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Tues June 22
Yesterday morning I was at the High Court for two cases ..... on
tomorrow's menu I hope to be able to report good news about one of the cases!
From the High Court I went to the nearby office of the Chinese University to
enrol some prisoners. Then back to Yau Ma Tei for lunch with two special friends
of MercyHK. Then a rest followed by much office work.
Update
from Camay who is bravely fighting stage four lung cancer
History gives us hope to believe that bad times eventually run
their course: The
Japanese occupation of HK
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Book Blog:
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Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
32: As Jacob returned to
his own land of Canaan,
he feared that his brother Esau would try to kill him.
So Jacob, always clever and wily, sent messengers ahead of him
to make friends with Esau.
The messengers reported that Esau was on his way to meet Jacob
and had 400 men with him.
This news increased Jacob's fears
so he divided his family and flocks into two groups,
thinking that if Esau attacked one group
then the other group could escape.
Jacob also prayed hard to God for protection.
Jacob sent gifts of animals to Esau,
hoping that Esau would be friendly to him.
On the night before Jacob and Esau met,
God appeared to Jacob
and gave him a new name: Israel.
Dear God, please
help me to be kind and clever
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 86: Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer
for I am poor and needy.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call to you. All the nations shall come to adore you
and glorify your name, O Lord,
you who alone are God. Show me, Lord, your way, and guide my heart
so that I may walk in your truth. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my
heart
for your love to me has been great. O give your strength to your servant
and save your handmaid's son.
Dear Lord, thank you for
all your
love
Listen
Revelation
21.5-8:
Then the One sitting on the throne said
"Now I am making the whole of creation new.
I am the Beginning and the End. I give Eternal Life to all who die in my
friendship. But for those whose evil deeds have removed
themselves from my friendship, there is Eternal Death"
Jesus, have mercy on people who are rejecting your
friendship
Listen
Luke
5.27-32:
As Jesus walked along, he noticed a tax
collector sitting by the customs house. The collector's name was Levi
(Matthew). Jesus said to him "Follow me".
Leaving everything, he got up and went with Jesus. In Jesus' honor Levi
held a banquet in his house. Many tax collectors and social outcasts
were present. The religious leaders complained "Why do
you eat and drink with tax collectors and outcasts?" Jesus replied "It is not those who are
well who need the doctor, but the sick. I have come to call sinners, not
the virtuous, to repentance"
Jesus, thank you for befriending people who
were looked down on.
Please help me do likewise
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: We all are sick in one way or another ... and Jesus is the Doctor!
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Surely our world has a Creator! How could all these
beautiful vegetables have "just happened"?!
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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 22nd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Hubei
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon June 21
A long but happy day yesterday: morning Mass at St Paul's Yau Ma Tei, then Yum Cha with two special friends of MercyHK, then lunch at St Alfred's, Tai Wai for the 25th Anniversary of Fr Slawek Kalisz (O.M.I. China Delegation leader), then back to Jordan for several lots of visitors at the Dr Jesus Centre ....including the bail group and prison visit group. Jesus, please bless all the people I met yesterday!
Mozambique
becoming Southern Africa's cocaine platform
Helping MercyHK rent rooms for
homeless people - Carousell:
Shop 1
Shop
2 (updated lists) ***
Updated financial report for MercyHK is here
187: Everyone - especially people fighting cancer - welcome to come to Dr Jesus Centre 3pm - 4pm each Saturday for prayer for healing, at M/F, 187 Temple Street, Jordan (not far from Jordan MTR Exit A) ... next to MercyHK's second hand shop at 191 Temple Street.
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: CE's Policy Address - correction. 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
Genesis
31: Jacob said to Rachel and Leah.
"You know how hard I have worked for your father,
yet he has treated me unfairly - ten times he changed my wages.
Now God has told me to go back to my own land.
So, get ready, we are going."
Jacob took his wives, children and livestock and left
- without telling Laban.
Only after three days did Laban find out
that Jacob had outsmarted him.
