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Tues Oct 6
At 9pm last night I had a call from Yau Ma Tei police station: a
homeless man, just arrested for I'm not sure what, asking I come and pay
$500 bail so could be released. I got home around 11pm. Two nights ago a similar
call from Tsim Sha Tsui police station: a homeless man asking I come and pay
$150 bail. Which I did. While waiting for the man last night I met a lady whose
husband had just been arrested. She was there to pay bail for him. I gave her a
bit to help. The two of them have been sleeping under a bridge for several
months. See my article in today's Ming Pao -
below.
Happy Birthday! (1552) Matteo
Ricci 利
玛
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New letter of Pope Francis - Fratelli Tutti:
1. "FRATELLI TUTTI". With these words, Saint Francis of Assisi addressed his brothers and sisters and proposed to them a way of life marked by the flavour of the Gospel. Of the counsels Francis offered, I would like to select the one in which he calls for a love that transcends the barriers of geography and distance, and declares blessed all those who love their brother "as much when he is far away from him as when he is with him". In his simple and direct way, Saint Francis expressed the essence of a fraternal openness that allows us to acknowledge, appreciate and love each person, regardless of physical proximity, regardless of where he or she was born or lives.
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: CE's Policy Address ... Dear Carrie. It's on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK". Text without recording
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Judith
2-4: Nebuchadnezzar summoned his top general Holofernes
and gave him a huge army to punish the nations
that had not joined him for the war against Arphaxad. Nation after nation, people after people, fell to the sword of
Holofernes.
Some places made peace with Holofernes
by giving him all their possessions and then becoming slaves of
Nebuchadnezzar, worshipping Nebuchadnezzar as a god.
As the army of Holofernes approached Israel,
the Israelites fasted and prayed to God for help.
They also blocked the mountain passes to delay Holofernes' advance.
Dear God, please help nations which have been invaded by other nations
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
96: O sing a new song to the Lord.
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
O sing to the Lord, bless his name. Proclaim his help day by day.
Tell among the nations his glory,
and his wonders among all the peoples. It was the Lord who made the heavens.
Give the Lord, you families of peoples,
give the Lord glory and honor. Bring an offering and enter his temple.
Worship the Lord in his sacred place. Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.
Let the sea and all within it thunder praise. Let the land and all it bears rejoice,
all the trees of the forest shout for joy.
Everyone and everything,
give the Lord glory and honor.
Lord, you are our Creator. We
love and praise you
Listen
Romans
15.4-13:
Learn hope from the Scriptures, from the
example of people who did not give up,
and were helped by God. May the God of hope bring you such joy and
peace in your faith, that the power of the Holy Spirit will remove all
bounds to hope
Holy Spirit of God, help me understand that no
situation in this life is ever hopeless,
that you can enlighten even the
darkest place
Listen
John
13-14:
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
Listen
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Yesterday I saw a t-shirt, with a picture of a panda (the
world's laziest animal?) and the words: JUST DON'T DO IT!
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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 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Oct 5
Yesterday a Happy Day indeed: Blessing
by Vicar General Rev. Dominic Chan of MercyHK's 2nd hand shop at 191 Temple
Street, Jordan
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"countries" here
for Covid-19 latest figures
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Readings are from
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Judith
1:
When Nebuchadnezzar was king of the
Assyrians,
he fought a war with King Arphaxad and his supporting nations. Nebuchadnezzar sent a message to the nations
near Assyria
to help him fight Arphaxad. But the peoples of those places ignored
Nebuchadnezzar.
They thought victory was beyond him. But Nebuchadnezzar was in fact victorious
and after his victory he set out to punish the nations which
had refused his call for help.
Dear God, please help all
nations to live in peace with each other
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
14.7 - 15.2: The life and death of each of us, has its
influence on others.
If we live, we live for the Lord. If we die, we die for the Lord.
Alive or dead, we belong to the Lord. Never pass judgment on other people.
Never treat other people with contempt. The kingdom of God is not about eating special
food.
The kingdom of God is about friendship with God,
and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Do whatever you can to help other people
become stronger Christians
Jesus, please help me be a good Christian
Listen
John
13.34-35: Jesus said to his disciples at the meal
"I give you a new commandment: love one another.
Just as I have loved you, you also must love one another. By this love you have for one another,
everyone will know that you are my disciples".
