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Tues March 23
MercyHK's new meeting room - "The Doctor Jesus Centre" - at 187 Temple Street, Jordan is now in the setting up stage ....with meetings being held the past two days to discuss how to prepare it for multi-purpose use: office space, meeting area, activity area, space for prison books ... and ... most importantly... a prayer area to pray for healing.
Since last night I am at Seung Shui for an O.M.I. monthly retreat ... which finishes with lunch today ....after which I hope to visit nearby Lo Wu women's prison.
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Jeremiah
1: Jeremiah lived in a
village not far from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah's father was a priest. God said to Jeremiah:
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
I have appointed you as prophet to the nations." Jeremiah said to God:
"Lord, I do not know how to speak.
I am so young." God then touched
Jeremiah's mouth and said:
"I now put my words into your mouth.
Go and tell the people everything I ask you to speak. Do not be dismayed by
anyone.
I am making you strong. You must confront
Judah's kings, priests and people.
They will oppose you, but will not overcome you,
for I am with you."
Lord, please give special
courage to people who speak your message for the world
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
123: To you have I lifted up my
eyes,
you who dwell in the heavens. My eyes, like the eyes of slaves
on the hand of their lords. Like the eyes of a servant on the hand of her
mistress,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God till he show us mercy. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.
We are filled with contempt. Indeed all too full is our soul with the scorn
of the rich,
with the proud man's disdain.
Lord, please protect poor
people from being exploited by rich people
Listen
Hebrews
8-9:
Jesus' priesthood is part of the new covenant
predicted in the Scriptures: "See, the days are coming - it is the
Lord who speaks - when I will establish a new covenant with the House of
Israel". Jesus
has come as High Priest of all the
blessings that were predicted would be part of the new covenant. He has offered not the blood of animals like
priests of the old covenant, but his own blood, by which he won our
redemption. His blood can purify our inner self from dead
actions,
to help us in our life of dedication to the living God.
Jesus, by your precious blood, purify my heart
and protect me
Listen
Mark
7.24-30:
Jesus went to the district of Tyre.
A foreign woman fell at his feet and begged him to expel a devil from her
daughter. Jesus said "The children (= Jews)
should be fed first. It's not right to give the children's food to the
house dogs (= foreigners)". She replied "Ah yes, Sir, but the house
dogs under the table can eat the children's scraps". Jesus said to her "For expressing such
great faith, you can go home happy. The devil has gone out of your
daughter". She went home
and found the child lying on a bed, and the devil gone
Jesus, please give sick people
more faith in you
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Re the power of Jesus'
blood - famous song by a London tramp: Jesus'
Blood Never Failed Me Yet (need to turn up volume, and wait ...)
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Almost every day more than one person points out that my
face mask needs to cover my nose. My problem: I have a big nose ... and the mask
keeps slipping
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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 23rd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Djibouti
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 23rd of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Guangxi
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon March 22
Please check this
post of Camay, a stage-four cancer patient who, after special prayers on
March 12, has shown remarkable recovery
Early last night as I headed to a canteen for dinner, two young
drug addicts I know asked me to get them something to eat. So they joined me at
the canteen .... their first food for the day. They'd had a busy day,
shoplifting, then selling their items to get money to buy heroin. A local
chemist buys some of the items they obtain from supermarkets. After the meal I
said a prayer with them to the One who is healing Camay, above.
Helping MercyHK rent rooms for homeless people - Carousell:
Shop 1
Shop
2 (updated lists)
Pope Francis - Fratelli
Tutti:
258. War can easily be chosen by invoking
all sorts of allegedly humanitarian, defensive or precautionary excuses, and
even resorting to the manipulation of information. In recent decades, every
single war has been ostensibly "justified". The Catechism
of the Catholic Church speaks of the possibility of legitimate defence by
means of military force, which involves demonstrating that certain "rigorous
conditions of moral legitimacy" have been met. Yet
it is easy to fall into an overly broad interpretation of this potential right.
In this way, some would also wrongly justify even "preventive" attacks
or acts of war that can hardly avoid entailing "evils and disorders graver
than the evil to be eliminated"
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: The story of Susan. It's on Ming Pao website - click "Australian in HK". Text without recording
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Isaiah
62-66: The Lord says:
"My eyes are drawn to the humble and contrite person
who lovingly meditates on my word. Towards Jerusalem I will send peace,
flowing like a river. I am going to gather the nations of every language.
