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Tues Sep 8
New!
A second Carousell shop selling 2nd hand items donated to MercyHK to help homeless
people. Second shop is here.
First shop is here.
And 191 Temple Street shop is here!
God bless the kind people running all 3 shops! And ... yesterday afternoon a
kind volunteer joined me for a long visit to the Alhambra Building where MercyHK
is renting 24 rooms for 40 homeless people .... during which video interviews
were made with a number of people ... with a view to lobbying the HK govt to do
more for homeless people.
Xi
seeks only to purge and subjugate. That's his weakness - Simon
Tisdall
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: What is a Kangaroo Court? 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
For Feast of Birthday of Mary
Micah 5.1-4: The
Lord says this: But you, Bethlehem, the least of the clans of Judah, out of
you will be born for me, the one who is to rule over Israel. His origin goes
back to the distant past, to the days of old. The Lord's help will be on hold until
the time when she who is to give birth, gives birth. He will stand and
feed his flock with the power of the Lord, with the majesty of the name of his
God. He himself will be peace.
Listen
Listen
Romans
8.28-30: We
know that by turning everything to their good, God co-operates with all those
who love him, with all those he has called according to his purpose. They are
the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his
Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers and sisters. He
called those he intended for this; those he called, he justified, and
with those he justified, he shared his glory.
Listen
Matthew
1.18-25: This
is how Jesus came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph. But
before they lived together, Mary became pregnant by the power of the Holy
Spirit. An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and said "Joseph,
descendant of David, do not be afraid to live with Mary as your wife". Her
baby has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to
a son. You must name him 'Jesus' ('God saves') because he will save his people
from their sins." Joseph took Mary to his home as his wife. She
gave birth to a son, Jesus.
Dear Jesus, Son
of God, son of Mary, step-son of Joseph, please help me understand how you are
the Saviour of the world
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings:
If it's Mary's birthday, how come the readings are all about Jesus' birth?! Because Mary is the moon, Jesus is the sun .... all of Mary's light/importance comes from Jesus and reflects Jesus' light/importance. Honoring Mary is a very ancient and very special way of honoring Jesus. Just like in any place/culture we give honor to a person by honoring their parents
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This morning
I saw a neighbor talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat
understood her. I came into my house, told my dog, and we laughed a lot (...
from quarantine jokes - 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 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 Sep 7
As I sat at my PC yesterday afternoon I could hear this happening
in Nanking Street just near my home: Arrests
in Jordan ... so I phoned our nearby MercyHK shop in Temple
Street to be ready to lower the iron shutter (... but this wasn't necessary
...). Longer video & many photos here
(Circle K shop, in one photo, is at corner of Temple St and Nanking St, 40
metres from my home, 60 metres from MercyHK shop)
On Sunday mornings - which are
usually more peaceful than Sunday afternoons! - I often watch a video, like this one yesterday: To
God be the Glory (3m views)
Covid-19
in HK prisons *** CIC
closed for visitors
This
is the sort of thing I dream about: Female
prisoners
September financial report for MercyHK's project - based at our 2nd
hand shop at 191 Temple St Jordan - to help homeless people: here
This
is why HK people are terrified of Mainland "justice":
US
man on death row was set up
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Ezra
5-6: The prophets Haggai and Zechariah encouraged the people in the rebuilding of the temple.
Despite opposition, the Jews kept on rebuilding the temple.
Dear God, when anyone tries to
stop us from doing good, please give us courage to keep going
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
71:
In you, O Lord, I take refuge.
Please hear me and help me. Be a rock where I can take refuge.
Rescue me from people who want to hurt me. It is you, O Lord, who are my hope.
In you I have trusted since I was young. From my mother's womb you have been my help.
My hope has always been in you. Now that I am
old, please do not forget me.
Now that my strength fails, do not abandon me. Now that I am old and grey-headed,
may I continue to trust in you and proclaim your help. To you I will sing with the harp.
All day long my tongue will tell of your goodness to me.
Lord, may all elderly people
put their trust and hope in you
Listen
Romans
5.1-5: By faith and through Jesus we can live in the
friendship of God. We look forward to heaven and an end to all
suffering. In the meantime our suffering teaches us
patience.
Patience produces perseverance. Perseverance produces hope. This hope is not imaginary. It's real, since
the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit
who has
been given to us
Jesus, through your Holy Spirit, please give
me more hope
Listen
John
7.37-39: During the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem,
Jesus called out loudly in the Temple "If anyone is thirsty,
come to me.
