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by HK prison chaplain
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Fr John Wotherspoon
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Imitating
Pope Francis
Feb 6 - Feb 8
Hello one final time from Lima in Peru .... on day 57
of my trip. Today I'm due to fly to Los Angeles (9 hours), then 5 hour
break, then to HK (15 hours). Therefore
this blog is for 3 days ...and I will be "losing" Feb 7! If
there is wifi on the flight to HK I will try to post an update. Thank you
for a prayer! Yesterday in Lima I had a happy lunch time meeting with families
of two people in prison in HK.
Pope
in South Sudan - final reports
Two
new photos, from Jan 31, are at bottom of My
project to help street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
My
Clean Start Mercy Project to
help school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
42: In Joseph's home
country of Canaan,
the famine was very severe.
Joseph's father Jacob said to his sons
"I hear there is grain for sale in Egypt.
Go to Egypt and buy grain
for our families
so that we will not die".
All Joseph's brothers, except Benjamin, went to Egypt
and arrived at the place where Joseph was selling grain.
The brothers had not seen Joseph for about 20 years
and they didn't recognize him. But Joseph recognized them.
Joseph put them to the test: he said they were spies,
and he told them to bring Benjamin to Egypt
to prove they were not spies.
He kept Simeon in prison until they returned with Benjamin.
Dear God, please help any
places in the world which are suffering from famine
My
recording of this reading
Psalms 52-60: Lord, I will tell everyone about how good you
are.
You are our Creator. Everyone should love you. Thank you for so often rescuing me from
trouble.
You uphold my life. Sometimes I have so many troubles and cares
that I can't get to sleep.
Sometimes I wish I was a bird and could fly away to a safe place. When I fear, I will trust in you,
in you whose word I praise. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready.
I will sing, I will sing your praise. Each morning I will sing of your strength,
and each morning acclaim your love.
O God, please help me to praise
and love you every day
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
12.23-33: Jesus said to his apostles Andrew and Philip
"Now the time has come for me to be glorified.
Unless a wheat grain goes into the ground and dies, it remains only a
single grain. But if it dies, it yields a rich
harvest. Now sentence is being passed on this world.
Now Satan is to be defeated. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I
shall draw all people to myself". By these words, Jesus indicated the kind of
death he would die
Jesus, lifted up on the Cross, you are the
Saviour of the world
Listen
Reflection: The Eucharistic Bread is a made from Divine Wheat Grain
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Two days ago when I went to check in online for my flight from
Lima to Los Angeles, the airline required a residential address in the US
...even though I was only transiting. So for address I put "LA
airport", for state I put "California" and for city I put
"LA" ...and the check in was allowed to proceed!
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On
this 6th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hainan
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 6th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Mali
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Feb 5
Hello again from Lima in Peru .... on day 56
of my trip. Today I'm due to meet relatives of some prisoners in HK ... and
then start packing for flights to return to HK. I'm due to say a public Mass
next Sunday .... hope I can remember my Cantonese!
Two
new photos, from Jan 31, are at bottom of My
project to help street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
My
Clean Start Mercy Project to
help school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 5
Isaiah
57-58: Tell my people their
faults, tell the House of Jacob its sins. Tell them that their fasting is a
sham. Fasting and injustice cannot go together. This
is the sort of fast that pleases the Lord: breaking unjust fetters,
sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering and clothing the homeless poor.
Do this and you will find healing and peace. Do this and the Lord will give
strength to your bones.
Lord, please help me do more to help poor people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
112: Happy are people who love and honor
the Lord, who take delight in his commands. The children of such people will be
blessed. Such people are a light in the darkness for others. Such people are
generous, merciful and just. They take pity and help those in need. They conduct
their affairs with integrity. Open-handed
they give to the poor. Their justice and goodness will never be
forgotten.
Lord, please help me do more for the poor
Recording
1
Corinthians 1.18 - 2.9: The
language of the Cross doesn't make sense for some people. But for us it
is God's power to save. While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks require
philosophy, here we are preaching a crucified Christ: to the Jews an obstacle
they cannot get over, to the pagans madness. During my stay with you, I relied
not on philosophy or my own efforts, but only on the
power of the Spirit. The wisdom we teach is about things no eye has seen,
and no ear has heard, things beyond human understanding - all that God has
prepared for those who love him.