Laban chased Jacob, but God told Laban not to hurt Jacob.
So Laban made a treaty with Jacob and let him go on his way.
Dear God, please
help us to treat everyone fairly
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
85: I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
a voice that speaks of peace.
Peace for his people and his friends
and those who turn to him in their hearts. His help is near for those who love him
and his glory will dwell in our land.
Mercy and faithfulness have met.
Justice and peace have embraced. Faithfulness shall spring from the earth
and justice shall look down from heaven. The Lord will make us prosper
and our earth shall yield its fruit. Justice shall march before him
and peace shall follow his steps
Lord, please give more peace to
our world
Listen
Revelation
21.1-4: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.
The first heaven and the first earth
had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven,
as beautiful as a bride all dressed for her husband. I heard a voice call from the throne: "You
see this city?
Here God lives among people. He will make his home among them. They shall
be his people. He will be their God.
His name is God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their
eyes.
There will be no more death, no more sadness.
The world of the past has gone
Jesus, may the thought of heaven give us
courage here on earth
Listen
Luke
5.17-26: God's power was on display when Jesus healed
people.
People came from far and near to hear him teach, and to ask for healing. One day some people carried a paralyzed
man through a crowd to Jesus. The man was on a stretcher. Jesus knew that these people believed he could
help them,
so he said to the paralyzed man "My friend, your sins are
forgiven". Some religious leaders in the crowd were
thinking to themselves
that Jesus was wrong to say he could forgive sins. So Jesus said to the leaders "Which is
easier:
to say 'Your sins are forgiven', or to say 'Get up and walk'?" Then to prove that he had authority to forgive
sins, he said to the paralyzed man "Get up, pick up your bed and go
home". The man got up, picked up his stretcher and
went home.
The crowd praised God for what they had seen.
Jesus, please give me more faith
in your power to forgive, your power to heal
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: This is one of the very rare occasions in the Gospels where Jesus links sickness and sin
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So many gatherings yesterday .... made me think of Jesus' words about people who
leave home for ministry will have hundreds of new brothers and sisters!
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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 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, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun June 20
In HK (and 100 countries, but not Australia): Happy
Father's Day!
187: I was happy to see our new Dr Jesus Centre in Temple Street used yesterday afternoon by local district councillor Frank Ho for a meeting with a large group of local residents.
SCMP video report about "Temple Street priest helping homeless"
is not
only on FB (where it has had
179,000 views) but also on Instagram
(30,900 views ... and see comments)
South
America's losing battle against Covid
China's
belligerent journalists under attack
Bible Study: John 4
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Book Blog:
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Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 12
Job 38: 1, 8-11: From the heart of the tempest the Lord gave Job his answer. He said: "Who pent up the sea behind closed doors when it leapt tumultuous out of the womb; when I wrapped it in a robe of mist and made black clouds its swaddling bands; when I marked the bounds it was not to cross, and made it fast with a bolted gate? Come thus far, I said, and no farther: here your proud waves shall break"
Lord,
the sea belongs to you, for you made it
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 107: Some sailed to the sea in ships to trade on the mighty waters. These men have seen the Lord’s deeds, the wonders he does in the deep. For he spoke; he summoned the gale, tossing the waves of the sea up to heaven and back into the deep; their souls melted away in their distress. Then they cried to the Lord in their need, and he rescued them from their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper. All the waves of the sea were hushed
Thank
you Lord, for your rescuing love
Recording
2
Corinthians 5.14-19: The
love of Christ is like a tsunami.
It overwhelms
us and sweeps us away when
we remember how Jesus died for everyone. God,
through Christ, has repaired his friendship with humanity. We must spread the
news of this reconciliation
"And when I think, that God his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I
scarce can take it in"
- from 
How
Great Thou Art
Recording
Mark
4.35-41: Jesus
and his disciples got into a boat to cross the lake. Jesus was so tired that he
went to sleep in the boat. A sudden storm caused big waves to lash the boat.
