
After the priest receives your offering, you must declare:
'My father was a wandering Aramaean.
He went down to Egypt to find refuge there, few in number.
But then he became a nation, great and strong.
The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace
and inflicted harsh slavery on us.
But we called on the Lord our God who heard our voice
and saw our misery, toil and oppression.
The Lord our God then brought us out of Egypt
with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with signs and wonders.
He brought us here and gave us this land,
a land where milk and honey flow.
So I now bring the first-fruits of my produce
that you, Lord, have given me'.
You are then to share these gifts with your household
and with the Levite and stranger who live among you."
Dear
Lord, help me to show gratitude for all your gifts, by sharing what I have with those less fortunate than I
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
89: I will sing for ever of your love, O
Lord.
Of this I am sure, that your love lasts for ever.
The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord.
The heavens are yours, the world is yours. Blessed the people who find joy in you,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
Thank you, Lord, for our
beautiful world
Listen
Revelation
15.1-4:
Then I saw something great and wonderful:
those who had fought against the beast and won, were singing the Song of
the Lamb: "Great and wonderful are all your works,
Lord God almighty.
Just and true are all your ways,
King of nations.
All nations will come and adore you"
Jesus, may all the nations of the earth adore
you
Listen
Luke
7.11-17: Jesus and his disciples went to a town called
Nain. Many other people went with them. As they reached the town, a
dead man was being carried out for burial, the only son of his mother, and
she was a widow. When the Lord saw her, he felt sorry for her.
"Do not cry" he said. Then he said "Young man, I tell you
to get up". The dead man sat up and began to talk, and
Jesus gave him to his mother. Everyone was filled with awe and praised God
saying "A great prophet has appeared among us. God has visited his
people".
Jesus, please give me the faith to pray that
dead people will come back to life - you who once told your disciples
"to raise the dead"
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: We can ask Jesus to say to any addicts we meet "I tell you to get up"!
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So much to thank the Good Lord for. Yesterday someone even
donated $30,000 worth of Cafe de Coral Restaurant coupons to give
to poor people. God bless the kind donor!
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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 15th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Liaoning
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 15th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Zimbabwe
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu May 14
Pope
is asking us to make today a Day of Prayer and Fasting
for an end to Covid-19
Vietnam's
success against Covid-19 is believable
Vacancies:
volunteers needed to help supervise the three Temple Street Market stalls of
MercyHK; 3pm - 9pm each day; maybe one volunteer each day? For more info,
please contact Eddie Chan - W/App: (W/App +852 9849 8546), Chairman of St.
Peter's Revival Association, who is working closely with me on the Temple
Street project.
To try to catch up on W/App messages, yesterday I posted this
file ... and then sent it to dozens of kind people whose messages I
had not replied to
Beijing
trying to bully Australia?
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Deuteronomy 22-25: Moses'
teaching:
"You shall not commit adultery or fornication.
You must avoid all forms of prostitution.
You may demand interest on a loan to a foreigner,
but do not practise usury among yourselves.
Be honest in all your dealings".
Dear
Lord, please give me a clean heart
Recording
Psalm 88: Lord my God, day and night I call to you for
help.
Please turn your ear to my cry. For my soul is filled with evils.
My life is on the brink of the grave. I am reckoned as one in the tomb.
I have reached the end of my strength. Will your love be told in the grave?
Will your wonders be known in the dark? Fear surrounds me like a flood. All my friends have deserted me.
My only companion is darkness.
Lord, please help people who
are in despair
Recording
Acts 1.15-26 (for
Feast of St Matthias):
During these days, Peter spoke to a group of about 120 disciples:
"As you know, Judas hanged himself after betraying Jesus. We must now
choose someone to take Judas' place, someone who has been with us since
the time when John was baptizing". Two men were nominated, Joseph and
Matthias.
