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Tues June 29 Feast of St Peter & St Paul
Hello from Sheung Shuui near the border with China. As I type these words I can see the Skyscrapers of Shenhzen a few km away in the distance. I am here for monthly O.M.I. overnight retreat. Not far from Lo Wu women's prison which I hope to visit this afternoon
Everyone at Sydney party got the virus, except for 6
vaccinated people! (... NSW minister a health
hazard?!)
Short
but powerful video: How 2 Russian women
were recruited by Nigerian Drug Lord in Thailand to take drugs to Hong Kong
Myanmar
students receive letter demanding they pledge loyalty to government
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Readings are from
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c.f. readings for Feast of Peter & Paul
Acts
12.1-17: About this time,
King Herod began persecuting the church. He beheaded the apostle James, brother
of John. He arrested Peter during Passover time. He put Peter in prison and
planned to have him put on trial and killed after Passover. Each day Peter was
in prison, the believers stormed heaven praying for him. On the night before he
was to be put on trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with
chains, with more soldiers at the prison entrance. Suddenly Peter's cell was
filled with light, and an
angel told him to get up. The
chains fell from his hands. The angel led Peter out of the prison,
without the guards knowing what was happening. Peter then left for another
place. Herod was unable to find him.
Jesus, please help Christians who are in prison for their faith
My recording of this reading
Psalm
34: I will bless the Lord at
all times, his praise always on my lips. In the Lord my soul shall make its
boast, the humble shall hear and be glad. Glorify the Lord with me, together let
us praise his name. I sought the Lord and he answered me. From all my terrors he
set me free. The
angel of the Lord is
encamped around those who revere the Lord, to rescue them. Taste and see that
the Lord is good. They are happy who seek refuge in him. The Lord is close to
the broken-hearted. Those whose spirits are crushed he will save.
Lord, by our Bible reading and prayer, may we taste and see your goodness
each day
Recording
2 Timothy 4.6-8: As for me,
my life of service to the Lord is nearly over. I have fought the good fight to
the end. I have run the
race to the finish. I have kept the faith. The Lord will soon give me the
best of all prizes: eternal life in heaven. He will give it not only to me,
but to everyone who has loved him sincerely in this life.
Jesus, help me keep running to the finish line
Recording
Matthew
16.13-20: One day Jesus asked
his disciples "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" The disciples
replied "Some people say you are one of the famous prophets". Jesus
then asked them "And what about you. Who do you say
I am?" Peter answered "You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God". Jesus
then said to Peter "Blessed are you, for my Father in heaven has revealed
this to you. So I now say to you: you are Peter ('the rock') and on this
rock I will build my church. I will give you the keys of the kingdom."
Jesus, Son of God, please help the church to continue your work on
earth
Recording
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Jesus recruits imperfect people ... and his recruits sometimes go to prison
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When
Mr Bean is an agent with an IQ of 200
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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 29th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Chongqing
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 29th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Mauritania
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 28
Yesterday morning I attended the annual feast day Mass of St Paul's Parish in Yau Ma Tei. In the afternoon I had a sharing session with two groups of Year 11 students ... before they visited two rooms at the Alhambra Building in YMT whose guests used to sleep "on the street".
In the early evening a very happy meal with two women acquitted last week by the High Court from charges of drug trafficking .... after 2 and a half years in detention. 18 people at the meal ... including kind prison visitors who used to visit the two women. The two women are due to leave HK tomorrow, one on a flight to Indonesia, the other on a flight to Malaysia.
Helping MercyHK rent rooms for
homeless people - Carousell:
Shop 1
Shop
2 (updated lists)
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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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
38: Jacob's son Judah had
three sons - Er, Onan and Shelah.
Er married Tamar,
but not long after the wedding, Er died.
So, according to custom, Judah asked Onan to marry Tamar and have a child for his brother.
But Onan spilt his seed each time he slept with Tamar,
so Tamar did not conceive.
Judah then said to Tamar "Wait till Shelah grows up,
and you can marry him."
But when Shelah was older,
he still hadn't been given to Tamar.
So Tamar tricked her father-in-law Judah.
She dressed as a prostitute
and conceived a baby by Judah.
Judah did not know that the woman was Tamar;
her face was covered.
Three months later Judah was told that his daughter-in-law
was pregnant after acting as a prostitute.
Judah followed the harsh local custom and said
"Take her outside and burn her."
But Tamar produced Judah's seal, stick and cord
which he had given to her as a pledge when he had sex with her.
So Judah admitted his guilt and freed Tamar
who gave birth to twin boys.