Anyone who believes in me, come and drink!" As Scripture says "From his heart will
flow fountains of living water". Jesus was speaking of the Holy
Spirit, which
people who believed in him were to receive. The Spirit had not yet been
given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified
Holy Spirit, flowing from the heart of Jesus,
please increase your influence in my life
Listen
Reflection on the above readings:
Flowing
from the heart of Jesus,
Living River, Holy Spirit,
fill our hearts and flow through us
(Can be sung to melody of "Stabat Mater")
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Father's
Day in HK is in June ... so I forgot that Father's Day in Australia was
yesterday. Belated Happy Father's Day!
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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 Sep 6
HK prison chaplains were asked about a month ago
to postpone prison visits for the time being (except urgent cases) while virus
restrictions were in force. A few days ago we were given the green light to
(carefully) resume visits, but I will be waiting another couple of weeks after
reading this:
Lai
Chi Kok inmate tests positive for Covid-19
There
have been many reports about the live export ship which sank near Japan. But
I've yet to see a report which asks the obvious question: why was the ship in a
super typhoon zone? Did the captain receive orders from the ship's owners to
keep going despite the weather? (... investigative/impact journalism ... )
Bible
Study: Gospel of Matthew - Part 2
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f.
readings for Sunday 23
Ezekiel 33-34: God told Ezekiel to say this to
Israel's leaders: "Punishment is
coming for you shepherds who have fed yourselves but not looked after the sheep.
You have failed to make the weak sheep strong, or to care for the sick ones. You
have failed to bring back stray sheep or look for lost sheep. On the contrary,
you have been cruel to the sheep and treated them badly. Therefore I will look
after my flock myself. I will rescue them from where they have been scattered. I
will look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured, and make
the weak strong. I will also judge the sheep themselves. I will judge the fat
sheep which have bullied the weak sheep. I will raise up a special shepherd and
put him in charge of all my sheep."
Lord, please help all leaders care for their
people, like Jesus the Good Shepherd
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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Romans
13.8-9: Avoid getting into
debt, except the debt of love we owe each other. Love other people as you
should, and you will keep all the commandments. All
the commandments concerning other people - You shall not commit adultery,
you shall not kill, you shall not steal etc - are
summed up in the words "You must care about your neighbor as much as you
care about yourself"
Jesus, help me care about others as much as I
care about myself
Listen
Matthew 18.15-20:
Reflection on the above readings: I can't help everyone in the world in need, but I maybe I can help a few more needy people?
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
Daniel Daring: Brotherly Love (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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My
husband purchased a world map and then gave me a dart and said, "Throw this
and wherever it lands - that's where I'm taking you when this pandemic
ends." Turns out, we're spending two weeks behind the fridge (from 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
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 Sep 5
I spent about 3 hours yesterday preparing a mitigation letter for
2 men due to be sentenced at the High Court next week. And in the afternoon I
was very happy to collect the 2nd printing of the Tagalog edition of Dr
Jesus. God bless the kind translators and editors!
Cardinal
Zen not allowed to give moon cakes to prisoners this year ***
Church
surrendering to govt
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Ezra 4:
Having returned from exile, the Jews started to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
But some enemies of Israel
tried to frighten and dishearten the Jews
from rebuilding the temple.
Dear God, when anyone tries to
stop us from doing good, please give us courage to keep going
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
69-70: Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to
my neck.
I am sinking fast and can't keep afloat much longer. So many people hate me without cause.
I have no more strength to resist them. May my situation not cause anyone to lose
faith in you.
May people realize that it is for your sake that I am taunted. Taunts have broken my heart.
No one shows me any compassion. For food they give me poison.
In my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. Lord, do not hide your face from your servant.
Answer quickly for I am in distress. You are my rescuer, my help, O God.
O Lord, do not delay to help me.
O God come to our
assistance. Lord make haste to help us
Listen
Romans
4.1-25:
Remember our ancestor Abraham. He put his
faith in God,
and this was how he became holy. We too must put our faith in God the Father
who raised Jesus from the dead to make us holy.
Jesus, please increase my faith. Help me
believe like Abraham
Listen
John
7.1-13: Jesus now stayed in Galilee. He could not
stay in Judea because the religious leaders wanted to kill him.
Not even his brothers believed in him. In Jerusalem, no one spoke about him openly,
for fear of the religious leaders
Jesus, people were scared to talk about you,
your brothers didn't believe in you, and the leaders wanted to kill you.