Jesus, please help all Christians to
love one another as you have loved us
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Jesus did not say I give you a new idea, a new suggestion, a new aim, a new option ... but ... a new c o m m a n d m e n t
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Senior's
Moment: as I prepared to leave home yesterday morning for 8.30am Mass at Yau Ma
Tei (where, at this time of the year, a wet shirt results from wearing
vestments), I put a bit of cream on my chest to avoid heat rash. As I
absent-mindedly applied the cream ... thinking of the homily at Mass etc ... I
noticed that the cream seemed to be a bit different. Sure was different. It was
toothpaste! (from same size tube as cream).
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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 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, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Oct 4
On
line reports about screening of "I'm Livin' It" - KKP
(Chinese); SE
(English) .... with the hope that Chief Executive Carrie Lam will read the KKP
and/or SE .... and include homelessness in her Policy Address later this month
Bible Study: Matthew
6
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Readings are from
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c.f. readings for Sunday 27
Isaiah
5: My friend
had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He planted choice vines in it and expected
it to produce good grapes. But it produced only sour grapes. That
vineyard is Israel. Its owner is the Lord. That chosen plant is the
people of Judah. The Lord expected the people of Israel to produce justice. But
those people have produced only bloodshed and injustice. Those people have no
time to think about the Lord. They have no interest in what he has done for
them. So they are consigning themselves to ruin. The vineyard will be trampled
on and become a waste. Invaders will attack Israel. The people of Israel will be
taken into exile. All because they rejected the Lord.
"I am the true vine. My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me
that bears no fruit he cuts away. Every branch that does bear fruit
he prunes to make it bear even more" - Jesus (John 15.1-2)
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
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
Philippians
4.4-9: I want
you to be happy, always happy in the Lord. Let your tolerance be evident to
everyone. If there is anything you need, with prayer and thanksgiving ask God
for it. Fill your minds with everything
that is true, everything that is noble, everything that is good and pure,
everything that is worthwhile. Then the God of peace will be with you.
Jesus, please fill my
mind with good things
Listen
John
15.1-8: At the meal, Jesus said to his
disciples "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Each branch
in me that bears no fruit, he cuts off. Each branch that does bear fruit, he
prunes to make it bear even more fruit. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself,
but must remain part of the vine, so you can't bear fruit unless you
remain in me. Cut off from me, you can do nothing. If you remain in me, and my
words are alive in your heart, you can ask for any good thing and you will get
it. It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit"
Jesus, please help me stay close to you. Help me
bear much fruit
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: The more we let Jesus influence our lives - by his teaching and example - the more fruit we will produce....just like the sun causes the moon (a piece of rock) to be beautiful
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
Daniel Daring: Bearing good fruit (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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Fruit
a prominent theme in today's Bible readings .... a fruitful topic for my 8.30am
Mass at St Paul's Catholic Primary School ... which is right next to Yau Ma Tei
fruit market!
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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 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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Oct 3
September financial report for MercyHK - here.
Total sales from our 2nd hand shop at 191 Temple Street, Jordan .. a new record:
$65,785! God bless all who support and help MercyHK to provide accommodation for
homeless people. We are now renting 26 rooms for
50 people! And ... tomorrow: HK
Vicar General Dominic Chan Chi Ming is due to bless our dear little shop, then
join volunteers and homeless people for a meal at the Alhambra Building. Before
Christmas we also hope to have a special Mass and meal for all kind
donors/supporters/helpers/guests.
I spent most of yesterday morning at the desk preparing a
mitigation letter for a South American woman due to be sentenced soon for drug
trafficking. My letter was greatly helped by the No
More Mules team who skilfully posted the woman's story in Spanish on
the internet - here,
and FB - here,
and Instagram - here!
Such posts, showing the woman's participation in my anti-drug campaign, Please
God will help the woman get a reduction of sentence.
Kind friends in HK and Australia are trying to find out why FB
has closed nearly all my own FB posts (not NoMoreMules FB). Anyone else having
FB trouble? Please let me know: jdwomi@gmail.com
40kg
of ice and 18kg of cocaine in ... sex toys from UK
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Tobit
14: Tobit was 62 when he went blind.
