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Tues July 20
MercyHK's second hand shop at 191 Temple Street, Jordan needs
more volunteers, especially men!, to look after the counter/sales. Once a week
job ... either from 11am to 3.30pm or 3.30pm to 8pm. More information from
MercyHK Director Eddie Chan: 9849 8546.
Yesterday I said farewell to "A-Bo" who, sadly, is leaving HK this week for the UK ....like many others. It was A-Bo's March 2020 report about Covid-19 stopping homeless people from sleeping at McDonald's which led to MercyHK renting rooms at the Alhambra Building in Yau Ma Tei and setting up stalls, then a shop, in Temple Street....which in turn led to the setting up of the Dr Jesus Centre in Temple Street. Thank you and God bless you A-Bo!
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 8: After seven days, God told Moses and
Aaron
to go to Pharaoh again,
this time causing a plague of frogs to cover the land
when Pharaoh again refused to let the Israelites go.
Then God got Aaron to strike the ground
and the dust turned into mosquitoes
which attacked people and animals throughout
Dear
God, please help all world leaders to listen to your voice
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
107: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His great love is without end. Let them say this, those the Lord has helped,
people from east and west, north and south. Some people wandered in the
desert, lost and unable to find their way to safety. In their hunger and thirst they cried to the
Lord for help.
He rescued them and showed them the way to safety. Let them thank the Lord for his love,
for he fills the hungry with good things. Some people were prisoners in misery and
chains,
living in darkness and gloom. In their distress they cried to the Lord for
help.
He rescued them and restored their freedom. Let them thank the Lord for his goodness,
for he shatters the iron bars of prisons. Some people were sick on account of their
sins,
unable to eat, and close to death. They cried to the Lord in their need.
He healed them and saved them from the grave. Let them thank the Lord for his love,
for the wonders he does for us. Some people sailed to the sea in ships
and were caught in terrifying storms. They cried to the Lord in their need
and he calmed the sea and wind. Let them thank the Lord for his love,
for the wonders he does for us. Whoever is wise should meditate on these
things
and reflect on the love of the Lord.
Thank
you Lord, for your rescuing love
01
02 03
04
Acts
5.21-33:
When the leaders had their big meeting later
that same morning, they sent for the apostles to be brought from prison. The police went to the prison, then came back
and reported to the leaders "We found that the prison was properly
locked, and the guards were on duty. But when we unlocked the door, there
was no one inside". Then a man arrived at the meeting with the
news "At this very moment, the men you imprisoned are now in the
Temple preaching to the people". The police again arrested the apostles and
brought them to the meeting.
When the main religious leader reminded them of his previous warning not
to preach, Peter and the apostles replied "Obedience to God comes
before obedience to men. God raised Jesus up to be the Savior. We are
witnesses to this, we and the Holy Spirit whom God gives to those who obey
him". This made the leaders so angry that they
wanted to kill the apostles
Jesus, please help me put obedience to you
before all other obediences
01
02
Luke
9.28-36:
One day Jesus took his disciples Peter, James
and John
up a high mountain to pray.
On the mountain, while Jesus was praying, his whole appearance changed.
His clothes became brilliant as lightning. The prophets Moses and Elijah appeared
and spoke with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus "Lord, how good it is for
us to be here!" Then a bright cloud covered them with its
shadow.
From the cloud came a voice:
"This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him".
When the voice had finished speaking, the disciples saw only Jesus in his
normal appearance
Jesus, Beloved Son of God,
how good it is to spend time with you in prayer
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: The 4 types of trouble in Psalm 107 cover most types of problems from which we need rescuing
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My home city of Brisbane due to host 2032 Olympics. I wonder if I
will still be around then?! Maybe I'll be watching on a TV in Heaven!
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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 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon July 19
After Mass yesterday morning at St Paul's, Yau Ma Tei, I spent several hours working on jobs for coming High Court cases .... then at Dr Jesus Centre attended meeting of MercyHK's second hand shop staff, followed, at same location, of gathering for prison visitors, bail friends and other friends of MercyHK and Voice for Prisoners
As
UK today most unwisely relaxes Covid restrictions (according
to 1,200 scientists) see my
article of May 12, 2020!