Jesus, crucified Lord, please increase my faith in you
Recording
Matthew
5.13-48: Jesus
said to the crowds: You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste,
it's no use for anything. You
are the light of the world. Let the world see your light, your good
deeds. When people see you doing good deeds, people will praise God. I
have not come to abolish the Jewish religion. I have come to raise it to a
higher level of goodness. Your goodness must not just be something superficial.
Your goodness must be something from the heart. You must avoid anger and insult,
just like you avoid murder. If you have offended someone, say "Sorry".
You must avoid lustful looks and thoughts. Looking at someone lustfully is
immorality of the heart. Love and pray for people who are
unkind to you. This is the way to practise the highest level of goodness.
Jesus, please help me practise a higher level of goodness
Recording
Reflection on the above readings: We have many opportunities each day to be "the light of the world" ....e.g. by helping poor people (today's first reading), by being forgiving/honest/compassionate/truthful at home/work/school etc .....and by wearing a Cross to encourage people to think about Jesus
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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My
alarm clock here in Lima is a little bird, sometimes with a friend or two
.....making cheerful sounds each morning around 6am in a tree just below my
hotel window!
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Guizhou
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 5th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of South Sudan
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 Feb 4
Hello again from Lima in Peru .... on day 55
of my trip. Yesterday Ulises and I travelled to the outskirts of Lima, up
into the dusty hills, for a meeting with Fr Omar who for 15 years has been
living in one of Lima's poorest areas ....where he has begun all sorts of
projects for all sorts of needy people ... and has even built a most beautiful
church for the poor. His NGO.
His FB.
Last night Ulises took a flight back home to Europe. Thank you Ulises for all
your help and inspiration and encouragement ....and translation! ...over the
past few weeks! God bless!
Protests here in Lima start each day around 3pm in the centre of the city. My hotel is not near the centre. Excellent Guardian background article about the protests
My
project to help street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
My
Clean Start Mercy Project to
help school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
41: Two years later
Pharaoh had a dream:
he was standing by the river Nile
and saw 7 healthy cows feeding on the riverside.
Then he saw 7 sickly cows which ate the 7 healthy cows.
Pharaoh woke,
then had a second dream when he went back to sleep:
7 rich ears of corn on one stalk, followed by 7 withered ears
which ate the 7 rich ears.
None of Pharaoh's wise men could interpret the dreams.
Then the cup-bearer told Pharaoh
how Joseph could understand dreams.
Pharaoh sent for Joseph
and Joseph told Pharaoh the meaning of his dreams:
the 7 healthy cows and 7 rich ears meant 7 good years for Egypt;
the 7 sickly cows and 7 withered ears meant 7 years of famine.
Joseph also told Pharaoh what to do:
use a tax to collect one fifth of all grain in the 7 good years;
then during the 7 years of famine use the collected grain to feed Egypt.
Pharaoh and his ministers were so impressed by Joseph's wisdom
that Pharaoh made Joseph governor of the whole of Egypt,
second only to Pharaoh himself.
Pharaoh gave Joseph Asenath, a priest's daughter, as his wife.
Joseph was now 30 years old, having spent more than 10 years in Egypt.
For the next 7 years Joseph traveled all over Egypt, supervising the collection of grain.
Before the famine began,
Joseph and Asenath had two sons: Manasseh and Ephraim.
When the famine began, Pharaoh told the Egyptians
"Go to Joseph and do what he tells you".
People from all over Egypt and from other countries
went to Joseph to buy grain during the famine.
Dear
God, thank you for turning things around in Joseph's life
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
51: Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness,
and cleanse me of my sin. My offences truly I know them.
What is evil in your sight I have done. But in my defence please don't forget that
sinfulness is part of the human condition, part of our DNA. A pure heart create for me, O God.
Put a steadfast spirit within me. Give me again the joy of your help.
With a spirit of fervor sustain me.
Lord, you will not spurn
a humbled, contrite heart
Listen
1
Corinthians 10.16 - 11.1: The cup that we bless is a communion with the
blood of Christ.
The bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. Avoid anything to do with idol worship.