He died when he was 112. After he was cured of blindness,
he continued his custom of helping the poor. Before he died he said to Tobias:
"Take your family and move to Media,
since Nineveh will soon see war and strife.
Serve God sincerely, always be willing to help poor people." After Tobit and Anna died, Tobias
moved to Media
and lived with Raguel his father in law.
Dear God, please help me
imitate Tobit
in his kindness to poor people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
94: O Lord, Judge of the earth,
how long will the wicked crush the poor? The wicked say "God does not hear".
But can he who made the ear, not hear? Blessed are those whom the Lord teaches.
The Lord gives them peace in troubled times. When cares increase in my heart,
God's consolation calms my soul.
Lord, when cares and troubles
increase, please help us to trust in you
Listen
Romans
13.12-14:
Let us stop our bad behavior of the
past:
drunken orgies, immorality, quarreling, jealousy. Let us live good lives. Let the Lord Jesus
protect and help us
Jesus, please help me give up bad behavior
Listen
John
13.21-30: Jesus became visibly upset and said to his
disciples at the meal.
"One of you is going to betray
me. It is the one to whom I give a
piece of bread that I have dipped in the dish". He dipped the piece of bread and gave it to
Judas Iscariot. Immediately, Satan entered Judas. Jesus said to Judas "What you are going
to do, do quickly".
Judas left the meal. Night had fallen
Jesus, please don't let me ever be disloyal to
you
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Satan is always happy, and Jesus always sad, when we do something bad ... just as Jesus is always happy, and Satan sad, when we do something good!
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For the first time in many years, my team, the
Brisbane Lions, last night beat Richmond .... winning a semi-final for the first
time in many years! Video
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 3rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Gansu
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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Oct 2
I wish all dear readers a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Yesterday afternoon at the Alhambra Building in Yau Ma Tei,
thanks to the help of so many kind HK people ... and the help of our little 2nd
hand shop at 191 Temple Street, Jordan, I paid, on behalf of MercyHK, the
monthly rent for 20 rooms for homeless people. Total "Score" is now 24
rooms for 48 people.
In
January this year, I had a long meeting with Commissioner James Kaji, after which he put a 24 hour guard on
me until I left Tanzania! He studied at Griffith University on Queensland's Gold
Coast: Drugs
authority blows cover off new trafficking methods
Europe's
cocaine, Africa's trouble (
)
*** And
3 days ago, 15kg of liquid cocaine found in luggage of woman passenger from Sao
Paulo
Today is International Day of
Nonviolence, because it's the birthday of Mahatma
Gandhi!
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
c.f. Feast of the Guardian Angels
Exodus
23: The Lord says
this: "I myself will send an angel before
you to guard you as you go and to bring you to the
place that I have prepared. Give him reverence and listen to all that he says.
Offer him no defiance; he would not pardon such a fault, for my name is in him. If
you listen carefully to his voice and do all that I say, I shall be enemy to
your enemies, foe to your foes. My angel will go before you."
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
91: He who dwells in the
shelter of the Most High says to the Lord "you are my refuge in whom I
trust". The
Lord will hide you and protect you. Under his wings you will find refuge. You
will not fear any night time terror, nor any attack during the day. Upon
you no evil shall fall, no plague approach where you dwell. For you has he
commanded his angels to
keep you safe in all your ways.
Recording
Acts
12: When
Peter was rescued from prison, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John
Mark where people were praying for him, thinking he was still in prison. A
servant girl opened the door when Peter knocked. She ran inside to tell the
group that Peter was at the door. The group did not believe Peter was
there. One of them said "it
must be his angel".
Eventually they opened the door and Peter described how an angel had rescued him
from prison.
Recording
Matthew 18.1: The disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" So he called a little child to him and set the child in front of them. Then he said, "I tell you solemnly, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven."
Reflection on the above readings:
I
recommend this little prayer which I've said each morning and night for 60
years:
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's
love commits me here. Ever this day (night) be at my side, to light and guard,
to rule and guide. Amen
Today is also the feast day of the inspiring African saint St Josephina Bakhita
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For
today's feast of the Guardian Angels:
Small
child thought her angel lived among the plants and flowers ... she mixed up
"guardian" and "garden"
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: 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 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Oct 1
I wish all dear readers a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Yesterday
morning I was at the High Court for the case of a young South American woman on
a drug trafficking charge
In the
afternoon I attended two meetings to do with my anti-drug trafficking campaign.