Dear God, please
help married people to be happy
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
90: O Lord you have been our refuge from
one generation to the next. Before the
earth or the world existed, you are God, without beginning or end. For you, a
thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone so quickly. We
humans have a short life, our life is over like a sigh. Our span is 70 years, or
80 for those who are strong. Make us
know the shortness of our life, that we may gain wisdom of heart. In the
morning, fill us with your love. Give success to the work of our hands.
Lord,
help us realize the shortness of our life, that we may live our lives more wisely
Listen
Acts
1.1-5: Dear Friend of God, in my first book (the
Gospel of Luke) I wrote
about everything Jesus did until the day he was taken up to heaven. For 40 days after his death, he appeared to
his apostles many times, and taught them about the kingdom of God.
He told them to stay in Jerusalem and wait for what the Father had
promised: "You will soon be baptized with the Holy Spirit"
Jesus, please baptize me with the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit, increase your influence in my life
Listen
Luke 6.20-26: Jesus said to his disciples
"Blessed are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of
God.
Blessed are you who are hungry: you shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now: you shall be happy. Blessed are you when people hate you because
of me:
your reward will be great in heaven. But alas for you who are rich: your consolation is
only in this world.
Alas for you who have plenty to eat: you shall go hungry.
Alas for you who laugh now: you shall mourn and weep"
Jesus, please help me to give more time and
importance to the things that really matter
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Two of Luke's special themes - the Holy Spirit and the poor - feature in Acts and Luke, above
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At
last night's farewell meal for two women soon to leave HK (see story at top)
there was a third woman, from Africa (a prison visitor) who also is due to take
a flight from HK tomorrow for a holiday in her own country. Three women at the
meal due to take three different flights from HK tomorrow!
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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 28th of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Beijing
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 28th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Lesotho
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 27
A common topic everywhere in HK these days: HK
is sinking ... what can we do?
One thing we can do is spend more time in prayer, asking for help from Heaven
... especially asking for wisdom to make correct decisions ... and asking
courage and strength to keep going
Bible Study: John 5
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 13
Psalms
29-30: The Lord gives us
strength, the Lord blesses us with peace. Thank
you, Lord, for so often helping and healing me. I cried to you when
sickness surrounded me, and you healed me. You changed my mourning into dancing.
So I will thank you always.
Thank you, Lord, for all the times you have healed
me
Listen
2
Corinthians 8-9: Remember
how generous the Lord Jesus was. He was rich, but he became poor for our sake,
to make us rich. So we also should help
people who are poor. If we have extra, we should help people who don't
have enough. Maybe some day, the same poor people will be rich, and we will be
poor, and they will help us. And don't forget, God loves a cheerful giver
Jesus, help me do more to help poor people
Listen
Mark
5.21-43: A prayer hall
official, Jairus, fell at Jesus' feet and pleaded "My little daughter is
dying. Please come and lay your hands on her and save her life". While
Jesus was on the way to Jairus' home, people arrived and told Jairus "Your
daughter is dead. No need to trouble the Master any further". Jesus heard
this and said to Jairus "Do not be afraid. Just have faith". Jesus
allowed only Peter, James and John to go with him. At Jairus' home, everyone was
weeping and wailing. Jesus said to them "Why all this crying? The child is
not dead, but asleep". Everyone laughed at him. So he got them all to
leave. Then taking the girl's parents and his 3 companions, he went to the place
where the child was lying. Taking the girl by the hand he said to her "Little
girl, I tell you to get up". The little girl got up at once.
She was 12 years old.
Jesus, please give us more faith to pray for the sick .... even for children
who have died!
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: God is anti-death (first reading & Gospel) .... and anti-sickness (psalm)
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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Wet
weather these days in HK ....wet-weather joke:
umbrella manufacturer looking forward to Heaven where God lives and reigns
for ever and ever.
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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 27th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Tibet
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 27th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Uganda
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 26
On June 22 two women - one from Indonesia, one from Malaysia -
were acquitted by two separate judges at the High Court. Yesterday afternoon the
two women came to the Dr Jesus Centre to make anonymous videos that will be part
of my anti-drug campaign warning people about the danger of drug trafficking.
And what a happy re-union it was for the women - they had both been in Tai Lam
women's prison for more than two years and knew each other well. Videos will be
put on this menu in the near future. God bless the two
women ... and the kind movie-maker!
Last night after I farewelled the above visitors, a young woman from Northern China who works on Temple Street (... let the reader understand ...) asked me to pray for her ex-husband who is very ill in hospital in Northern China. Jesus, please heal that man!
Coffee
with God! - daily readings
and reflections
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
37: Jacob loved Joseph more
than his other sons
because Joseph was the son of his old age.
Jacob had a special coat of many colors made for Joseph.
Joseph's older brothers were jealous of Joseph and hated him.
Joseph had a dream: he became a famous person.
This made his brothers hate him all the more.