It doesn't make sense to share in the table of the Lord and in the table
of demons. Whatever you eat, whatever you drink, whatever
you do at all,
do it for the glory of God. Never do anything offensive to anyone. Try to
be helpful to everyone at all times, not anxious for your own advantage,
but for the advantage of others, so that they may be saved. Take me for your model, as I take Christ
Jesus, please help me imitate you in my daily
life
Listen
John
12.12-19: People who had gone to Jerusalem for the
Passover,
heard that Jesus was coming down to Jerusalem from Bethany. They used palm branches as they went out
to meet him, shouting "Hosanna! Blessings on the King of Israel who
comes in the name of the Lord". Jesus rode a young donkey down the hill, just
as the Scriptures had predicted: "Daughter of Sion, behold! Your king is
coming, mounted on the colt of a donkey". Some religious leaders said to each other
"Look, there is nothing you can do. The whole world is running after
him"
Jesus, humbly entering Jerusalem on a donkey,
may you be known and welcomed and praised by the whole world
Listen
Reflection: Jesus is the new Joseph feeding the world with his Body and Blood
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Not far from my hotel: Cat
Park!
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Guangdong
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Burundi
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Feb 3
Hello again from Lima in Peru .... on day 54
of my trip. Yesterday in a town about 30km from Lima, Ulises and I gave a
presentation at a very special O.M.I. gathering comprising about 40 Oblates ...
the first ever convention of the new province of BOLPER (formerly two provinces
BOLivia and PERu). God bless the OMIs for kindly welcoming us and giving us so
much encouragement in our campaign to warn people about the danger of drug
trafficking.
Protests here in Lima start each day around 3pm in the centre of the city. My hotel is not near the entre. Excellent Guardian background article about the protests
Pope
in Congo speaking to young people: Each
of our five fingers has a special meaning! (my
first time to hear such an explanation!)
Helping street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clean Start Mercy Project
helping school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis 40: Even in jail, God
protected Joseph.
When two of Pharaoh's officials,
his cup-bearer and his baker
also were put in jail,
Joseph was able to interpret dreams they had.
The cup-bearer dreamt he picked grapes
and made wine for Pharaoh's cup.
Joseph told him the meaning of his dream:
in three days he'd be free
and back at work as Pharaoh's cup-bearer.
The baker dreamt that birds ate bread from a tray on top of his head.
Joseph told him:
"In three days you'll be hanged, and birds will eat your flesh."
And so it happened as Joseph had said:
on the third day
the cup-bearer went back to work in Pharaoh's palace
while the baker was hanged.
Joseph asked the cup-bearer to help him get out of jail,
but when the cup-bearer was free, he forgot about Joseph.
Dear God, please
bless everyone who has ever helped me
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
49-50: I will turn my mind to a parable,
with the harp I will solve a problem. The problem is: why do bad people prosper and
succeed? The answer: at the end of their lives bad
people will have to face death and judgement, just like everyone else. When we are rich, we often lack wisdom.
Wealth blinds our minds and hearts. Let's not forget God and his laws.
Let's try to be good and lead good lives
Lord, please help me understand
the meaning of life
Listen
1
Corinthians 9.12-27: I put up with anything, rather than obstruct
the Good News of Christ in any way. I make myself all things to all people, in
order to save some. All the runners at the stadium are trying to
win, but only one of them gets the prize. You must run in the same
way,
meaning to win the gold medal of eternal life. That is how I run, intent on winning.
Therefore I try to stay in top condition, avoiding sloppy living
Jesus, may I run a good race till my last day
Listen
John
12.1-8: Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to
Bethany,
for a dinner at the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha. Mary put expensive ointment on Jesus' feet.
Then she wiped his feet with her hair. Judas Iscariot, the disciple who was going to
betray Jesus, said "Why wasn't this ointment sold and the money given
to the poor?" He said this not because he cared about the
poor, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would
steal from it. Jesus replied "Leave her alone. She is
anticipating and honoring my burial. Besides, the poor will always be with
you. But I will soon be gone".