All peoples will know and love me
Lord, please give me more love
for the Bible. Please give the world more peace. Please help all peoples know and love you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
122: I rejoiced when I heard them say
"Let us go to God's house."
And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. For the peace of Jerusalem pray
"Peace be to your homes." For love of the house of the Lord
I will ask for your good
Lord, may your peace be in our
hearts and homes
Listen
Hebrews
7.1-28: Melchizedek was king of Salem and a priest of
God. He blessed Abraham. Abraham gave Melchizedek 10% of all
he had. Melchizedek's priesthood continued down
the ages in people dedicated to the service of God. It reached its
perfection in the Son of God, the Eternal High Priest. The Son of God, our Lord, did not come from
the priestly tribe of Levi. Everyone knows he came from the tribe of Judah.
This is because he established a new
priesthood, coming not from Levi, but from Melchizedek. This is why the
prophecy was made of him "You are a priest of the order of
Melchizedek, for ever". Jesus' priestly power to save us is utterly
certain, since he is living for ever to intercede for all who come to God
through him
Jesus, Eternal High Priest, please help all
pastors and priests be more like you every day
Listen
Mark
7.1-23: Some religious leaders asked Jesus "Why
do your disciples ignore many external practices of our religion?" Jesus answered, with the words of the prophet
Isaiah:
"This people honors me with external lip-service,
while their hearts are far from me." Jesus also said
"It's not certain foods or lack of washing that makes a person
unclean. It's evil in the heart that makes a person unclean. Evil intentions like murder, adultery,
fornication, theft, perjury, slander. These are the things that make a
person unclean."
Jesus, please clean my
heart
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: The words "I love you" are meaningless if they do not come from the heart
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Yesterday
I was in deep mourning after my number one team, the Brisbane Lions, were
thrashed in the first game of the season on Saturday. Today I am in even deeper
morning after my second team, the Gold Coast Suns, were
defeated yesterday. Not a good way to start the season!
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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 22nd of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Zhejiang
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 22nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Rwanda
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun March 21
Yesterday I joined Yau Ma Tei parish priest Fr Patrick Sun and members of the local Vincent de Paul Society for an enjoyable and most worthwhile lunch meeting. Since YMT has one of the largest number of poor people in HK, the VdP group has a very big workload. God bless them!
Brazil
"beyond chaos" under Covid-denying president
Pope Francis - Fratelli
Tutti:
257. Since conditions that favour the
outbreak of wars are once again increasing, I can only reiterate that "war
is the negation of all rights and a dramatic assault on the environment. If we
want true integral human development for all, we
must work tirelessly to avoid war between nations and peoples. To this
end, there is a need to ensure the uncontested rule of law and tireless recourse
to negotiation, mediation and arbitration, as proposed by the Charter of
the United Nations, which constitutes truly a fundamental juridical norm"
Bible Study: Luke 4
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c.f. readings for Lent 5
Jeremiah
30-31: God told Jeremiah to tell the
people these words: "I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds.
I have loved you with an everlasting love. Strong and constant is my love for
you. I will bring back the exiles and save them. I will change their sorrow into
joy. The days are coming when I will make a new agreement with my people. Deep
within their hearts I will plant love of my Law. I will be their God and
they will be my people. I will forgive all their sins."
Lord, please plant love of you deep within my heart
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
51: Have
mercy on me, God, in your kindness, and cleanse me of my sin. My offences truly
I know them. What is evil in your sight I have done. But in my defence please
don't forget that sinfulness is part of the human condition, part of our DNA. A
pure heart create for me, O God. Put a
steadfast spirit within me. Give me again the joy of your help. With a
spirit of fervor sustain me.
Lord, you will not spurn a humbled, contrite heart
Listen
Hebrews
4.12-16: The
word of God is something alive and active. It
goes deep into our hearts. In Jesus we have the supreme high priest who
is now in the highest heaven. He knows how weak we are. He himself was tempted
in every way, but did not sin. Let us be confident in approaching his throne of
grace. He will give us grace when we are in need of help
Jesus, our high priest, help me when I'm weak
Listen
John
12.23-33: Jesus said to
his apostles Andrew and Philip "Now the time has come for me to be
glorified. Unless a wheat grain goes into the ground and dies, it remains only a
single grain. But if it dies, it yields
a rich harvest. Now sentence is being passed on this world. Now Satan is
to be defeated. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people
to myself". By these words, Jesus indicated the kind of death he would die.
