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Tues Aug 3
Yesterday when I walked to East Tsim Sha Tsui to enrol some prisoners for courses at the HKMA I was sad to see so many shops have shut down for lack of business at this time of Covid. In fact even locally in Jordan near my home, more and more businesses are closing down. Makes me continue to give thanks for the blessings of MercyHK's little second hand shop in Temple Street which continues to do well despite the present economic situation. In fact of course, second hand shops are useful in hard times when people can't afford to buy new items. May the government be moved to do more for people who have lost their businesses/jobs.
MercyHK updated financial report for July
2021 is here
Letter from South African grandmother
...sad at being in prison in HK for bringing drugs to HK
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
20: The Ten Commandments given by God to
Moses:
1: I am the Lord your God. Do not worship anyone or anything else.
2: Use my name with respect. Do not insult my name.
3: Make the Sabbath Day a holy day each week.
4: Honor your father and your mother.
5: Do not kill.
6: Do not commit adultery.
7: Do not steal.
8: Do not tell lies.
9: Do not lust after someone else's wife.
10: Do not desire what belongs to someone else.
Dear
God, please help us to put these commandments into practice
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
120-121: I call to the Lord in the hour of my
distress:
"Lord save me from people who speak with lying lips". Long enough have I been dwelling with those
who hate peace.
I am for peace, but they are for fighting. I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
From where shall come my help? My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth. The Lord is our guard and our shade.
Day and night we shall not be afraid. The Lord will guard our going and coming
both now and forever. Lord, please protect us from
danger, day and night
Listen
Acts
9.32-35:
Peter visited churches in many areas. When he
went to Lydda,
he saw a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bed-ridden for 8 years.
Peter said to him "Aeneas, Jesus Christ
cures you.
Get up and fold up your sleeping mat". Aeneas got up immediately. The people of that
area who saw him, were converted to the Lord
Jesus, let there be more miracles of healing,
so that more people will believe in you
Listen
Luke
12.15-21:
Jesus told the people this story: There was a
rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself
"What am I to do? I don't have enough room to store my
crops". Then he said to himself "This is what I will do: I will pull down my
barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain in them, and I will
say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many
years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, and have a good time". But God said to him "Fool! This very
night your earthly life will come to an end. And all your possessions, who
will get them?"
So it is when people store up treasure for themselves, instead of making themselves rich in the sight of God
Jesus, please help me to be satisfied with
what I have, and not to be greedy
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Most of the 10 Commandments are in the laws of most countries ... they make sense ..... breaking them causes problems for ourselves and our society
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There's now an 11th Commandment to go with the original
Ten:
"Thou shalt not Covid thy neighbour's wife" ("covid" instead
of "covet")
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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 3rd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Gansu
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 3rd of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Burundi
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Aug
Last night I received a call from a 50+ year old Thailand widowed
mother in great distress in Bangkok. Having spent more than 8 years in prison in HK
after being recruited by a Nigerian in Bangkok to bring drugs to HK, she
returned to Thailand a few weeks ago. She had been told by the Thai Consulate in
HK how much she would need for quarantine in Bangkok ... and I gave her that
amount and a bit extra (... she had no money of her own when she left HK). But
when she got to Bangkok the authorities increased the amount ... forcing her to
beg a friend to go surety for her to let her borrow money from the government
(... to be paid back in two months). She also could not travel to her home town
as that would require another expensive quarantine period in her home town, so
for the past two days she has been staying at the friend's home, but friend's
mother is demanding she leave immediately. Today she will try to get new ID in
Bangkok, then send me her details, and I will try to send something to her to
help her pay her govt debt and temporarily rent a room until she can return to
her home town ... where her 17 year old daughter and 18 year old autistic son await her.