Jesus, please help people in charge of money
not to steal
Listen
Reflection:
Each time we help a person in
need, we "put ointment on Jesus' feet"
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 3rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people 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 Chad
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Feb 2
40th
day after Christmas: Candlemas
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the
Temple
Hello from Lima in Peru .... on day 53
of my trip. Two nights ago Ulises and I met a refugee family (mother, father, 2
young children) from Venezuela .... tying to find a better life than the povetry
and chaos in Venezuela. They and many other refugees from Venezuela are staying
at a hostel run by a local priest Fr
Omar. Yesterday we went to the home of someone who is in prison in HK and to
the home of someone who used to be in prison in HK
Protests here in Lima start each day around 3pm in the centre of the city. My hotel is not near the entre. Excellent Guardian background article about the protests
Latest
reports about Pope's visit to Congo
Helping street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clean Start Mercy Project
helping school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
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Readings are from
Simple Bible
Readings for Feast of Presentation
Malachi
3.1-2: The Lord God says this: Look, I am going to
send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you are seeking will
suddenly enter his Temple.
Jesus presented in the Temple on this day, we praise
you Lord
My
recording of this reading 
Psalms
24-26: The Lord's is the
earth and all its peoples. It is the Lord who is Creator of the universe.
May all hearts open their doors to the Lord. Let
him enter, the king of glory. Lord
I hope in you all the day long. Forgive my sins and help me walk in your truth.
God my savior, teach me your way of truth
Recording 
Hebrews
2.14-18: The
Son did not become an angel. He became a man, so that he could die for
us. By his death he took away the power of the devil. He himself experienced
temptation. He is able to help us when we are tempted.
Jesus, please help me when I am tempted to do something wrong
Recording
Luke
2.22-32: When
Jesus was 40 days old, his parents took him to the Temple in Jerusalem to
present him to the Lord, as the Law required. In Jerusalem there was an
old man named Simeon. The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that before he died,
he would see the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit, he came to the
Temple, took Jesus in his arms and praised God, saying "Now, Master, you
can let your servant go in peace, for my eyes have seen the Savior. He is a
light to enlighten the pagans, and he is the glory of your people Israel".
Jesus, true Light of the world, we praise you
Lord
Recording
Reflection
on the above Bible readings:
Simeon in Luke's Gospel and the three wise men in Matthew's Gospel have the same
message: the Baby born in
the stable is the Saviour of not just Israel but of the whole world. May all
places, all hearts "let him
enter" (Psalms 24-26)
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Happy
Anniversary Ulises ....hope your dear wife will forgive me for your not being
with her today! God bless you both!
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 2nd of the month, Jesus please bless the people of
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 Central
African Republic
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed Feb 1
Hello from Lima in Peru .... on day 52
of my trip. At Sao Paulo airport on the afternoon of Jan 30 my guardian Ulises
met an old colleague ... now a captain with Qatar ...about to leave on flight
for Dohar. Captain used to be president of The
International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations!
Protests here in Lima start each day around 3pm in the centre of the city. My hotel is not near the entre. Excellent Guardian background article about the protests
Pope in Congo pleads for world to care about Africa!
*** Latest reports
of his visit
Helping street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clean Start Mercy Project
helping school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis 39: The slave traders took
Joseph to Egypt
and sold him to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's top officials.
God was with Joseph.
God blessed everything Joseph did.
Because Joseph did everything so well
Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his household and all his possessions.
Because of Joseph, God blessed Potiphar and all his interests.
Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph who was very handsome.
But day after day Joseph refused to sleep with her.
Then one day when Joseph again refused her
she tore his clothes and started screaming.
She claimed Joseph had tried to seduce her.
Potiphar believed his wife and he put Joseph in jail.
Dear God, please
don't let me cause other people to do wrong
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
47-48: All peoples, clap your hands, cry to God with
shouts of joy.
For the Lord, our Creator, we must love and honor,
great king over all the earth. Especially in his holy city is the Lord worthy
to be praised.
Praise is fitting in Mount Sion, our earth's most sacred site. O God, as we pray in your temple,
our hearts meditate on your love. May peoples and rulers everywhere
acknowledge and love you as Creator of the Universe
Let all the peoples praise you, Lord. Let all the peoples praise you
Listen
1 Corinthians 6.18-20: We should respect our bodies as a gift from
the Lord.
Our bodies are not meant for fornication. Avoid sexual activity that avoids commitment.
Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who
lives in you.
Let people know that your body is not something to be profaned
Jesus, please help me avoid sex outside
marriage
Listen
John
11.46-54: The religious leaders had a meeting to decide
what to do about Jesus.
