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Tues Nov 23
Yesterday morning I went to my usual local doctor for annual check-up and for annual flu shot. Then to nearby Print Shop to order 15th (!) printing of Dr Jesus (Chinese edition). Then to bank to make a deposit to shop in Sham Shui Po for more small crosses to which homeless people then add a string (.. a little part-time work ...) so that crosses can be worn around neck ... for distribution to various groups as a protection against Covid-19.
My reflections on Documents of Vatican 2:
Even
a can of beer can be a prayer!
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Book Blog:
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Judges
4: After Ehud died, the
Israelites again began to stray from the Lord
and therefore again lost their freedom and peace. The Lord then used Deborah,
who was a judge and prophetess, to rescue the people. Deborah instructed Barak son
of Abinoam
to go and do battle with Sisera, the people's oppressor. Barak said he would go only if
Deborah went with him.
She agreed but then said that his hesitation would cause the Lord to give battle victory to a woman, not
Barak. When Barak's forces
routed those of Sisera,
Sisera fled and took refuge in the tent of Jael, wife of Heber. As Sisera slept from
exhaustion,
Jael drove a tent peg into his head and he died. So once again the Lord had
rescued the Israelites.
Dear God,
please give me more courage in the battle of life,
(and please protect and bless Barack
Obama!)
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
99: The Lord is king. He is great in
Sion.
His power is seen throughout the world. Among his priests were Aaron, Moses and
Samuel.
They prayed to the Lord and he answered their call. Let peoples everywhere praise his
name.
He is holy, full of power.
Lord, may all peoples
know and love you
Listen
1
Corinthians 15.9-11:
I am the least of the apostles. In fact, since
I persecuted the Church of God, I hardly deserve the name apostle. But by God's grace I am what I
am, and the
grace that he gave me has not been fruitless. On the contrary, I, or rather the grace of God
in my heart, have worked harder than any of the others, preaching the
same message that they preach
Jesus, may your grace in me be more fruitful
Listen
John
14.8-21:
At the meal, Jesus said to his disciples
"To have seen me, is to have seen the Father. I am in the Father, and
the Father is in me. Whatever you ask for in my name, I will do it,
so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you love me, you
will keep my commandments. I will ask the Father and he will give you
another Friend to be always with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth
who will be living in your heart. If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and
my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home in his
heart"
Father, Jesus, Spirit of Truth - three
Persons, one God
- thank you for living in
my heart
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Paul (I Cor) speaks about "the grace of God in my heart".... which can be understood as the presence of the Trinity in our hearts (Gospel)
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Recommended
movie:Chariots
of Fire
- the
first Olympic Gold Medal ever won by someone born in China!
Amazon *** Wikipedia
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My flu needle yesterday reminds me of the joke:
Q: How did the pig get from London to HK?
A: The swine (= pig) flu ("flew")
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of
South
Asia
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 23rd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Guangxi
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 23rdth of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Djibouti
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Nov 22
After Mass at St Paul's Yau Ma Tei yesterday morning, I attended a meeting with someone whose mother recently went home to Heaven. Then I joined a Parish Basic Group for their monthly lunch meeting. Then I met with 2 groups - one from Kowloon Wah Yan College, the other from St Peter & Paul's Parish, Yuen Long - for a visit to MercyHK's second hand shop in Temple Street and a sharing at the next door Dr Jesus Centre .... followed by a tour of the district which included visits to the rooms of some homeless people for whom MercyHK has provided accommodation at the Alhambra Building in YMT. Finally I joined the usual Sunday night prison group at the Dr Jesus Centre for their gathering ... at which we farewelled Deva who is due to return to Malaysia tomorrow after being acquitted by a High Court jury.
Three
charged for 140kg of Ice
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.
Helping MercyHK rent rooms for
homeless people - Carousell:
Shop 1
Shop
2 (updated lists)
My article in today's Ming Pao newspaper has the topic: Media conference on homelessness. Text without recording
My reflections on Documents of Vatican 2: "No
vacancy" for lay people in running of Church?