Jesus' friends woke him up and said "Save us, Lord, we are
sinking". Jesus stood up, and ordered the wind and sea to be calm. Straight
away the wind and sea were calm. Jesus' friends said to each other
"Who is this? Even the wind and sea
obey him."
Jesus, please calm the storms in my life, my family, our world
Recording
Reflection
on the above readings:
Put
your hand in the hand of the Man who stilled the waters
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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Baby
wild boar on MTR! (...gives new meaning to phrase "all aboard"!)
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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 20th
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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat June 19
Yesterday
morning I was again at the High Court in connection with several cases. At lunch
time at the Dr Jesus Centre I joined my social worker assistant Simon for our
weekly lunch with "mothers who work on Temple Street" (... let the
reader understand). Simon, Sr Louise and I then took part in the weekly
3pm gathering at the centre for homeless people ... another group forming
beautifully into an extended family. Last night I visited the Yau Ma Tei clinic
area where the OMI team gave out rice boxes to around 300 poor people.
Former
star of China's diving team now in Australia's Olympic squad
Coffee
with God! - daily readings
and reflections
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
30: Leah gave birth to
four sons - Reuben, Simeon,
Levi and Judah.
Rachel had no children and was jealous of her sister Leah.
Rachel gave her servant girl Bilhah to Jacob
and Bilhah gave birth to two sons - Dan and
Naphtali.
Leah then gave her servant girl Zilpah to Jacob
and Zilpah gave birth to two sons - Gad and
Asher.
Leah herself had two more sons - Issachar and
Zebulun
and a daughter - Dinah.
Finally Rachel had a baby, a son whom she named Joseph.
For many long years Jacob worked for Laban
but Laban would not let Jacob return to his own land.
Dear God, please bless
everyone in my family
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
84: How lovely is your sacred temple, Lord.
My heart is longing to spend time in your holy dwelling. Even sparrows and swallows are your
temple guests.
They build homes for their young near your altar. Blessed are the people who live and work in
your temple.
And blessed, too, are people who keep the memory of your temple in
their hearts. As they go through the troubles of life,
you give them strength to face the trials of each day. Lord, one day within your temple
is better than a thousand anywhere else.
Dear God, thank you for special
places of prayer
Listen
Revelation
20.11-15: Then I saw God sitting on a great white throne.
I saw the dead, both great and small, standing
in front of his throne, while the Book of Life was opened, in which was
the record of everyone's life. Everyone was judged according to the way they
had lived. Then Death and Hades were thrown into a
burning lake.
This burning lake is the second death. Anyone whose name could not be found in the
Book of Life
was thrown into the burning lake
Jesus, may all near and dear to me, be in the
Book of Life
Listen
Luke
5.12-16: In one town that Jesus went to, a leper fell
on his face and pleaded "Sir, if you want to, you can heal me". Jesus stretched out his hand, touched
him, and said "Of course I want to!
Be healed!" And the leprosy left him at once. Jesus' reputation continued to grow.
Large crowds gathered to hear him speak and to have their sicknesses cured.
But afterwards Jesus would always go to a quiet place where he could
be alone and pray
Jesus, please help me understand
that you want sick people to be healed
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Never once did Jesus say "No" to a request for healing. His policy in the Gospels ... and today: "Of course I want to heal you!"
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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, 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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri June 18
Yesterday
morning I was at the High Court to be a character witness in the case of an
overseas woman on trial for drug trafficking. In the afternoon I attended the
weekly gathering for homeless people at the Alhambra Building, with kind guest
speakers from the Salvation Army.
This is a frightening
article, explaining how many of the recent
abductions in Nigeria have been carried out by teenagers: The
monsters we made
June -
Month of the Sacred Heart
Jesus'
promises in 1675
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
Genesis 29: Jacob went to the home
of his uncle Laban, in Haran.
Laban had two daughters, Leah and Rachel.
Jacob fell in love with Rachel.