Jesus, lifted up on the Cross, you are the Saviour of the world
Listen
Reflection on the above readings:
Lose
yourself in me (Carey Landry)
Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
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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
joy at the start of the football season was turned to sadness when my team, the
Brisbane Lions, got
thrashed in the first game yesterday!
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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 21st
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Yunnan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 21st of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Benin
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 March 20
Yesterday morning I was a guest speaker at Sai Kung Catholic Secondary School - God bless the school for its hospitality! From Sai Kung I went to Tokwawan for the blessing and opening of the Oblate Shop in one of HK's poorest areas, aiming to do more for the poor. Then back in Jordan, with Eddie Chan (Chairman of St Peter's Association) I signed, on behalf of MercyHK, a contract for a mezzanine floor apartment next to MercyHK's shop in Jordan. The new premises will be for multi-purpose use ... meetings, office space for social worker and volunteers, storage area for books for prisons ... and a prayer room to pray for healing ... with the last objective producing the name for the premises: Doctor Jesus Centre
Also yesterday there was good news from the High Court: a
Malaysian woman who has been in detention for two years waiting trial for a drug
trafficking charge was granted bail by a kind judge. Thank
you Jesus!
Coffee
with God! - daily readings
and reflections
Pope Francis - Fratelli
Tutti:255.
There are two extreme situations that may come to be seen as solutions in
especially dramatic circumstances, without realizing that they are false answers
that do not resolve the problems they are meant to solve and ultimately do no
more than introduce new elements of destruction in the fabric of national and
global society. These are war and
the death penalty.
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Isaiah
61: The spirit of the Lord has been given to me,
for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news
to the poor,
to bind up broken hearts, to proclaim liberty to captives,
freedom to those in prison, to comfort people who mourn,
to replace their sadness with praise. I exult for joy in the Lord,
my soul rejoices in my God, for as the earth makes plants to
grow,
and as a garden makes seeds spring up, so the Lord will make integrity
and praise
spring up in the sight of the nations.
Lord, please give comfort and courage to people
who are sad
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
120-121: I call to the Lord in the hour of my
distress:
"Lord save me from people who speak with lying lips". Long enough have I been dwelling with those
who hate peace.
I am for peace, but they are for fighting. I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
From where shall come my help? My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth. The Lord is our guard and our shade.
Day and night we shall not be afraid. The Lord will guard our going and coming
both now and forever. Lord, please protect us from
danger, day and night
Listen
Hebrews
6.11-19:
May every one of you persevere in your
Christian life.
Never give up. Remember how Abraham persevered in following
God, despite so many difficulties. Take a firm grip on the hope that is held out
to us by God.
This hope is an anchor for us, a lifeline going right up to heaven
Jesus, you are my anchor. You are my lifeline
Listen
Mark
6.53-56: When Jesus got out of the boat on the other
side of the lake,
people recognized him and news of his presence spread quickly.
From
all around that area, sick people were brought to him.
Wherever he went, to village or town or farm, they laid down the sick in
open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak.
All those who touched him were healed
Jesus, please heal my sick
friends ...(names)... by letting them,
through prayer, touch your clothing
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Saint Augustine says that by prayer we can "touch" Jesus like the woman in the Gospel
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There is a common saying "Thank Goodness it's
Friday". But after days like yesterday (very happy but non-stop) I find
myself saying "Thank Goodness it's Saturday"!
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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 10th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Sichuan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 20th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Gambia
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri March 19
Feast of St Joseph
Today,
by design on the Feast of St Joseph, the O.M.I. China Delegation is holding the
blessing of a second hand shop in Tokwawan, near the Oblate Primary School ....
with the same aims as MercyHK's second hand shop at 191 Temple Street, Jordan:
to raise money for helping poor people, to be a social centre where people can
get help, to protect the environment by promoting the recycling of goods. Jesus,
please bless the new shop!
Tanzania's
covid-denying president dead
Taiwan
asks people to stop changing their name to "Salmon"!
Pope Francis - Fratelli
Tutti:
251.