The second meeting was with the very kind new Consul of Peru
in Hong Kong, together with two special friends of Voice
for Prisoners
Last
week's viewing of "I'm Livin' It" (about homeless people who sleep at
McDonald's) is reported in this coming Sunday's Catholic papers: KKP
(Chinese) here; Sunday
Examiner (English) here.
There's also a report in Chinese by UCAN here.
Aim of the movie viewing was to influence the government to include homelessness
in this month's Policy Address by the Chief Executive
Sunday Mass
in HK to resume this weekend
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
Tobit 13: Tobit praised and thanked God in these words:
"Blessed be God who lives
for ever,
declare his praise in every nation. He is our Creator, our God, our
Father.
Praise him for all his kindness to us. My soul rejoices in the King of
heaven.
Let his praise be sung in Jerusalem and in all nations."
Dear God, may you be known and
loved
by all the peoples of the world, since all people are your children
Recording
Psalm 93: The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed,
he has girded himself with power. The world you made firm, not to be moved.
From all eternity, O Lord, you are. The oceans and coastlines of the world
are majestic and powerful. But greater than the roar of mighty waters,
more glorious than the surging of the sea
is the Lord on high.
Such a Lord, such a Creator, such a God.
Truly your decrees are to be trusted.
Holiness is fitting to your house
O Lord, always and everywhere.
We praise you, Lord, our
Creator
Recording
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 18.1-5 (for Feast of St Therese of Lisieux):
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I
presume that copies of HK's 2 Catholic papers are delivered to the office of the
Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, a Catholic, each week. If not, I hope she is able
to attend Mass this weekend and buy a copy of the papers ... to see articles
asking her to put homelessness on the menu of her Policy Address this month!
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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 1st 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 1st
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Congo
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 30
After the monthly O.M.I. retreat finished yesterday at lunch time at Sheung Shui, I went to nearby Lo Wu women's prison for an hour or more of handing in items (IDD cards, textbooks, Bibles etc) for prisoners. Items for each prisoner require a form to be filled in and processed.
Back in Jordan/Yau Ma Tei there were many jobs to attend to: a man just out of prison needing accommodation (having been recommended by a Salvation Army social worker); a single mother asylum seeker needing help to shift home (I found 4 homeless people to help her); an elderly couple whose psychologically-damaged son is on death row in Shenzhen for drug trafficking ...asking for help .... I had a meal with them and copied many documents; a homeless person at the Alhambra Building needing new accommodation after being asked to leave by the landlady for various reasons; needy people needing a meal, a phone card; email and phone requests from lawyers for mitigation letters for High Court cases today (that I didn't know were on today). No trouble sleeping last night.
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Chris McDonnell
One step at a time
The essential purpose of a synod is to listen rather than legislate
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Readings are from
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Tobit 12:
When Tobit's banquet was finished,
Tobit wanted to thank Raphael for all his help. Only then did Raphael tell Tobit
and Tobias
that he was an angel sent by God to help them. "I am Raphael, one of the 7
angels who stand ever ready
to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord. Never tire of giving God thanks.
And never tire of helping the poor."
Raphael farewelled them, rose in the air, and left them.
They praised and thanked God for all he had done for them.
Dear God, thank you for all
your love, all your blessings
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
Romans
13.1-7: Be a good
citizen. Respect all civil
authorities.
Authority comes from God and is answerable to God. Don't break laws. Live honestly.
Fulfill your obligations as a citizen. Pay your taxes.
Jesus, please help me be a good citizen
Listen
John
13.1-15: While Jesus and his disciples were eating a
meal just before the Passover, Jesus got up from the table, removed his
outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist as an
apron. He then poured water into a basin, and like a
slave, began to wash the disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel
he was wearing. After washing their feet he said to them
"You are right in calling me Master and Lord. If I, then, the
Lord and Master, have humbly served you, you should humbly serve one
another. I have given you an example so that you may
copy what I have done for you".
Jesus, please help us to serve other people
humbly,
just as you humbly served the disciples
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Covid-19 is increasing the number of people who need help .... Christians are called to increase our help for the poor at this time
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To go with today's Gospel:
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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 30th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanghai
and Tianjin
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 30th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Haiti
& Nepal
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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