How small my problems are compared with yours
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Jesus' mental suffering must have been intense ... culminating on the Cross where the words of today's psalms applied to him
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Well
done Lions in win last night over Collingwood!
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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 Sep 4
I spent most of yesterday with a team of social workers (including a nurse) from
the local Salvation Army centre ... visiting many of the 43 homeless people for
whom MercyHK is now renting 25 rooms in the Alhambra building in Yau Ma Tei. A
most worthwhile day which has produced a specific plan/policy: in future when
homeless people ask me for a room .... yes, go ahead and give them a room in
Alhambra ... for a one week trial ... during which they need to contact the SA
social workers for an appointment to check on their status re eligibility for
govt housing/funding/health care etc. Then, with all-clear from SA, keep paying
rent for them as long as necessary... with SA continuing to monitor their
(usually very complicated) situation .... thus stopping a very tiny handful of
people from abusing kindness of MercyHK ... and helping the vast majority who
have given up trying to get govt help.
HK
Bar Association says Chief Executive wrong re "separation of powers"
(... dictators don't like an independent judiciary...)
Pope
Francis has asked that today be a day of prayer and fasting for LEBANON
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Ezra 2-3:
About 50,000 Jews returned to Israel
after 70 years of exile in Babylon. The returnees gathered in Jerusalem for
worship.
They were overcome with joy.
Dear God, please help all
exiles return to their homeland
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
66-68: O God, be gracious and bless us
and let your face shine its light upon us. Let all the peoples praise you, O God.
Let all the peoples praise you. O sing to the Lord, make music to his name.
Rejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence. Father of the orphan, defender of the widow,
God provides a shelter for the homeless. God gives his people strength.
May all the peoples of the
earth know you and praise you, O God
Listen
Romans
3.20-24:
Only by faith in Jesus can we really become
holy in God's sight.
This faith is a free gift of God's grace to us. Only when Jesus is in our
hearts, can our
hearts become holy in God's sight.
Jesus, please live in my heart! May you live
in me, and I in you
Listen
John
6.59-69: After hearing what Jesus said about his flesh
and blood, many of his disciples said "How can anyone believe in such
crazy ideas?" Many disciples then stopped following Jesus.
Jesus said to the 12 apostles "What about
you? Are you also going to leave me?" Peter replied "Lord, who shall we go to?
You have the message of eternal life. We believe you are the Holy One of
God"
Jesus, please don't ever let me stop following
you
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Why didn't Jesus tell the crowd - including his disciples - that eating his body and drinking his blood would be done by way of bread and wine? Why did he leave them thinking of "cannibalism"? This seems to be a question for which there is no clear answer among Bible scholars. A question that will be answered only in Heaven?
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New
tactic of drug dealers:
Wooden
furniture soaked in Ice!
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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 Sep 3
Dear Holy Spirit, please fall afresh on all
students/teachers/staff/parents for the start of school year this week!
I'm not sure what to say. The August financial report for
MercyHK's project to help homeless people is here.
Check the total donations. Check the amount used for renting rooms for the
homeless (currently 25 rooms for 44 people who would otherwise be sleeping in
parks or at McDonald's). Check the total sales of our little second hand shop at
191 Temple Street - $63,000 for August! (... at a time of economic downturn,
with other businesses in Temple Street running at a loss or even closing down).
Check the amount now in bank. Mind-blowing. So much to be grateful for. God
bless all kind donors of money and goods, all volunteers and staff who run the
shop, all who have bought items from the shop, all our homeless guests ....and
our kind finance team (Eddie and Monica) for their dedicated work.
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Ezra 1: After the Jewish
people had been in Babylon about 70 years,
the Lord moved the heart of the king of Persia
to free the Jews. The king also told the
Jews to re-build their temple in Jerusalem.
Dear
Lord, please give freedom to all the peoples of the world
Recording
Psalms 61-65: O God, hear my cry,
you who are my refuge and help. In you alone is my soul
at rest.
My help comes from you. Take refuge in God,
everyone in trouble.
Trust him at all times. O God, you are my God,
for you I long.
My body and soul thirst for you
like a dry, weary land without water. Your love is better
than life,
my lips will speak your praise. On my bed I remember
you.
On you I muse through the night. You are the Creator of
the world.
You care for the earth, you give it water. To you our praise is
due,
wherever we are on earth.