The above call was followed about 10 minutes later by another one, from a lady
in Bangladesh. She used to be a domestic helper in HK but when she contracted
blood cancer two years ago she returned to Bangladesh ...where her family have
not been interested in helping her. I have helped her HK employer (a most kind
lady) to send money to Bangladesh to pay for some type of chemotherapy. But that
treatment has finished and the doctors have told her "to prepare". She
has been in great agony. I have helped the HK employer to send more money to pay
for medicine (morphine?) to ease her pain .... but in the call last night she
said the medicine helps for only a few hours, then there is extreme pain for
another long period until she is allowed a further dose of medicine. She is
praying to Dr Jesus for help. I invite dear readers to pray for her
please.
Above donations - to Thailand and Bangladesh - were not from MercyHK (whose money may be used only inside HK) but from my "Prison and Other" fund - as explained here (scroll down to "prison work..")
How small are our problems when compared with
those of the two women above!
Helping MercyHK rent rooms for
homeless people - Carousell:
Shop 1
Shop
2 (updated lists)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
19: The
Israelites kept traveling
and came to Mount Sinai (
and gave him "The Ten Commandments".
Dear
God, please make us willing to hear your voice
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 119:
They are happy who follow God's word,
those who seek God with all their hearts. How can young people avoid evil?
By seeking you and obeying you, Lord. Open my eyes, Lord, that I may understand the beauty of your word.
Lord, when I'm worried or in trouble,
your word revives me and gives me strength. Lord, keep my eyes from what is false.
Bend my heart to your word and not to love of gain. The word from your mouth means more to me
than silver and gold. The unfolding of your word gives light
and teaches simple people.
Lord, thank you for your word
which gives peace to our hearts
Listen
Acts
9.20-31: After a few days,
Paul began preaching in the
prayer halls that Jesus is the Son of God. People were amazed at Paul's
conversion. As time
passed, the Jews planned to kill
Paul. Paul heard of this and decided to leave the city. The Jews kept watch at
the city gates to stop him leaving. Then one night he was able to escape: some
disciples lowered him in a basket from the city wall. He went to Jerusalem and began preaching
boldly in the name of the Lord.
Soon another plot was made to kill him. Therefore the disciples sent him
to Tarsus. After this the churches throughout Judea,
Galilee and Samaria were left in peace. They steadily grew, strengthened
by the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, please strengthen me, as you
strengthened Paul and the first believers
Listen
Luke
11.37-54: Jesus said to the religious leaders "You
worry so much about cleaning dirty dishes, but don't care about
having a dirty heart full of extortion and wickedness. At meetings and in the market, you like being
treated as people of importance. But in fact you are like unmarked tombs
that people walk on without knowing it. You expect ordinary people to observe
unreasonable laws, while you excuse yourselves from such laws. You don't care about obtaining real wisdom,
and you prevent others from obtaining wisdom". The leaders were stung by Jesus'
words, and they intensified their efforts to trap him in his speech
Jesus, help religious leaders be
sincere people
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: For exposing the hypocrisy of the leaders, Jesus was regarded as a threat to national security
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Yesterday at the Olympics, Australia added 5 more gold
medals!
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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 2nd of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Niger
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 2nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Niger
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Aug 1
HK
net-zero carbon emissions by 2050??? ***
New movie: The
Ants and the Grasshopper, about a woman farmer from Malawi who visits
farmers in the US
Today is birthday (1782) of O.M.I. founder St Eugene de Mazenod, and death anniversary (1834) of first Protestant missionary to China Robert Morrison ("the Protestant Matteo Ricci") ...bottom of Wikipedia article mentions several places in HK named after Morrison ... and bottom of this file has my photo at his grave in Macau
Bible Study: John 10
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 18
Exodus 16: As
the Israelites travelled through the desert they began to complain about not
having enough food. So God rained down
bread, manna, from heaven in the form of a coating of dew which
appeared on the ground each morning, as well as flocks of quails which came
every evening. For forty years the Israelites ate manna and quails, bread and
birds.
Dear God, thank you for the food we have each day
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
78: Listen, everyone, to my
teaching. I will recount the lessons of our history. The things our parents have
told us, we will not hide from our children, but will pass
them on to the next generation. We want
the next generation to know all that the Lord has done for us in the past.