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Judges
3: Some of the Israelites
forgot the Lord their God
and worshipped false gods. As a result, they were
enslaved by the king of Edom for 8 years. They cried to God for
help
and God raised up Othniel, a nephew of Caleb,
to lead and rescue them. Then the land enjoyed
peace for 40 years. But when Othniel died,
the Israelites again began to do what displeases the Lord,
and were again enslaved, this time by Eglon king of Moab,
for 18 years. Once more they cried to
the Lord for help
and he raised up Ehud, a left-hander. As Ehud presented
tribute to Eglon,
he said to Eglon:
"I have a secret message for you".
When they were alone, Eglon thought he was safe,
because Ehud's knife was on his right thigh.
Ehud then used his left-hand to grab the knife unexpectedly
and killed Eglon.Ehud escaped from the
king's quarters
before the king's attendants knew Eglon was dead. Ehud then roused the
Israelites to fight and defeat the Moabites,
after which the land enjoyed peace for 80 years
Lord,
please raise up good leaders in every country
01
02
Psalm
98: Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked
wonders.
His right hand has brought salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation.
He has shown his justice to the nations.
He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy. Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp,
with the sound of music. Let the sea, the world and all peoples
acclaim the King, the Lord. Let the rivers clap their hands
and the hills ring out their joy at the presence of the Lord, for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness.
Lord,
may all peoples in all countries know your love and goodness
Listen
1
Corinthians
15.1-8: Let me remind you of the basic facts of the
Good News:
Christ died for our sins. He
was buried.
He was raised to life on the third day.
He appeared to Peter, then to the other
apostles, then to more than 500 of the believers - most of whom are still
alive. Then he appeared to James and the other disciples. Last of all he appeared to me. I was like an
unexpected child
Jesus, I have not yet seen you, but I believe
in you and I love you
Listen
John
13.37-14.6: At the meal, Peter said to Jesus "I will
lay down my life for you". Jesus
replied "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times. To all of you I say, there are many rooms in
my Father's house.
I am going now to prepare a place for you. I am the Way, the Truth and the
Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me"
Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth and the
Life.
Please help more and more people follow you to find truth and life
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Taoism ("Way") has much in common with Jesus the Way
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Recommended
Books:Five
Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work and
Run
With The Horses
- two of many excellent
books by Eugene
Peterson,
producer of The
Message Bible (so
easy to read!)
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Tonight
could see the start of Winter in HK ... if the Good Lord has seen the weather
forecast...which sometimes He doesn't seem to see!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& Russia
And
praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On
this 22nd of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Zhejiang
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 22nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Rwanda
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Nov 21
Feast
of Christ the King
187: Yesterday afternoon's usual 3pm prayer meeting for the sick was again most encouraging as people who have been helped by prayer shared their stories ... to give hope to others at earlier stages of the battle with illness.
During
breakfast the past 2 days I watched The
Harriet Tubman Story (30 mins). This brave woman should be canonised!
Wikipedia: Harriet Tubman
This website - v2catholic.com - was 10 years old yesterday on the
Feast of Christ the King. Thank you Jesus for all the blessings of the past 10
years!
My reflections on Documents of Vatican 2: Women
want more ministry in Church
Bible Study: Acts
10
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Christ the King
Daniel 7: Once when Daniel was
asleep, he had a vision of heaven: "Thrones were put in
place and one of great age took his seat. His robe was white as snow, his hair
as pure as wool. A thousand thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before him. Then coming on the clouds of heaven was one like a
son of man. On him was conferred glory and kingship, and
people of all nations became his servants. His kingship is
eternal. His empire will never be destroyed."
Jesus, please help me understand that you are the "Son of Man"
whose kingship is eternal
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
93: The Lord is king, with
majesty enrobed, he has girded himself with power. The world
you made firm, not to be moved. From all eternity, O Lord, you are. The
oceans and coastlines of the world are majestic and powerful. But greater than
the roar of mighty waters, more
glorious than the surging of the sea is the Lord on
high. Such a Lord, such a Creator, such a God. Truly your decrees are to be
trusted. Holiness is fitting to your house O Lord, always and everywhere.