Update
from Camay as she continues to recover from stage four lung cancer
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.
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
7:
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh again
and showed him Aaron's staff changing into a snake.
When Pharaoh's magicians were able to do the same thing
Aaron's staff swallowed up the magicians' staffs.
But Pharaoh's heart stayed stubborn
and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron.
So God told Moses and Aaron to go to the river the next morning.
When they saw Pharaoh there
Aaron struck the river with his staff
and the river and all water throughout Egypt
turned into blood.
But Pharaoh still would not let the Israelites go.
Dear
God, please soften stubborn hearts that make life difficult for other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
106: O give thanks to the Lord for he is
good.
His great love is without end. They are happy who do what is right,
who at all times remember what is just. When our ancestors came out of Egypt,
they forgot the greatness of God's love. Each time they strayed, God forgave them.
But still they continued to forget God who was their saviour,
God who had done such great things for them in Egypt.
O Lord, our God, please don't
let us forget your love
Listen
Acts
5.17-21: The religious leaders were jealous of the
apostles.
The leaders had the apostles arrested and put in prison. But that night an angel of the Lord opened the
prison gates
and led them out of the prison, saying to them:
"Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new
Life". The apostles went to the Temple at dawn and
continued preaching
Jesus, please help more and more people know
about the new Life
Listen
Luke
9.22-25: Jesus now began explaining to his disciples
how he would suffer, die and rise from the dead. He also said "If you want to be my disciple, you must deny yourself,
take up your own cross, and follow me. Selfishness will ruin your life.
Self-sacrificing will bless your life. What use is it to have everything in this
world
yet miss out on Heaven?"
Jesus, please help me find my life by losing
it in service of others
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: What our sick world urgently needs is - as former Australia prime minister Sir Robert Menzies once said - not some economist's theory but a great mood of unselfishness
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Old
age: when you can remember the number of your parent's home many decades ago ...
but not the password you set 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
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 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, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun July 18
187: Yesterday afternoon at the Dr Jesus Centre in Temple Street I attended the usual Saturday 3pm prayer meeting for people with health issues. A most encouraging experience.
Quote of the Week: The
government should increase its guidance and management of schools, universities,
social organisations, social media and the media - Xia Baolong
This is good news, to stop disunity: Pope
restricts use of pre-Vatican II Mass (..notice the name of my website...)
Bible Study: John 8
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 16
Jeremiah
21-23: Jerusalem was under siege by
the Chaldaeans. The Lord told Jeremiah to tell the leaders of Jerusalem to
surrender. But the leaders of Jerusalem did not obey Jeremiah's words. So the
Lord got Jeremiah to say these words: "Woe to the shepherds who allow my
sheep to be scattered and killed. You
have not taken care of my sheep. Therefore I will raise up a leader who
will be wise and just. He will be a good shepherd of my people."
Lord, please help our leaders to be good shepherds
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
23: The
Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are
the pastures where he gives me repose.
Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit. He guides me
along the right path. He is true to his name. If I should walk in the valley of
darkness no evil would I fear. You are there with your crook and your staff;
with these you give me comfort. You have prepared a banquet for me in the sight
of my foes. My head you have anointed with oil. My cup is overflowing. Surely
goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord's own
house shall I dwell for ever and ever.
Thank you, Lord, for being my good shepherd
Listen
Ephesians
2.11-14: You
non-Jews were once without hope and without God. But now by the blood of Christ,
you who had nothing in common with us Jews, have been united with us into one
family. Christ is the peace between us. He
has broken down the barrier which used to keep us apart
Jesus, break down barriers of misunderstanding which divide the
peoples of the world
Listen
Mark
6.30-34: The
apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then he said
to them, "You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and
rest for a while"; for there were so many coming and going that the
apostles had no time even to eat. So they went off in a boat to a lonely place
where they could be by themselves. But people saw them going, and many could
guess where; and from every town they all hurried to the place on foot and
reached it before them. So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and
he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and
he set himself to teach them at some length.