May the next generation in turn pass on this knowledge to their own children, so
that they too will put their hope in God and never forget all that God has done
for us. May future generations not be like our ancestors who so often were
unfaithful to God. Even though our ancestors had seen God part the sea, even
though they had seen him provide food and water for them in the desert,
still they went on sinning. Yet he who is full of compassion forgave and spared
them.
He remembered they were only weak humans. Eventually he brought them to the
promised land and gave a home to each of Israel's tribes. But still they sinned
by building mountain shrines and serving idols. Then God raised up David to be
their leader.
God called him from looking after sheep to be the shepherd of his people.
Lord, help us not to forget all you have done for us
Listen
Ephesians
4.22-32: You must give up
your old way of life. You must put aside your old self and its delusions. Your
mind must be renewed by a spiritual revolution, so that you can follow a
way of life based on goodness and truth. From now on, no more lies.
Delete anger from your mind at the end of each day. Anyone who was a thief must
stop stealing. Try to find a decent job. Guard against foul talk. Let your
conversation encourage people, not drag them down. Avoid grudges. Don't lose
your temper. Don't raise your voice to anyone. Don't call people names. Be
friends with one another, and kind, forgiving one another as readily as God
forgives us in Christ
Jesus, help me put these words into practice
Listen
John
6.26-29: Jesus said to the people
"You have come looking for me because you had so much bread to eat. Do not
give so much concern to physical food. Be
more concerned about the spiritual food that lasts forever. This is the
food I am offering you"
Jesus, please give us the food that lasts forever
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Our bodies need food each day .... several times each day. So do our hearts and minds need spiritual food each day .... several times each day. For me these readings are a main part of my daily spiritual food .... morning ..... during the day ....evening. I hope many readers will also use these readings each day .... check them on the way to work/school ....check them again around lunchtime .....and again last thing at night.
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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HK Chief Executive and Team watching Siobhan Haughey in Olympic 200m final:
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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 1st
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Anhui
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 1st of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Congo
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat July 31
Yesterday morning, for the 4th (!) day this week, I was at the
High Court ... for the case of a young Thai woman sentenced for bringing drugs
to Hong Kong. In the afternoon I attended the usual happy gathering for homeless
people at the Dr Jesus Centre (after the usual lunch meeting for women who work
on Temple Street).
Kung Kao Pao report about Camay
who is making a remarkable recovery from stage four lung cancer: on line copy here
Hard copy here:
Coffee
with God! - daily readings
and reflections
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
18: Moses' father-in-law,
Jethro, heard about
all
that God had done for Moses and the Israelites,
so he visited Moses in the desert.
Jethro saw that Moses was struggling
to do so much administration by himself.
Jethro suggested that Moses appoint men to help him:
leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
Moses accepted this advice
and appointed judges as Jethro suggested.
These judges handled all small issues
and referred only difficult cases to Moses.
Dear
God, please make us willing to share responsibilities with other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
118: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
His love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say:
"His love has no end." Let those who honor the Lord say:
"His love has no end." It is better to take refuge in the Lord than
to trust in humans.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. I was falling, falling, falling,
but the Lord was my helper. The Lord is my strength and my song.
He is my saviour. The Lord's right hand has triumphed.
His right hand has raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live
and recount all his deeds. The stone which the builders rejected
has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord,
a marvel in our eyes. This day was made by the Lord.
We rejoice and are glad.
Lord, we give thanks to you,
for you are good.
Your love has no end
Listen
Acts
9.1-19: Paul kept up his campaign against the Lord's
disciples.
He got the ok to arrest followers of the Way in Damascus. But on his way to Damascus, a light from
heaven surrounded him.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying "Paul, Paul, why are
you persecuting me?" He said "Who are you, Lord?"
The voice replied "I am Jesus, and you are persecuting me.
Go into Damascus and you will be told what to do". Paul's eyes were open, but for more than a day
he was without his sight, and he ate and drank nothing. The Lord got
Ananias, a disciple in Damascus,
to visit Paul and pray for him. The Lord said to Ananias "Paul
is my chosen instrument to bring my name to non-Jews and Jews. He will
suffer much for me". Ananias went to
Paul and prayed for him with the laying on of hands.