Jacob made an agreement with Laban:
Jacob would work for Laban for seven years
in return for marriage to Rachel.
For Jacob, the seven years went like a flash
because he loved Rachel so dearly.
But Laban forced Jacob to marry both Leah and Rachel
and made him work for another seven years as well.
Dear God, please
help us to enjoy our work
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
82-83: God says to corrupt officials:
"How long will you judge unjustly and mistreat the poor?
You should do justice for the weak and the orphan.
You should defend the afflicted and the needy.
You should rescue the weak and the poor.
You should set them free from the hand of the wicked". O God, please protect your people from
corruption and injustice.
Save us also from attack by other nations.
Let everyone know that you are the Lord of all the earth.
Lord, please stop corrupt
officials from hurting people
Listen
Revelation
19.1-9:
After this I heard the sound of a huge crowd
in heaven singing: "Alleluia! Victory and glory and power to our
God!" The sound of the crowd was like the
sound of the ocean
or the roar of thunder as they called out: "Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God
the Almighty has begun.
Let us be glad and joyful, and give praise to God,
because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb". And an angel said "Blessed are those who
are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb"
Jesus, even on this earth, may I start to hear
the sounds of heaven
Listen
Luke
5.1-11: One day when Jesus was standing near the Lake
of Gennesaret, with people pressing round him listening to the word of
God, he saw two fishing boats near the bank. He got into one boat, it belonged to Simon
Peter, and taught people from the boat, away from the shore a little
distance. When he'd finished speaking he said to Simon
"Go out further to deep water and use your nets for a catch of
fish". Simon replied "Master, we worked hard all
night and caught nothing, but if you say so I'll lower the nets". They soon caught so many fish that the nets
began to tear. They called to their friends in the second boat to come and
help. Both boats were soon filled with fish. Peter fell at Jesus' knees and said
"Leave me, Lord, I am a sinful man", for he was overcome by the
catch they had made, as were James and John who were his partners. But Jesus said to Simon "Don't be afraid.
From now on, you will be fishers of men". Simon and his friends
then left everything to follow Jesus
Jesus, bless and protect all
"fishers of men"
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Heaven is like a wedding banquet, with no quarantine number restrictions!
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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: 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 18th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shandung
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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu June 17
Yesterday afternoon I spent several hours with a group of 9 wonderful young people from the HK Christian Council (... like the Council of Churches in other places). After a visit to MercyHK's second hand shop at 191 Temple Street, Jordan, the group took part in a sharing session at the next door 187 Dr Jesus Centre .... followed by a walking tour of the nearby area, meeting a number of homeless people, drug addicts and other needy people .... finishing with a visit to two rooms at the Alhambra Building in Yau Ma Tei for a chat with formerly homeless people now provided with accommodation by MercyHK. A happy afternoon. God bless the group and the HK Christian Council!
Everything's a miracle!
The miracle of fingerprints (since the beginning of
the human race, no two people have ever had the same fingerprints!)
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Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Genesis 28: When Rebecca sent
Jacob to Haran,
she and Isaac told Jacob to find a wife in Haran.
While Jacob was on his way to Haran,
God appeared to him in a dream and said to him
"I will keep you safe wherever you
go,
and I'll bring you back safely to your own land."
Dear God, please keep us safe
wherever we go
Recording
Psalm 81: Ring out your joy to God our
strength,
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
Listen to the voice of the Lord: "I am the Lord your God
who brought you out from the land of Egypt. Let there be no foreign god among you,
no worship of a false god. O that my people would heed me,
that Israel would walk in my ways. At once I would subdue their foes.
But Israel I would feed with finest wheat and honey".
Lord, please help us to walk in
your ways
Recording
Revelation 18.1-4: I saw another angel, shouting at the top of
his voice:
"Babylon has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen.
Gone for ever, never to return, is your life of magnificence and
ease". Another voice spoke from heaven:
"Come out, my people, away from Babylon,
so that you do not experience her punishment"
Jesus, please help us not be contaminated by
worldly values
Listen
Luke 4.38-44: Jesus went to the home of Simon Peter.