One day, when the brothers were looking after their sheep
in a distant place,
Jacob sent Joseph to see how they were.
When the brothers saw Joseph coming
some of them wanted to kill him.
Eventually they sold Joseph to some slave traders
for 20 silver pieces.
The slave traders took Joseph to Egypt and re-sold him there.
The brothers told Jacob that a wild animal had killed Joseph.
Jacob was heart broken and mourned Joseph all the time.
Dear God, please
help me not to be jealous of other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
89: I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord.
Of this I am sure, that your love lasts for
ever.
The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord.
The heavens are yours, the world is yours. Blessed the people who find joy in you,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
Thank you, Lord, for our
beautiful world
Listen
Revelation
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!
Come Lord Jesus! Come into my heart! Come into
our world!
Listen
Luke
6.12-16: Jesus went to the hills to pray. He spent a
whole night praying.
In the morning he called all his disciples together. He chose 12 of them
and called them "apostles": Peter and his brother Andrew, James, John,
Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon, Judas
son of James - and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor. Jesus and the 12 came down from the hill to a
place of level ground.
Gathered there were his many disciples and a large crowd of people from
all over the country who had come to hear him and to be healed of
diseases. People in the crowd tried to touch Jesus
because power came out of him that cured everyone
Jesus, please bless modern day apostles who
pray for the sick to be healed
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings:
Jesus prayed before making
a big decision. Do I?
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To go with today's Gospel: Resumes
of Apostles!
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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 26th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Xinjiang
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 26th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Togo
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 25
Yesterday afternoon I was again at the High Court ... this time
for a drug trafficking case involving two women from Africa. After which I went
home for a zoom meeting with other members of the NGO Voice
for Prisoners. Must admit I was distracted during the zoom meeting by a
certain football game from Brisbane! See 
below!
Update
from Camay who continues her brave battle against stage four lung cancer
Closure of Apple Daily:
A
black day for HK media ? or
A
matter of national security ?
June -
Month of the Sacred Heart
Jesus'
promises in 1675
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
Genesis 35-36: God said to Jacob
"Go to Bethel and live there."
So Jacob moved to the area of Bethel.
Not long after this,
Rachel conceived another baby.
But Rachel died in childbirth.
Jacob named the baby boy Benjamin.
In all, Jacob had 12 sons:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun
- their mother being Leah;
Joseph and Benjamin
- their mother being Rachel;
Dan and Naphtali
- their mother being Bilhah;
Gad and Asher
- their mother being Zilpah.
Jacob and his family
stayed in the land of Canaan,
the land of his father Isaac.
Esau and his family moved to the land of Edom.
Dear God, please
bless and protect my brothers and sisters
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
88: Lord my God, day and night I call to you for
help.
Please turn your ear to my cry. For my soul is filled with evils.
My life is on the brink of the grave. I am reckoned as one in the tomb.
I have reached the end of my strength. Will your love be told in the grave?
Will your wonders be known in the dark? Fear surrounds me like a flood. All my friends have deserted me.
My only companion is darkness.
Lord, please help people who
are in despair
Listen
Revelation
22.1-5:
Then an angel showed me the River of
Life,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
flowing crystal-clear through the middle of the city. Here God's servants will worship him.
They will see him face to face,
and his name will be written on their foreheads. It will never be night again.
They will not need lamplight or sunlight,
because the Lord God will be shining on them
Jesus, may your name be written on my forehead
Listen
Luke
6.6-11: On another Sabbath Jesus visited a prayer hall.
A man with a withered hand was in the prayer hall. Some religious leaders were watching to see if
Jesus would heal the man (since no work was allowed on the Sabbath, and
they regarded healing as work). Jesus knew what they were thinking, so
he said to the man with the withered hand "Stand up! Come out into
the middle of the hall".
He came out and stood there. Jesus then asked the leaders
"Is it against the law on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil; to
save life or to destroy it?" Then he said to the man with the withered hand
"Stretch out your hand". He stretched it out. It was
healed. The leaders were very angry. They
left the prayer hall
and began plotting how to get rid of Jesus
Jesus, please stop bad religious leaders from
misleading people
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: What a great barrister Jesus would have made ... .unbeatable arguments!
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Last
night the Brisbane Lions beat Geelong!
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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 25th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Ningxia
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 25th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Comoros
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 24Birthday of John the Baptist
After Mass at St Paul's Yau Ma Tei yesterday morning, I spent a few hours at the desk before going to HK Island for a meeting with lawyers about a case coming soon to the High Court. Then back to St Paul's in the evening for monthly meeting of St Vincent de Paul Society which is really active in the local area helping poor people.
This is why HK people are extremely nervous about becoming just another city of
China: China's
secret jails
Everything's a miracle!