Straight away, Paul could see again. Then Ananias baptized him
Jesus, please help me understand
how unkindness to others is unkindness to you
Listen
Luke
11.27-32: While Jesus was speaking, a woman in the
crowd called out
"Blessed the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you".
Jesus replied "Even more blessed are
those who hear the word of God and put it into practice!" Jesus also said "On Judgement day, the
Queen of the South will rise up with the people of this generation and
condemn them, because she came from a distant country to hear the wisdom
of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here"
Jesus, greater than Solomon, please help me
put your teaching into practice
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: In the same way that Jesus chose Paul, we can pray that he will also choose some modern day foes of Christianity to become "apostles"!
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As an Australian in HK I was on top of the world
yesterday morning (while at the High Court!) to see that for the women's 100m
freestyle, silver went to HK's Siobhan Haughey with gold and silver to
Australia's Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell!
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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 31st
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Tianjin
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 31st
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Nepal
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 30
Two jury decisions from the High Court yesterday around midday: The first made
me really happy - an elderly Philippino acquitted 7-0 on a charge of drug
trafficking. The second made me very sad - a young Indonesian woman convicted
7-0 on a charge of drug trafficking. I will try to help the woman prepare for an
appeal.
Like
so many people in HK and Australia and elsewhere, I am these days very
distracted by the Olympics! Nothing like winning a few medals to improve our
interest! Disclaimer: when Siobhan Haughey is swimming, I am definitely pro-HK!
Two days ago I had lunch with a kind reader whose daughter was in the same
parish catechism class as Siobhan! Interesting how Haughey and her rivalTitmus
both attended Catholic schools.
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 17: In one place where there was no water
the people grumbled against Moses:
"Give us water to drink or else we will die."
Moses asked God for help
and God told Moses to strike a large rock with his staff.
When Moses did this, water flowed from the rock.
In another place the Israelites were attacked by the Amalekites.
Moses prayed while Joshua led the people in battle.
As long as Moses kept his arms raised up in prayer,
the Israelites were winning.
But when Moses let his arms down,
the Amalekites started winning.
So Aaron and Hur got Moses to sit on a rock
and they supported his hands until sunset.
Joshua and the people then won the battle.
Dear
God, please help us understand the power of prayer
01
02
Psalm
117: O Praise the Lord, all you
nations.
Acclaim him, all you peoples! Strong is his love for us.
He is faithful for ever.
May all the nations love and
praise you, Lord
Listen
Acts
8.14-17:
The apostles in Jerusalem heard that people
in Samaria had accepted the word of God. Peter and John went to Samaria
to pray for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit. So far the Samaritans had only been baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spirit had not come down on them. When Peter and John prayed over them with the
laying on of hands, the Samaritans received the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit. Come down on me. Please help me
understand the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation
Listen
Luke
11.9-13:
Jesus said to his disciples "Ask, and it will
be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open.
If children ask their parents for something
good, their parents will always give it to them. Even more so will the heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him
Heavenly Father, please give me your Holy
Spirit!
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: One of the special themes in Luke's Gospel and in his Acts of the Apostles: The Holy Spirit. No surprise then that both of his readings, above, stress the role of the Holy Spirit
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Senior's Moment: As I left home yesterday morning to head
for the High Court, I took out a spare face mask from my bag since I had
forgotten my mask. But when I went to put the spare mask on, I realised there
was already a mask hanging from my ears but under my jaw!
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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 30th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanghai
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 30th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Haiti
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 29
At 11am on Tuesday Aug 10, MercyHK is sponsoring a special
showing of Drifting,
based on a true story about homeless people in the Sham Shui Po area of HK.
Readers of this website are most welcome to join the group ... we have 97 seats
.... about 30 for homeless people, about 30 for MercyHK volunteers/associates, and about
30 for other friends. Please let me know if you would like a ticket: jdwomi@gmail.com
The showing will be at Yau Ma Tei Cinamatheque, 3 Public Square, YMT. After the
movie there will be a McDonald's lunch outside the next door restaurant!