Lord, my
soul clings to you. Your right hand holds me fast
Recording
Romans 2.13-29: People become holy in God's sight by doing
what is right.
Listening to God's Law is not enough. We have to put it into practice in
our lives. Non-Jewish people who follow a good conscience
and do what is right,
have God's Law engraved on their hearts. What matters is not circumcision of the body,
but circumcision of the heart.
The real Jew is one who is a Jew in his
heart
Jesus, help me to love you with all my heart.
May my love for you not be just something external, but something real, in
my heart
Listen
John 6.52-58: The people said among themselves
"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus replied "If you refuse to eat
my flesh, and drink my blood, you will not have life in
you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life. For my flesh is real food, and my blood is
real drink. Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and
I live in them. As I, who am sent by the living Father, myself
draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me. This is the bread come down from heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever"
Jesus, thank you for the gift of your Body and
Blood
in Holy Communion
Listen
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A
smile on every Queensland face after seeing this: AFL Grant Final to be held for
first time ever outside of Melbourne .... in Brisbane! (I might be a little hard
to contact on Sat night Oct 24! ... especially if Brisbne Lions are in the Grand
Final!)
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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 Sep 2
Yesterday
morning I was at the High Court in support of a woman from Africa applying for a
Court of Appeal hearing. Last night I took part in a zoom training session for
prison volunteers of the HK Christian Kun Sun
Association
"Nations will
soon be fighting over immigrants: not to
exclude them, but to attract them, as the demographic transition leaves
their ageing populations with a shrinking tax base and a dearth of key workers"
(2nd last sentence Population
Panic by George Monbiot)
"The best scientific calculations about our
earth's climate tell us that the human family has
at most 10 years before the deterioration of the earth will become
irreversible!" (opening sentence of
A
wake-up call by Fr Louis Lougen
O.M.I.)
Chief
Executive implies top judges were wrong
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Chris McDonnell
At the still point of a turning world
We live in a time of confusion
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
2 Kings 21-25: Josiah king of Judah was a good leader who
loved the Lord
and promoted religious reform. But most other kings of Judah and Israel at
this time
were not good. The country was invaded by the king of Babylon
who deported most of the population to Babylon.
Only the poorest people in the countryside were left behind.
Dear God, please give the
world good leaders
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
52-60: Lord, I will tell everyone about how good you
are.
You are our Creator. Everyone should love
you. Thank you for so often rescuing me from
trouble.
You uphold my life. Sometimes I have so many troubles and cares
that I can't get to sleep.
Sometimes I wish I was a bird and could fly away to a safe place. When I fear, I will trust in you,
in you whose word I praise. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready.
I will sing, I will sing your praise. Each morning I will sing of your strength,
and each morning acclaim your love.
O God, please help me to praise
and love you every day
Listen
Romans
1.26-32: Refusing to honor the Creator is why people's
behaviour went bad:
why women turned from natural intercourse to unnatural practices, and why
men gave up natural intercourse to be consumed with passion for each
other, men doing shameless things with men, and getting an appropriate
reward for their perversion. Since people refused to honor God, they have
dishonored themselves
Jesus, help people not be
mislead by false teaching which says that a "gay" lifestyle is
ok
Listen
John
6.42-51: The people criticized Jesus saying
"We know his father and mother. How can he say he has come down from
heaven?" Jesus replied "I am the bread of life. If you eat this
bread which has come down from heaven, you will live forever. I am the living bread which has come down from
heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. And the bread that I will give is my flesh,
for the life of the world".
Jesus, living bread come down from heaven,
please help me understand how you give your flesh for the life of the
world
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: To go with Romans, above - "Gay marriage" an elephant in the room
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When a judge at the High Court yesterday morning adjourned
a case till November my Australian DNA immediately thought of the Melbourne Cup
(the first Tues of Nov) ... and I began wondering if this year's Cup will have a
crowd ... or only horses and training teams ... because of Covid-19?
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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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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:
Aug 16, 2020: CNN - Indonesian women recruited to take drugs to Hong Kong
Oct 23, 2019: FM988 Breakfast program in Kuala Lumpur at which I was a guest
June 2019: My campaign featured in The Malaysia Drug Trade (6 written reports & documentary video)
2019-03-25: Eleven HK01 video and photo reports about Malaysian drug mules arrested in HK- here (one of the reports is about my anti-drug campaign).
Dec 2018 - My Jan 2019 trip to Malaysia
2018: My trip to Thailand and Cambodia
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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: Chinese no more mules page
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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