Those who truly forgive do not forget. Instead, they choose not to yield to the
same destructive force that caused them so much suffering. They
break the vicious circle; they halt the
advance of the forces of destruction. They choose not to spread in society the
spirit of revenge that will sooner or later return to take its toll.
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Book Blog:
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Bible
c.f. readings for Feast of St Joseph
2
Samuel 7: After David settled
into his palace and the land enjoyed peace, David thought about building a
temple for the Lord. Then through the prophet Nathan the Lord told David:
"I will establish your dynasty for ever. But it will be your son, not
yourself, who will build a temple for me." David praised God: "Who am
I, Lord, and what is my House, that you have helped me so much and promised me
so much? May my
House continue in your presence for ever. May
you bless my House forever."
Jesus, Son of David, give peace to our world
My recording of this reading
Psalm
134: I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord;
through all ages my mouth will proclaim your truth. Of this I am sure, that
your love lasts for ever, that your truth is firmly established as
the heavens. "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have
sworn to David my
servant: I will establish your dynasty for ever, and set up your throne
through all ages".
Jesus, Son of David, may your kingdom of peace come in our troubled world
Recording
Revelation
22.16-20: "I, Jesus,
have sent my angel to make these revelations to you for the sake of the
churches. I am of David's line, the Root of David,
the Bright Star of the Morning". The Spirit and the Bride say:
"Come". Let all who want eternal life say: "Come". Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus!
Jesus, Son of David, come into our world!
Recording
Matthew
1.18-24: This
is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph;
but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the
Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her
publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this
when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what
is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus,
because he is the one who is to save his
people from their sins.' When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the
Lord had told him to do.
Jesus, Son of David, save your people from war and strife
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
Correction
to popular use: Joseph was the step-father,
not foster-father
of Jesus, because Joseph was the husband of Mary, and Mary was Jesus' biological
mother. c.f. What's
the difference between foster father and step father?
St Joseph, pray for our families!
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(in
honor of March 19, St Joseph): Thief
breaks into convent of Sisters of St Joseph. Then a voice is heard: "Joseph
is watching". Thief cannot see anyone. Voice is again heard: "Joseph
is watching". Thief uses torch....sees that "voice" is a parrot.
Thief goes on putting items in his sack. Voice then says to huge savage guard
dog: "Get him, Joseph!"!!!
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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 19th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanxi
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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu March 18
Last Friday I went to the home of a woman with Stage Four cancer
of the lung. With her parents and a family friend I prayed for the woman. Since
then her condition has shown much improvement. Yesterday her doctor had some
good news for her. She is putting her story on FB which will be linked on this
blog in a few days time. Thank you Jesus!
Women
now officially allowed to be readers at Mass - I don't know whether to laugh or
cry
US
Jesuits trust fund to make up for slaveholding:
In 1838, the Jesuit owners of Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved people to
plantation owners
Everything's a miracle!
In the few moments it takes to read this blog, your lungs will inhale and exhale
some 300 sextillion oxygen molecules, and your bone marrow will create about 200
million red blood cells!
Pope Francis - Fratelli
Tutti:
250. Forgiving
does not mean forgetting. Or better, in the face of a reality that can in
no way be denied, relativized or concealed, forgiveness is still possible. In
the face of an action that can never be tolerated, justified or excused, we can
still forgive. In the face of something that cannot be forgotten for any reason,
we can still forgive ((c.f. Prayer for healing of memories .... does not
delete memory, but takes the sting out of memory))
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Bible
Isaiah 60: Arise, shine out, for your light has
come.
The glory of the Lord is rising on you,
though the rest of the world is still in darkness. The nations come to your light
and kings to your dawning brightness. People from other lands are
coming to you,
bringing gold and incense
and singing the praise of the Lord. No more will the sun give you
daylight,
nor moonlight shine on you, for the Lord himself will be your
everlasting light.
Then your days of mourning will be ended.
Lord Jesus, you are the light
of the world.
Please give more light to my life
Recording
Psalm 119: They are happy who follow God's word,
those who seek God with all their hearts. How can young people avoid evil?
By seeking you and obeying you, Lord. Open my eyes, Lord, that I may understand the beauty of your word.
Lord, when I'm worried or in trouble,
your word revives me and gives me strength. Lord, keep my eyes from what is false.
Bend my heart to your word and not to love of gain. The word from your mouth means more to me
than silver and gold. The unfolding of your word gives light
and teaches simple people.