Argentina
spares mother who became drug mule to save son
German
organisation linked to Australia anti-lockdown protests
Everything's a miracle!
This fish can swim at 129kph!
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Exodus 16: As the
Israelites traveled through the desert
they began to complain about not having enough food.
So God rained down bread, manna, from heaven
in the form of a coating of dew
which appeared on the ground each morning,
as well as flocks of quails which came every evening.
For forty years the Israelites ate manna and quails,
bread and birds.
Dear
God, thank you for the food we have each day
Recording
Psalm 116: I love the Lord for he has heard the cry of
my appeal.
He turned his ear to me in the day when I called him. They surrounded me, sorrow, distress and the
snares of death.
I was helpless, so the Lord saved me. Calm down my soul, for the Lord has been good.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living. How can I repay the Lord for his goodness to
me?
The cup of salvation I will raise to thank the Lord. O precious in the eyes of the Lord is the
death of his faithful.
Lord, you have loosened my bonds. I am your servant.
Thank you, Lord, for all your
goodness to me
Recording
Luke
10.38-42 (for Feast of St
Martha, Mary & Lazarus): Jesus
came to a village, and a
woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had
a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him
speaking. Now Martha who was distracted with all the serving said, "Lord,
do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself?
Please tell her to help me." But the Lord answered: "Martha,
Martha," he said "you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few
are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part; it is
not to be taken from her."
Recording
John
11.1-44 (for Feast of St Martha, Mary
& Lazarus): Lazarus
and his sisters Mary and Martha lived in the village of Bethany. When Lazarus
became very sick, the sisters sent a message to Jesus "Lord, your dear
friend is very sick". By the time Jesus and his disciples arrived in
Bethany, Lazarus was dead and buried for 4 days. Martha
said to Jesus "If you had been here, my brother would not have died".
Jesus replied "I am the resurrection and the life. If anyone believes in
me, he will have life after death". Jesus said to Mary and Martha
"Where have you put him?" Jesus cried as he went to the tomb.
The tomb was a cave with a stone at the entrance. Jesus said "Take the
stone away". Then he called out in a loud voice "Lazarus, come
out!" The dead man came out, wrapped in burial clothes. Jesus said
"Unwrap him and let him go free".
Jesus, you are the Resurrection and the Life. Please give eternal life to my
friend (....name...) who died recently
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
So many of us, like Martha, worry and fret about so many non-essentials. If friendship with Jesus can be stronger in our lives, then non-essential worries and frets will decrease.
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On
yesterday's menu I expressed the wish/hope that Haughey and Titmus would tie for
a Gold Medal in yesterday's 200m final. Well, they came 2nd and 1st, and only
0.42 seconds separated them! Well done, both girls! And check the animated
replay here!
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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 29th 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 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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed July 28
Letter
in Chinese from local HK young woman in prison for drug trafficking .... how she
was recruited/tricked to deliver a parcel of drugs inside HK ... how sad her
life in prison is ... warning others not to make the same mistake - here
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
15: The Israelites used this prayer to thank and
praise God:
"The Lord has covered himself in
glory,
horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and my song,
he is my salvation.
This is my God, I praise him.
The Lord is his name.
Lord, when you blew over the waters,
they piled high on two sides.
Lord, only you are God,
there is no other.
Lord, you are our king for ever."
Dear
God, you are my strength and my salvation
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
114-115: When Israel came out of Egypt,
Jacob's descendents from an alien people, Judah became the Lord's temple,
Israel became his kingdom. Descendents of Israel, trust in the Lord.