Reflection on the above readings: The problems of our world have mostly been caused by poor/bad leadership. Our troubled world urgently needs leaders like Jesus the Good Shepherd
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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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 18th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shangdong
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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat July 17
Last night I received moving goodbye phone call from a woman in
plane about to leave HK. Woman had no phone of her own. Kind passenger let her
make call. Woman released yesterday morning after nearly 9 years in prison in HK
for bringing drugs to HK. Woman had been recruited/tricked by Nigerian man in
her own country. God bless that dear woman in her new life! (.. and the kind
passenger who let her make call!)
1,200
scientists: UK
govt making big mistake that could hurt whole world
HK
study: BioNTech
10 times more protection than Sinovac
Coffee
with God! - daily readings
and reflections
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
5-6: Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said
'God says: let my people go into the desert to worship me".'
Pharaoh not only refused to let them go;
he also made their life more difficult
by forcing them to gather their own straw for making bricks.
The people complained to Moses and Aaron
for having made their life more difficult.
So Moses prayed to God for help
and God said he would force Pharaoh to let the people go.
Dear
God, please don't let me make life difficult for other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
105: Give thanks to the Lord, make known his deeds among all the peoples.
O sing to him, sing his praise.
Tell all his wonderful works. Be proud of his holy name.
Let hearts that seek the Lord rejoice. Consider the Lord and his strength.
Constantly seek his face. Never forget how the Lord has helped us in the
past,
how he has protected Israel from its beginning till now.
Dear
God, please help me understand how you have been loving and protecting me
since the beginning of my life
Listen
Acts
5.12-16: All the believers used to meet regularly in an
area of the Temple. Their numbers kept on increasing. So many miracles kept happening
that sick
people were laid on beds on the street, in the hope that at least
Peter's shadow would cover them as he walked past. People came from the towns near Jerusalem,
bringing their sick,
and all of the sick were healed
Jesus,
let more healings take place in
our day
Listen
Luke
9.18-21: One day Jesus asked his disciples
"Who do people say I am?" The disciples replied "Some people say
you are one of the famous prophets come back to life". Jesus then asked them
"And what about you. Who do you say I am?"
Peter answered
"You are the Anointed One of God"
Jesus, please help more and more people know
you and love you
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: To
each of us Jesus asks the same question as he asked the disciples: "Who do
you say I am?"
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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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri July 16
187: The usual Thursday afternoon gathering for homeless people was held yesterday at the Dr Jesus Centre in Temple Street instead of the Gingko Restaurant in Yau Ma Tei ... because business at the restaurant is improving and the quiet time of 3-5pm is now not so quiet. We do not want to hinder the restaurant's business. So, for the time being, Thursday and Friday gatherings will both be at 187.
Yesterday's gathering was especially happy ... with a session on health being conducted by kind Salvation Army staff from the local Yau Ma Tei centre.
After the gathering I took part in an interview for the Fountain of Love and Life Group
July: month of the Precious Blood of Jesus
An
amazing story: The
singing of a London tramp, made into a moving recording: 
Jesus'
Blood Never Failed Me Yet (need
to turn volume up ...and wait for sound to begin at about 28 seconds...then
music at 4 mins). Words: Jesus'
blood never failed me yet, Never failed me yet, Jesus' blood never failed me
yet, There's one thing I know, For he loves me so (and
see comments!)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Exodus 4: Moses said to
God
"What if the people won't believe you sent me?"
God said "Throw your staff onto the ground."
When Moses threw his staff onto the ground,
it became a snake.
"Catch it by the tail" said God.
When Moses caught it by the tail,
it changed back into a staff.
Moses said to God "I'm a poor speaker."
God said "Aaron your older brother can be your mouthpiece.
Now go back to
Moses and Aaron gathered the Israelite leaders
and told them all that God had said.