Lord, thank you for your word
which gives peace to our hearts
Recording
Hebrews 4.12-16: The word of God is something alive and active.
It goes deep into our hearts. In Jesus we have the supreme high priest who
is now in the highest heaven. He knows how weak we are. He himself was
tempted in every way, but did not sin. Let us be confident in approaching his throne
of grace.
He will give us grace when we are in need of help.
Jesus, our high priest, help me when I'm weak
Listen
Mark 6.45-52: After feeding the crowd with 5 loaves and 2
fish,
Jesus told his disciples to go by boat across the nearby lake.
Jesus stayed to send the crowds away.
Then he went up into the hills to pray. When it was dark, the boat was far from land,
but battling large waves caused by a strong head-wind. Jesus then walked on the water towards the
boat.
He called out to his disciples "Courage. It is I. Don't be
afraid."
Then he got into the boat, and the wind stopped.
Jesus, please give me courage
by helping me remember that you are in my boat (my life)
Listen
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For St Patrick's Day yesterday I tried using green items, when I saw them on my
walks, to say a little prayer for Ireland. And for morning drink at McDonald's I
had some ... Matcha tea!
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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 18th 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 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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed March 17
St Patrick's Day!
From
this article I learnt that HK's flag flower "Bauhinia blakeana"
was named after a HK governor born in Ireland!
How
HK celebrates St Patrick's Day
Yesterday morning I was at the High Court in support of an appeal
application by a woman from China tricked to bring drugs to Hong Kong. In the
afternoon I attended an encouraging meeting with some members of my NGO Voice
for Prisoners. Speaking of prisoners, the father of a Malaysian
prisoner, who sends me a W/App message every day, yesterday sent me a great
video. See
below!
Pope Francis - Fratelli
Tutti:
249. Nowadays, it is easy to be tempted to
turn the page, to say that all these things happened long ago and we should look
to the future. For God's sake, no!
We can never move forward without remembering the past; we do not progress
without an honest and unclouded memory. We need to "keep alive the flame of
collective conscience, bearing witness to succeeding generations to the horror
of what happened", because that witness "awakens and preserves the
memory of the victims, so that the conscience of humanity may rise up in the
face of every desire for dominance and destruction"
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Chris McDonnell
A Passover
Journey - the Seattle Stations
The Seattle cathedral iconographer collected driftwood to create a set of
painted Stations of the Cross
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Isaiah 57-58: Tell my people their faults,
tell the House of Jacob its sins. Tell them that their fasting is a
sham.
Fasting and injustice cannot go together. This is the sort of fast that
pleases the Lord:
breaking unjust fetters,
sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering and clothing the homeless poor.
Do this and you will find healing
and peace.
Do this and the Lord will give strength to your bones.
Lord, please help me do more to
help poor people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
118: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
His love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say:
"His love has no end." Let those who honor the Lord say:
"His love has no end." It is better to take refuge in the Lord than
to trust in humans.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. I was falling, falling, falling,
but the Lord was my helper. The Lord is my strength and my song.
He is my saviour. The Lord's right hand has triumphed.
His right hand has raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live
and recount all his deeds. The stone which the builders rejected
has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord,
a marvel in our eyes. This day was made by the Lord.
We rejoice and are glad.
Lord, we give thanks to you,
for you are good.
Your love has no end
Listen
Hebrews
3.1-13: Focus on
Jesus, the apostle and high priest of
our religion.
He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just like Moses. Take care not to turn away from the living
God.
Keep encouraging one another, so that sin does not cause you to turn away
from God
Jesus, help me stay focused on you
Listen
Mark
6.30-44: Once after Jesus had been healing and teaching
many people all afternoon, his disciples said to him
"It's getting late and the people need to go and eat".
Jesus replied "They don't need to go. You feed them".
The disciples replied "We have only 5 loaves and 2 fish". Jesus got the people to sit on the grass.
There were about 20,000 of them.
Then he blessed the loaves and fish. He handed the loaves and fish to his
disciples.
His disciples gave them to the crowd.
Everyone had plenty to eat.
They even had 12 baskets of leftovers.
Jesus, please help the starving
people of the world
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: What can
you see?!
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Table
tennis for life! Must watch!
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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 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, 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)) (blocked by FB Oct 2020)
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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