He is our help and our shield. To you may the Lord grant increase,
to you and all your children. May you be blessed by the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
Thank you, Lord, for all your
blessings
Listen
Acts
8.4-8: The believers who escaped from Jerusalem went
from place to place spreading the Good News. One of these believers was Philip. He preached about Jesus in a
Samaritan town. The Samaritans welcomed Philip's message
because of the miracles he worked. Unclean spirits came out of many possessed
people,
and a number of handicapped people were cured. Such miracles caused great
rejoicing in that town
Jesus, let there be more miracles in our day,
especially the healing of handicapped people
Listen
Luke
11.1-4: Once when Jesus had finished praying in
private, one of his disciples asked him "Lord, teach us to
pray". Jesus replied "Pray like this: Father, may everyone love and honor you.
Your kingdom come.
Thank you for enough food for today.
Forgive us as we forgive others.
Save us in time of trial"
Jesus, please teach me how to pray
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: The more problems our world has, the more urgent is the need for prayer
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Since I support both HK and Australia at the Olympics, I'm
hoping that HK's Haughey and Australia's Titmus will share a gold medal in this
morning's 200m final!
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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 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, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Tues July 27
Congratulations
Cheung Ka Long on winning Gold Medal
for fencing!
Yesterday
was
the Feast of Saint Anne,
the grandmother of Jesus. Many sick people have been healed at this famous
church in her honour in Canada: St
Anne de Beaupre. Which
explains all the crutches here:
Yesterday
morning I was at the High Court for two cases: an (unsuccessful) application for
bail) and the closing of a drug trafficking trial. In the afternoon I joined
Eddie (MercyHK Director) and Simon (MercyHK social assistant) for a
meeting with Camay and Yuki (Dr Jesus Centre designers) to discuss some
renovation for MercyHK's second hand shop at 191 Temple Street. Already the shop
has stopped selling clothing and no longer takes donations of clothing (... no
space!)
187: Last night the Dr Jesus Centre was used for a monthly meeting of a wonderful NGO which has greatly supported MercyHK and helped many prisoners and ex-prisoners: St Peter's Revival Association
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
14: Not long after the Israelites left
Egypt
Pharaoh again changed his mind.
He decided to catch the Israelites
and make them return to
Dear
God, please rescue people in trouble, just as you rescued the Israelites when they were in trouble
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
113: Praise, O friends of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord. May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore. From the rising of the sun to its setting
praised be the name of the Lord. Who is like the Lord our God,
above the heavens his glory. From the dust he lifts up the lowly,
to put them in the company of royalty. To the childless wife he gives a home
and gladdens her heart with children.
May the Lord be praised from
sunrise to sunset
Listen
Acts
7.55 - 8.3:
Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked
up and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand. "I can see heaven thrown open", he
said, "and Jesus standing at the right hand of God". At this, the religious leaders at the meeting
covered their ears with their hands. They sent Stephen out of the city and
stoned him. The false witnesses (who were required to throw the first
stones) put down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Paul. As they were stoning him, Stephen prayed
"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit". Then he knelt down and prayed
"Lord, do not hold this sin against them". Then he died. Paul
entirely approved of the killing. That day a bitter persecution started against
the church in Jerusalem
and everyone except the apostles fled to the countryside. Paul began working for the destruction of the church. He went from house to house arresting men and
women and sending them to prison
Jesus, thank you for the example of Stephen
who, like yourself, forgave those who were killing him
Listen
Luke
10.29-37:
The religious leader then asked another
question: "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied "A man on a journey was
attacked by robbers. They beat him, took all he had, and left him
seriously injured. A priest came by and saw the man, but did not help
him. A temple worker also saw him, but did not help. But
a lowly foreigner
who saw him was moved with pity. The foreigner bandaged his wounds, and used
his own donkey to take the man to an inn. He paid the innkeeper to look
after the man. Which of the three was a neighbor to the
injured man?" The leader replied "The one who
helped him". Jesus then said "Go, and do the same"
Jesus, please don't let me ignore people who
need help
Listen
Reflection
on the above readings: Pope Francis gives a very
detailed commentary on today's Gospel in nos. 63-86 here
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The phrase "barking up the wrong tree" means
"you are mistaken" ... like a barking dog looking for a cat up the
wrong tree. But interesting ... the outer "skin" of a tree is called
"bark"!
("Barking up the wrong bark"?!)
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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 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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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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