The elders rejoiced that God was going to help them.
Dear
God, God of Moses and Aaron, we praise you Lord
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
104: Bless
the Lord, my soul! Lord God, how great you are. You make the clouds your
chariot. You walk on the wings of the wind. You make springs gush forth in the
valleys. They give drink to all the animals of the field. You make grass grow
for the cattle and plants to provide food for people. You give us wine to
cheer our hearts and oil to make our faces shine. You made the moon to mark the
months. The sun knows the time for its setting. How many are your works, O Lord.
In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches and the sea
is swarming with life. All things, great and small, look to you for food. You
open your hand, they have their fill. You send forth your spirit, and life is
created. You renew the face of the earth. I
will sing to the Lord all my life. May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
Bless the Lord, my soul!
01 02
Acts
4.32-37:
The apostles continued to witness to the
resurrection
of the Lord Jesus with great power. The whole group of believers was united, heart
and soul. They willingly shared everything they had with people who were
in need. Joseph was a Temple minister who had been born
in Cyprus. He sold a field he owned, and gave the proceeds to the
apostles. The apostles called him "Barnabas" ("Son of
Encouragement")
Jesus, help me to be more caring and
sharing
Listen
Luke
9.10-17: Once after Jesus had been healing and teaching
all afternoon, his disciples said to him
"It's getting late and the people need to go and eat".
Jesus answered "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 make
leaders do more to help
the starving people of the world
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings:
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To go with today's reading from Acts:
Q: What colour is encouragement?
A: cream, corn, ecru, green, orange and tan! (e.g. "encouragement"
contains the letters "c r e a m") (... and pls don't ask me about
"ecru" ... I just saw it on Wikipedia list of colors!)
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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 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu July 15
Yesterday
morning I came away from the High Court relieved that a father of four from Africa arrested for
bringing drugs to HK was given a very compassionate sentence by a kind judge.
After which I again went to nearby Chinese University office to enrol prisoners
(including the father of four!) for postal courses .... before having nice lunch
with some legal friends
Doctors
dying in Indonesia's fight against Covid-19 (some
after receiving Sinovac)
Update
from Camay who continues to make remarkable progress in her fight against
stage four lung cancer.
Everything's a miracle!
I do not think I will ever see
a poem as beautiful as a tree.
For a tree is made by a fool like me
but only God can make a tree
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Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Exodus 3: The Israelites begged God to free them
from slavery in
Tell the people "I Am has sent me to you".'
Dear
God, God of life, God of Abraham, we praise you Lord
Recording
Psalm 103: My soul, give thanks to the Lord.
All my being, bless his holy name. My soul, give thanks to the Lord
and never forget all his blessings. It is he who forgives all your guilt,
who heals every one of your ills. It is he who fills your life with good things,
renewing your youth like an eagle's life. The Lord is compassion and
love,
slow to anger and rich in mercy. As the heavens are high above the earth
so strong is his love for those who love him. As far as the East is from the West,
so far does he remove our sins. As a father has compassion on his
children,
the Lord has pity on all who love and honor him. Give thanks to the Lord, all his angels,
who heed the voice of his word. Give thanks to the Lord, everyone and
everything.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord!
Thank you, Lord, for your love
and compassion
Recording
Acts 4.32-37: The apostles continued to witness to the
resurrection
of the Lord Jesus with great power. The whole group of believers was united, heart
and soul. They willingly shared everything they had with people who were
in need. Joseph was a Temple minister who had been born
in Cyprus. He sold a field he owned, and gave the proceeds to the
apostles. The apostles called him "Barnabas" ("Son of
Encouragement")
Jesus, help me to be more caring and
sharing
Listen
Luke 9.1-6: Jesus called the 12 apostles together.
He
gave them power and authority to cast out devils and to heal sick people.
He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. So they set out and went from village to
village proclaiming the Good News and healing sick people
Jesus, help me understand how some
people have a special gift for healing sick people....and how I can
better pray to heal sick people
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: 1 Corinthians 12.9 says that the gift of healing is from the Holy Spirit
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Q: What was Abraham's nickname?