We praise you, Lord, our Creator
Recording
Revelation
1: From
John, to the seven churches of Asia province: grace and peace to you from him
who is, who was, and who is to come, from the seven spirits at his throne, and
from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the First-born from the dead, the
Ruler of the kings of the earth.
Jesus, faithful witness, please help me to be a
faithful witness to your love and truth
Recording
John
18.33-37: "Are
you the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked. Jesus replied, "Do you ask
this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?" Pilate
answered, "Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have
handed you over to me: what have you done?" Jesus replied, "Mine is
not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have
fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of
this kind." "So
you are a king then?" said Pilate. "It is you who say it"
answered Jesus. "Yes, I
am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this: to bear
witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my
voice."
Jesus, please help me bear witness to the truth
Recording
A
beautiful prayer for the Feast of Christ the King:
Jesus, I acknowledge you
as Universal King.
All that has been created has been made for you.
Exercise over me all the rights that you have.
I renew my Baptismal promises, renouncing Satan and all his works
and I promise to try to live as a good Christian.
Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you all my actions
that all hearts may recognize your love and know the peace of your kingdom
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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Two
"sick" people at yesterday's prayer meeting shared how they had
recently been to Disneyland .... where the lovely sunshine and happy atmosphere
helped them forget their problems
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Fri: South America
Sat: Cent., N America
Jesus,
today, Sunday,
please bless the people of
Africa
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 21st
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Yunnan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 21st of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Benin
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Nov 20
Yesterday I took part in a sharing at St Joseph's Anglo-Chinese Secondary School for 160 Form 2 students .... outlining the work of MercyHK for the poor. While there I learnt that Bishop Joseph Ha is a former student of the school. And small world department: I knew one of the teachers when he was a boy many years ago on Lantau Island when the Oblates served Lantau parish!
Two
Sydney men arrested - 314kg of heroin from Thailand
My reflections on Documents of Vatican 2: Ordinary
Christians' job is to "pray and pay"?
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Judges
1-2: After the death of
Joshua,
the Israelites continued their campaign to occupy all parts of the land of Canaan.
But as time went
on, the Israelites began to forget the Lord their God.
As a result, things went wrong for the Israelites. To help them, the Lord
appointed judges to lead them.
For a while the people followed the judges. But as soon as a judge died,
the people again lapsed into idolatry.
Dear God,
please don't let me forget you.
Please help me pray to you and love you every day.
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
97: The Lord is king, let earth rejoice,
the many coastlands be glad.
Cloud and darkness are his robes.
His throne is justice and goodness. The skies proclaim his goodness.
All peoples see his glory. Let those who serve idols be ashamed.
Let all creation worship the Creator. Light shines forth for good people
and joy for the upright of heart. Rejoice in the Lord, all good people.
Give glory to his holy name.
Lord, you indeed are God of the
universe
Listen
1
Corinthians 13.1-13: If I am the most brilliant speaker, but don't
have love, I am just a gong booming. If I understand all mysteries, and if I have a faith that will move mountains, but don't
have love, I am nothing. Love is always patient and kind. It is never
jealous, never boastful, never conceited, never rude or selfish. Love does not take offence. It's not
resentful. Love delights in the truth. Love is always ready to excuse, to trust, to
hope and to endure whatever comes. Love is virtue Number One, greater than
faith or hope.
Jesus, please help me love like you
Listen
John
13.34-35: Jesus said to his disciples at the meal
"I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also must love one another.
By this love you have for one another,
everyone will know that you are my disciples".
Jesus, please help all Christians to
love one another as you have loved us
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Paul (1 Cor) and Jesus (Gospel of John) talking about the same thing: Love
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Movie company was back in Temple Street yesterday, to
remove furnishings from a shop they had rented for filming. ....which means the
same furnishings might show up in other movies?!