Surfing videos! (surf is caused by wind
.... and some waves travel
from Tasmania to California!)
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Readings are from Simple
Bible
c.f. Readings for Birthday of John the Baptist
Isaiah
46-49: The Lord called me before I
was born. From
my mother's womb he knew my name. While I was thinking that I had toiled
in vain, all the while my cause was with the Lord. The Lord who formed me in the
womb and assigned me to rescue his people, that same Lord said to me: 'I
will make you the light of the nations, so that my salvation will reach to the
ends of the earth'. The Lord also says to his people: "Does a woman forget
her baby, or a mother the child within her womb? Yet even if these forget, I
will never forget you".
Lord, please help me understand how you loved me even before I was born.
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
139: O Lord, you search me and
you know me. You know my resting and my rising. You know exactly what's going on
in my life, all my ways are an open book to you. Before ever a word is on my
tongue, you know, O Lord, what I'm going to say. Your knowledge is beyond my
understanding, too high, beyond my reach. It
was you who created my being, knit me together in my mother's womb. I
thank you for the wonder of my life, for the wonders of all your creation.
Lord, thank you for the gift of life. Please help me follow the path to
eternal life
Listen
Luke
1.67-80: When John was named, his father
Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and said "Blessed be the Lord,
the God of Israel. He has visited his people. And you, little child, you shall
be called a prophet of the Most High. You
will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him". When John grew
older, he lived in the wilderness until the time came for him to begin his
ministry.
Jesus, please help me prepare your way by helping people to know you
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Why June 24 for John the Baptist? Because Jesus was conceived in the 6th month of Elizabeth's pregnancy .... so John was born 6 months (approximately) before Jesus ... and 6 months before Dec 25 is June 24. Let's think of the baby baptist if we happen to see any babies today!
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John
the Baptist as a boy:
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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 24th 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 24th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Zambia
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 23
A record? Yesterday at the High Court, four (!) people accused of
drug trafficking - all arrested at HK airport - were acquitted by judge/jury:
Two Indonesian women, a Malaysian woman, and an elderly US man. Maybe the
Department of Justice should hold an inquiry as how such "weak cases"
(... no direct evidence ...) were allowed to proceed and waste so much time and
money ... not to mention causing innocent people to be incarcerated for up to
two years while waiting for trial.
Yesterday I was at Tai Lam women's prison for about 5 hours ...
meeting a few more people in the above category!
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Genesis 33-34: When Esau and Jacob
met, Esau was friendly and kind to Jacob.
Esau accepted all the gifts of animals that Jacob gave him.
But Jacob continued to be wary of Esau.
Jacob moved to Shechem.
One of the men of Shechem raped
and then wanted to marry Jacob's daughter, Dinah.
Jacob and his sons craftily said they would agree to the marriage
if all of the men of Shechem were circumcised.
The men agreed. But on the third day
while the Shechem men were still in a lot of pain
Jacob's sons Simeon and Levi took matters into their own hands.
They killed all the Shechem men, because their sister Dinah had been
raped. Jacob did not approve of the
killings.
Dear God, please
help women who have been raped
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
87: On the holy mountain is Jerusalem,
the Lord's cherished city. Of you are told glorious things, O city of
God. All nations are called to serve and love the
Lord.
And Jerusalem shall be called their spiritual mother,
for all shall be her children. In Jerusalem everyone will be welcome and find
a home.
Lord, may Jerusalem be a place
of peace and prayer for all peoples
Listen
Revelation
21.10-23: I saw the Holy City,
the New Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven. It had God's glory, and glittered like
a precious diamond. There was no temple in the city, since the
Lord God and the Lamb were themselves the temple. The city did not need sun or moon for
light, since it was lit by the radiant glory of God and of the Lamb
Jesus, Light of the world, Light of Heaven, we
adore you, Lord!
Listen
Luke
6.1-5: One Sabbath day Jesus and his disciples were walking through a
cornfield. The disciples were hungry. They picked some ears of corn
and ate them. Picking corn on the Sabbath was regarded as unlawful by the
Pharisees.
So the Pharisees said to Jesus "Your disciples are
breaking the Sabbath law". Jesus replied "Don't you remember what King David and his
followers once did when they were hungry? They ate the Temple bread which
only the priests were allowed to eat. I am Master of the Sabbath"
Jesus, please help me understand that love is more important than law
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Psalm - Jerusalem in the Holy Land; Revelation - the Heavenly Jerusalem!
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While at Tai Lam women's prison I heard that the two
Indonesian women had been acquitted. When I left the prison I learned that the
Malaysian woman had also been acquitted. A couple of hours later I was told
about the US man. The good news just kept coming! Thank you Jesus!
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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 23rd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangxi
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 Djibouti
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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