They said "If this man keeps on doing miracles, everyone will follow him. Then
the Romans will see him as a threat, and they will wipe out our
nation". The main leader said "It is better
for one man to die for the people, than for the whole nation to be
destroyed". These words had more meaning than the leader
realized, since Jesus was to die not just for the nation, but for the
whole world. Since the leaders wanted to kill him, Jesus
went to a remote area near the desert, and stayed there with his disciples
Jesus, please help me better understand how
your death saved the world
Listen
Reflection: Every nation, tribe and people has its famous people who did much for their people. But only one Person did "much" for the whole world.
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Yesterday for lunch in Lima I had some famous Peruvian food
....thank you Ulises!
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 1st
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people 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 Niger
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Tues Jan 31
Hello again one final time from Brazil .... on day 51
of my trip. Right now it's about 3am Tuesday Jan 31 in HK but where I am, at Sao
Paulo airport in Brazil, it's about 4pm Monday Jan 30 as I prepare to take a
flight to another place. Before leaving my hotel around midday I paid a final
visit to the homeless people living in the park opposite the hotel ....giving
them some food and drink one more time. Maybe there will be another photo of
them on tomorrow's blog. Previous photos are on yesterday's blog, below. Hearing
how some of them - women as well as men - have been sleeping in the park for
several years ... gives me energy to again ask help from HK for this project to
help homeless people in this part of the world:
Helping street sleepers in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jesus
please bless Pope Fancis and Team on trip to Africa
Clean Start Mercy Project
helping school-less children
and jobless former prisoners in Africa
God bless the people who have made donations to my above two projects .... and to my project to pay school fees for children of very special people in Africa ..... and God bless the people who made my trip possible!
Australian
scam victim grandmother charged in Japan
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Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
38: Jacob's son Judah had
three sons - Er, Onan and Shelah.
Er married Tamar,
but not long after the wedding, Er died.
So, according to custom, Judah asked Onan to marry Tamar
and have a child for his brother.
But Onan spilt his seed each time he slept with Tamar,
so Tamar did not conceive.
Judah then said to Tamar "Wait till Shelah grows up,
and you can marry him."
But when Shelah was older,
he still hadn't been given to Tamar.
So Tamar tricked her father-in-law Judah.
She dressed as a prostitute
and conceived by Judah.
Judah did not know that the woman was Tamar;
her face was covered.
Three months later Judah was told that his daughter-in-law
was pregnant after acting as a prostitute.
Judah followed the harsh local custom and said
"Take her outside and burn her."
But Tamar produced Judah's seal, stick and cord
which he had given to her as a pledge when he had sex with her. So Judah admitted his guilt and freed Tamar
who gave birth to twin boys.
Dear God, please
help married people to be happy
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
46: God is for us a refuge and strength,
in time of distress he is a helper close at hand. Therefore we shall not fear even though the
earth should rock,
even though the mountains fall into the sea. The Lord of hosts is with us.
The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Come and consider the works of the Lord
and always remember his words: "Be still and know that I am God".
Lord, help us to be more aware
of your presence,
especially when we are in trouble
Listen
1
Corinthians 5.8-11:
Get rid of all evil and wickedness from your
life. Replace them with sincerity and truth.
People who do wrong will not inherit the
kingdom of God: people of immoral lives, idolaters, adulterers, catamites,
sodomites, thieves, usurers, drunkards, slanderers and swindlers. Some of you were like that once, but now you
have been washed clean and sanctified by Jesus Christ and his Spirit
Jesus, help me avoid doing bad things. Help me do more good things
Listen
John
11.1-44:
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
Listen
Reflection: Someday Jesus will give us "life after death"!
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Sao Paulo's population, about 30 million, is greater
than that of Australia (c. 26 million) and four times that of HK (about 7
million) .... in one city! Population wise it's the 4 largest city in the world,
after Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai
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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 one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 31st
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people 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 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
Jan 1, 2020: How cocaine trafficking is impacting West Africa
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
2017-09-27: 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)
2017-05-17: 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, 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
http://hkdrugblog.org/name-and-shame/index.htm
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Photos
from my time in China 2001-20008
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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
prisoners:
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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