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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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Nov 19
After the O.M.I. in-service program finished at lunch time
yesterday at Sheung Shui, Fr Jun and I went to nearby Lo
Wu women's prison for a couple of hours of visiting. I was pleased to be
able to say good bye to an inmate from Kenya who is due to go home soon after
about 7 years in detention for drug trafficking. I recommended she contact this
organisation in Kenya which helps ex-inmates find jobs.
Update
from Camay (who has made several trips to Disneyland recently!)
My reflections on Documents of Vatican 2: Married
male deacons
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Joshua 23-24:
As Joshua neared the end of his life,
he urged the Israelites to stay faithful to the Lord
while living with many foreign neighbours:
"Continue to observe everything
written by Moses.
Do not mingle with the foreign peoples still among you.
Do not utter the names of their gods. Stay loyal to the Lord your God.
Love the Lord your God. If you stay faithful, the Lord will
bless you.
If you are unfaithful, everything will go wrong for you. Choose today whom you will serve:
the Lord our God, or false gods. As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord."
Dear Lord, may Joshua's
dying words be true for me:
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord"
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
96: O sing a new song to the Lord.
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
O sing to the Lord, bless his name. Proclaim his help day by day.
Tell among the nations his glory,
and his wonders among all the peoples. It was the Lord who made the heavens.
Give the Lord, you families of peoples,
give the Lord glory and honor. Bring an offering and enter his temple.
Worship the Lord in his sacred place. Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.
Let the sea and all within it thunder praise. Let the land and all it bears rejoice,
all the trees of the forest shout for joy.
Everyone and everything,
give the Lord glory and honor.
Lord, you are our Creator. We
love and praise you
Listen
1
Corinthians 12.12-30:
A human body is made of many parts: arms,
legs, muscles, eyes etc.
Every part is important and needed for the body to be healthy. The church is like a
body. We are the body's
members. Some of us are apostles, some prophets, some teachers etc. The members of the church must care about
every member of the church. Everyone is important. The spiritual health of
each member affects the health of the whole body
Jesus, help me understand how your church is
like a human body
Listen
John
13.21-30: Jesus became visibly upset and said to his
disciples at the meal
"One of you is going to betray
me. It is the one to whom I give a
piece of bread that I have dipped in the dish". He dipped the piece of bread and gave it to
Judas Iscariot. Immediately, Satan entered Judas. Jesus said to Judas "What you are going
to do, do quickly".
Judas left the meal. Night had fallen
Jesus, please don't let me ever be disloyal to
you
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Joshua - loyalty; Judas - disloyalty
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When I got home last night after 4 days away, there was the
usual present waiting me: a pile of mail (mainly from prisoners)!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 19th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanxi
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 19th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Sudan
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Nov 18
Hello one last time from annual O.M.I. in-service at Sheung Shui. After the program finishes at lunch time today I'm hoping to visit nearby Lo Wu women's prison
My
reflections on Documents of Vatican 2: Priests
are not altar boys of the bishop
Everything's a miracle!
13
lucky earth facts!
Update: MercyHK is now providing
accommodation, mainly at the Alhambra Building in Yau Ma Tei, for about 40
homeless people
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Joshua 22: The campaign to subdue
the whole land had taken a long time.
Joshua especially thanked the tribes from across the Jordan
for their help. These tribes - Reuben,
Gad and Manasseh - had been
given land on the Eastern side of the Jordan, but still helped in the campaign to control the Western side.
Joshua said to them:
"Despite the fact that the campaign has lasted so long,
you have loyally helped your brothers. Keep
on loving the Lord your God, following his paths.
Be loyal to him and serve him with all your heart."
Dear
Lord, please help me to be loyal - to you, to my family and to my country
Recording
Psalm 95: Come ring out our joy to the Lord.
Hail the rock who saves us. Let us come before him giving thanks.
With songs let us praise the Lord.