A: Urgent (he was a man, a "gentleman",
from UR!)
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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 15th 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 15th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Zimbabwe
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed July 14
Apart from a mid-morning walk to post office (to dispatch just-finished High Court mitigation letter to a prisoner and her legal team) and a late afternoon walk to Rosary Church, nearly all of yesterday was spent at the desk. By late afternoon another 18 letters were ready for posting ... not mitigation letters but mostly study receipts from the Chinese University for prisoners taking courses by post.
Yesterday morning the Alhambra Building in Yau Ma Tei (where MercyHK is renting about 30 rooms for about 40 homeless people) had a blackout .... no power for some hours. Blackouts not common in HK .... but if one affects my home's building I am in the fortunate position of having plenty of .... candles (for Mass).
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
2: One Israelite mother hid her baby boy for three months.
When she could no longer hide him
she put him in a basket
and placed the basket among reeds near a river bank.
The basket was found by Pharaoh's daughter
when she went to bathe in the river.
She felt sorry for the baby and decided to keep it.
The baby's sister saw all this happen
and asked Pharaoh's daughter if she'd like a nurse for the baby.
Pharaoh's daughter agreed,
and so the baby's mother was paid by Pharaoh's daughter
to be the baby's nurse.
When the child was weaned, he was taken to Pharaoh's daughter
who treated him like her own son.
She named the baby Moses.
When Moses became a man,
he visited the Israelites and saw their hard life.
He saw an Egyptian hit one of the Israelites
so he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
But people found out; and so did Pharaoh who decided to kill Moses.
Moses then fled to the land
of
Dear
God, please protect all new-born babies,
especially baby girls.
01
02
Psalm
102: O Lord, listen to my
prayer in my distress.
Do not hide your face from me. For my days are
vanishing like smoke,
my bones burn away like a fire. I forget to eat my
bread.
My skin clings to my bones. All day long my foes
revile me.
Those who hate me use my name as a curse. But you, O Lord, will
endure for ever.
You will arise and have mercy on Sion. You will hear the
groans of the prisoners
and free those condemned to die. I pray to you: "Do
not take me away before my time has come,
you whose days last from age to age.
Lord, please help people who
are in great distress
Listen
Acts
4.23-31: When Peter and John were released, they went
to a gathering of apostles and friends and told them everything that had
happened. The group then prayed "Master, it is you
who made heaven and earth and sea. Please protect us from leaders who
threaten us. Help us to proclaim your message with great
boldness. Bless
us to heal and work miracles through the name of your holy servant
Jesus". As they prayed, the building rocked. They were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God
boldly
Jesus, by the grace of your Holy Spirit,
please help me to proclaim your message boldly
Listen
Luke
8.40-56: A prayer hall official came to Jesus and
urgently asked him to go to his house, where his 12 year old daughter was
dying.
As Jesus and his friends were following the official to his home,
a woman who had a hemorrhage for 12 years came up behind Jesus and touched
his clothing. Her bleeding stopped at that moment.
Jesus knew what had happened and said to her
"My daughter, your faith has healed
you. Go in peace".
Before Jesus arrived at the official's house, a messenger arrived
and said to the official "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the
Master any more". Jesus heard these words and said to the
official "Do not be afraid. Have faith, and she will be ok". At the house Jesus allowed only Peter, James,
John and the girl's parents to go with him inside.
To the mourners Jesus said "Stop crying.
She is not dead, but asleep". They laughed at him, since they
knew she was dead.
Jesus took the little girl by the hand and called to her "Child, get
up". Her spirit returned and she got up at once
Jesus, please increase my faith in your power to
heal sick people and raise the dead
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: May the Holy Spirit give us more boldness (Acts) to pray for the sick ... and even for children who have died
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In this very, very hot weather there's one item at the top
of the list for me: watermelon!
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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 14th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Jilin
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 14th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ethiopia
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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