After prayer was offered, Matthias was chosen. He was listed as one of the
12 apostles
Jesus, please protect your church from
betrayal and disloyalty
Listen
Luke 7.1-10: Jesus went to the town of Capernaum. In the
town there was a Roman soldier, a centurion, who had a dear servant who
has sick and close to death. Having heard about Jesus, the centurion sent
some Jewish friends to ask Jesus to come and heal his servant. The Jewish friends said to Jesus "He
deserves this of you. He is friendly to our people. He is the one who
built our prayer hall". Jesus went with them, but before they
reached the house the centurion sent some servants with the message
"Sir, I am not worthy to receive you into my house. This is why I
didn't come to you personally. Just say a word, and my servant will
be healed". When Jesus heard these words, he said to the
crowd following him
"I have not found faith as great as this man's". When the messengers got back to the house,
they saw that the servant was healed and in perfect health.
"Jesus, I am not worthy to receive
you. Say but the word and I shall be healed" (prayer
from Communion service)
Listen
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Re
story above about China trying to bully
Australia .... about beef sales ..... beef ... cow/bull .... bully?!
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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 14th 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 14th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ethiopia
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed May 13
Last night as I returned home from Day 2 of the annual O.M.I.
retreat at Notre Dame in Kowloon City, I used a pedestrian subway to cross
Nathan Road .... where I saw a homeless man on the concrete floor ... he has
been living/sleeping there for months. I took him to the nearby Ping On building
where, thanks to the help of so many HK people, I rented a room for him (and for
another man who uses the subway). That makes 12 rooms being rented in the name
of MercyHK of which I am a director ... for 25 homeless people.
Even though I answered about 40 messages yesterday, my mobile is
saying (10.35 last night) I still have 104 unanswered messages. Today I will try
Plan B to do something about this situation.
On
this day in 1917 the Mother of Jesus was seen by children at Fatima
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Chris McDonnell
So what are you going to do with your life?
A vocations crisis is nonsense
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy 19-21:
Moses' teaching:
"A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.
When you go to war, the following men are excused from fighting:
a man who has not yet dedicated his newly-built house;
a man who has planted a vineyard and not yet enjoyed its fruit;
a man who is engaged to be married;
a man who is fearful and faint of heart."
Dear Lord, help me to
understand how Jesus taught us to love our enemies and not to take revenge
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
87: On the holy mountain is Jerusalem,
the Lord's cherished city. Of you are told glorious things, O city of
God. All nations are called to serve and love the
Lord.
And Jerusalem shall be called their spiritual mother,
for all shall be her children. In Jerusalem everyone will be welcome and find
a home.
Lord, may Jerusalem be a place
of peace and prayer for all peoples
Listen
Revelation
14.6-13: I saw an angel flying high in the sky,
sent to announce
the Good News of eternity to every nation, race, language and tribe. He was calling: "Honor God and praise him.
Worship the maker of heaven and earth and sea.
The time has come for him to judge the world". A voice from heaven said to me
"Happy are those who are the Lord's friends when they die. Now
they can rejoice for ever,
since their good deeds go with them"
Jesus, may I live, grow and die in your
friendship
Listen
Luke
6.46-49:
In his teaching, Jesus said "Why do you call
me 'Lord', yet do not do what I ask you to do? Anyone who comes to me and listens to my words
and puts them into practice is like a man who built his house on a solid
foundation. That house was so well
built that even floods could not damage it. But anyone who listens and does not put my
words into practice is like a man who built his house without a foundation. As soon as floods came, the house collapsed".
Jesus, please help me put your words into
practice; help me apply them in my daily life
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings:
Covid-19
has shown that people, especially leaders, who ignore reality/truth.... who fail
to put truth into action, bring disaster on themselves and others
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Yesterday was the ordination anniversary of one of the
Oblates on annual retreat .... to celebrate which we had one of the most
beautiful cakes I have ever tasted: an Angel Cake from Maxims (... Google:
Maxims angel cake!)
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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 13th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jiangxi
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 13th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Mali
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, 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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