A mighty God is the Lord,
a great king above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are his. To him belongs the sea, for he made it,
and the dry land shaped by his hands. Come in, let us bow and bend low.
Let us kneel before the God who made us.
For he is our God and we are the people who belong to his pasture.
Lord, you are our Creator. Our
life comes from you. We praise and love you, Lord
Recording
1 Corinthians 12.4-10: The Holy Spirit gives us many different gifts.
Some people have the gift of wise preaching.
Some people have the gift of an extra strong faith.
Some people have the gift of healing sick people.
Some people have other gifts like the power of miracles, prophecy,
recognizing spirits, and the ability to speak in tongues
Holy Spirit, please increase your influence in
my life.
Please give me the gift of (..name...)
Listen
John 13.1-15: While Jesus and his disciples were eating a
meal just before the Passover, Jesus got up from the table, removed his
outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist as an
apron. He then poured water into a basin, and like a
slave, began to wash the disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel
he was wearing. After washing their feet he said to them
"You are right in calling me Master and Lord. If I, then, the
Lord and Master, have humbly served you, you should humbly serve one
another. I have given you an example so that you may
copy what I have done for you"
Jesus, please help us to serve other people
humbly,
just as you humbly served the disciples
Listen
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To go with today's Gospel:
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid:
Sat:
Cent,
Jesus,
today, Thursday,
please bless
the people of
And praying for prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 18th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 18th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ivory
Coast
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed Nov 17
Hello again from annual O.M.I. in-service at
Sheung Shui .... with China's tall buildings visible only a few km away in
Shenzhen ....encouraging us to pray especially for China these days (and see 
below)
My reflections on Documents of Vatican 2: A
bishop is not an altar boy of the Pope
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Joshua 11-21:
Some kings in the
north combined to fight the Israelites.
But the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel. Eventually the whole
country had rest from war,
and the land was divided up among the 11 tribes. So it was that the Lord
gave the Israelites all the land
he had sworn to give their ancestors.
They took possession of it and settled there.
The Lord granted them peace on all their frontiers
just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Of all the promises
that the Lord had made to the House of Israel,
not one failed. All were fulfilled.
Dear Lord, please
give peace to nations troubled by war
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 94: O Lord, Judge of the earth,
how long will the wicked crush the poor? The wicked say "God does not hear".
But can he who made the ear, not hear? Blessed are those whom the Lord teaches.
The Lord gives them peace in troubled times. When cares increase in my heart,
God's consolation calms my soul.
Lord, when cares and troubles
increase, please help us to trust in you.
Listen
1
Corinthians 11.20-26: Concerning the Lord's Supper, this is what I
received from the Lord and then taught you: On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus
took some bread, broke it and said "This is my body which will be
broken for you". After supper he took a cup and said "This
cup is the new covenant in my blood. Each time you drink this cup, drink
it in memory of me". Until the Lord comes, therefore, each time you
eat this bread and drink this cup, you re-enact the death of the Lord.
Jesus, help me understand how bread and
wine become your body and blood when Christians celebrate the Eucharist
Listen
John
12.42-46: Many people believed in Jesus, even some
important people,
but they did not admit it, through fear of being expelled from the prayer
hall. They put honor from people before the honor that comes from God. Jesus said openly "I, the light, have
come into the world, so that whoever believes in me, need not stay in the
dark any more".
Jesus, true Light of the world, please help me
put honor from you before honor from people
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: All of our problems/difficulties are "darkness". Jesus is Light for every problem/difficulty
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One of my favourite habits here at the St Paul House of
Prayer in Sheung Shui is to go for an early morning (6.30am to 7am) prayer walk
around the lovely grounds here. I usually make 6 rounds of the buildings....abut
300 metres each round ...sometimes jogging the final part of each round. Then a
shower before breakfast at 8am... for which the exercise gives me a good
appetite!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E.Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Wednesday,
please bless the people of East
Asia
And praying for
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 17th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of Shanxi
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 17th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Malawi
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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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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