Simon's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever. Jesus was asked to
help her. He bent over her, rebuked the fever and it left
her. She
immediately got up and served her guests. After the Sabbath finished at sunset, everyone
who had sick friends brought them to Jesus. Laying his hands on each of
them, he healed them. The next morning Jesus got up early and went
to a lonely place to pray. People found him and asked him not to
leave the area. But he replied "I must proclaim the Good News of the
kingdom of God to other towns too, because that is what I was sent to
do"
Jesus, heal my friend ... (name)... who
is sick
Listen
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Covid
baptism:
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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 17th 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 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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed June 9
Early yesterday afternoon I took part in an interview project at Good Hope Primary School in Ngau Chi Wan (above Choi Hung, Kowloon). Then a visit to the school's kindergarten section ... then a meeting with about 20 ancillary staff who, for Mother's Day, made beautiful memos, the very sizeable proceeds of which was yesterday kindly given to me to help the work of MercyHK in caring for homeless people. God bless Good Hope!
From Good Hope I went to Mong Kok
and Tai Kok Tsui to restructure payment details and pay electricity and water
bills for MercyHK's men centre on Cheung Chau Island. (And see 
below!)
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Chris McDonnell
The Monastic Mystery
The era of the great abbeys of Europe may be over but the monastic life remains
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Readings are from
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Genesis 26-27: God blessed and
protected Isaac all his life.
When Isaac grew old and was nearly blind,
he followed the usual custom of giving his final blessing to his sons.
He wanted to bless Esau first,
since Esau was his older son.
But Rebecca and Jacob tricked Isaac.
Jacob dressed in Esau's clothes
and put hairy animal skins on his
arms.
Before Esau came home, Jacob asked for Isaac's blessing.
Isaac said "Your voice is that of Jacob,
but your arms and scent are those of Esau.
Are you really Esau?"
Jacob said "I am."
Isaac then gave him his solemn blessing.
When Esau found out what had happened,
he was very angry and planned to kill Jacob.
So Rebecca got Jacob to go to Haran until Esau's anger cooled down.
Dear God, please bless
everyone in my family
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
79-80: O God, the nations have invaded your sacred
land,
they have profaned your holy temple.
They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins. We have become the taunt of our
neighbours,
the mockery and scorn of those who surround us. How long, O Lord, will all this last?
How long will this sorrow keep going? Do not hold the guilt of our ancestors against
us.
If their guilt is somehow influencing our situation now
please give peace and healing to everyone and everything
in our history. Let the groans of the prisoners come before
you.
Let your strong arm reprieve those condemned to die. O Lord, our God, help us and save us.
Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved.
Lord, please heal any problems
in my family tree
Listen
Revelation
15.1-4: Then I saw something great and wonderful:
those who had fought against the beast and won, were singing the Song of
the Lamb: "Great and wonderful are all your works,
Lord God almighty.
Just and true are all your ways,
King of nations.
All nations will come and adore you"
Jesus, may all the nations of the earth adore
you
Listen
Luke
4.31-37: Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee.
On the Sabbath day he taught in the local prayer hall. In the hall there was a man possessed by a
devil which shouted "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of
God". Jesus said sharply "Be quiet! Come out of
him".
And the devil left the man without hurting him. People in the hall said "He gives orders
to unclean spirits and they obey him". Jesus' reputation continued to
spread through the district
Jesus, please protect my family from evil
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: New book - using writings of Pope Francis: Rebuking the Devil
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Even though I have been in HK for 36 years, late yesterday
afternoon in an area of Mong Kok I got lost .... I even thought my Google Map
was faulty! .... until a kind mother and daughter who used to attend the Pizza
Party just happened (how to you spell "Providence") to see me, say
hello, and help me work out the way to go.
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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 16th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Qinghai
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 16th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Afghanistan
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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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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