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A
voice for the poor
by HK prison chaplain
胡頌恆神父
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
jdwomi@gmail.com
W/App +852 67095674
Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues March 7
Letters from a very young local HK woman soon to be sentenced for
drug trafficking - here
(Nov 25 ...). Yesterday I spent much time preparing a mitigation letter for
her.
Laudato
Si:
26.
Many of those who possess more resources and economic or political power seem
mostly to be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their symptoms,
simply making efforts to reduce some of the negative impacts of climate change.
However, many of these symptoms indicate that such effects will continue to
worsen if we continue with current models of production and consumption. There
is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the
emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gases can be drastically
reduced, for example, substituting for fossil fuels and developing sources of
renewable energy. Worldwide there is minimal access to clean and renewable
energy. There is still a need to develop adequate storage technologies. Some
countries have made considerable progress, although it is far from constituting
a significant proportion. Investments have also been made in means of production
and transportation which consume less energy and require fewer raw materials, as
well as in methods of construction and renovating buildings which improve their
energy efficiency. But these good
practices are still far from widespread.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 1
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
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
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
Galatians
3.26-28:
Through faith in Christ Jesus, you are
children of God.
When you were baptized, you entered into a special relationship of
friendship with Christ. This relationship cancels out old labels like
Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. These old labels have
been replaced by a new one hanging around your heart: Made in Christ
Jesus, help me better understand our
relationship
Listen
John
20.1-10:
Before dawn the next morning, Sunday, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw the stone had been moved from
the tomb's entrance. She ran to Peter and John and said
"Someone has taken the Lord out of the tomb". They ran back to the tomb. Peter went in
first. He saw that the linen cloths were on the ground. But the cloth that
had been around Jesus' head was not on the ground. It was neatly folded
and in a place by itself. Then John went into the tomb. He saw, and he
believed
Jesus, I believe you rose from the dead.
Please increase my faith
Listen
Reflection: I sometimes wonder ... when did the apostles really know/believe that Jesus is God!?
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For some days now ..... a beautiful clear blue sky over
HK. Thank you dear Creator!
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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 7th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hebei
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 7th of the month, Jesus please
bless the people of Burkina Faso
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon March 6
Full report by W5 (Canada's Sixty Minutes): Cocaine
Buttons - Canada grandmother romance scam victim in HK prison for drug
trafficking. Report includes footage shot at the Dr Jesus Centre in Jordan
Laudato
Si:
25. Climate change is a global problem with
grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the
distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing
humanity in our day. Its worst impact will probably be felt by developing
countries in coming decades. Many of the poor live in areas particularly
affected by phenomena related to warming, and their means of subsistence are
largely dependent on natural reserves and ecosystemic services such as
agriculture, fishing and forestry. They have no other financial activities or
resources which can enable them to adapt to climate change or to face natural
disasters, and their access to social services and protection is very limited.
For example, changes in climate, to which animals and plants cannot adapt, lead
them to migrate; this in turn affects the livelihood of the poor, who are then
forced to leave their homes, with great uncertainty for their future and that of
their children. There has been a tragic
rise in the number of migrants seeking to flee from the growing poverty caused
by environmental degradation. They are not recognized by international
conventions as refugees; they bear the loss of the lives they have left behind,
without enjoying any legal protection whatsoever. Sadly, there is widespread
indifference to such suffering, which is even now taking place throughout our
world. Our lack of response to these tragedies involving our brothers and
sisters points to the loss of that sense of responsibility for our fellow men
and women upon which all civil society is founded.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 12
of Document on Revelation
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
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
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
Listen
Galatians
2.16-20: What makes us God's friends is not obedience
to the Law,
but faith in Jesus Christ. I have been crucified with Christ, and I live
now,
not with my own life, but with the life of Christ who lives in me.
The life I now live in this body, I live in
faith: faith in the Son of God who loved me and who sacrificed himself for
my sake
Jesus, help me understand how you live in me,
and I live in you
Listen
John
19.38-42: Joseph of
Arimathaea, a disciple of
Jesus, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Pilate agreed and
Jesus' body was taken down from the cross. Another man, Nicodemus, brought burial spices.
He and Joseph wrapped Jesus' body in linen cloths with the spices. Since the Passover was due to begin at sunset,
they put the body in an unused tomb close to the place of
Crucifixion
Jesus, dead in the tomb, please give eternal
life to everyone who dies today
Listen
Reflection: Dead body in tomb ... the ultimate hopeless situation. But "game was not over"!
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Senior's
moment: I went to a nearby market yesterday afternoon and bought some oranges
and apples .... only to find I didn't have enough money to pay for them. Kind
market man kept my items for me while I went home and got some money!
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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 March 5
At the High Court last Friday two local HK women were sentenced for drug
trafficking. Both received a 3 months discount for taking part in my anti-drug
campaign. God bless the kind judge!
Ontario time, Saturday March 4 @ 7pm Ontario time, W5 (Canada's "Sixty
Minutes") will post a report about a 64 year old Canadian woman tricked to
take drugs to HK from Ethiopia. Trailers here
and here
AUD$1
billion of cocaine. Australia's biggest ever drug bust
A new international NGO helping people in need: GEBIRAH
Laudato
Si:
24. Warming has effects on the carbon cycle.
It creates a vicious circle which aggravates the situation even more, affecting
the availability of essential resources like drinking water, energy and
agricultural production in warmer regions, and leading to the extinction of part
of the planet's biodiversity. The melting in the polar ice caps and in high
altitude plains can lead to the dangerous release of methane gas, while the
decomposition of frozen organic material can further increase the emission of
carbon dioxide. Things are made worse by the loss of tropical forests which
would otherwise help to mitigate climate change. Carbon dioxide pollution
increases the acidification of the oceans and compromises the marine food chain.
If present trends continue, this century
may well witness extraordinary climate change and an unprecedented destruction
of ecosystems, with serious consequences for all of us. A rise in the sea
level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that
a quarter of the world's population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the
majority of our megacities are situated in coastal areas.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 11
of Document on Revelation
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Lent 2
Genesis
12-13: God
said to a man in the land of Haran named Abraham, "Leave
your own country and go to a new land I will give you. I will make you
into a great nation." So Abraham and his family left the land of Haran and
moved to the land of Canaan. God said to Abraham, "I will make your
descendants as many as the number of dust particles on the ground ....an
uncountable number." Even though Abraham and his wife Sarah were old
and had no children, Abraham believed God's promise to give them many
descendants.
Dear God, please help me to trust you like Abraham
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
33: Ring
out your joy to the Lord, all good people, for praise is fitting for loyal
hearts. For the Lord loves justice and right; he fills the earth with his love.
By his word the heavens were made, he spoke and the universe came into being. They
are happy, whose God is the Lord, he is the source of all true joy. May
your love be upon us, O Lord, since we place all our trust in you.
Lord,
we trust in your precious love
Recording
2
Timothy 1.6-8: I
remind you to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you when I prayed over you
with the laying on of hands. God's gift was not a spirit of timidity, but the
Spirit of power, and love and self-control. Never be ashamed of
witnessing to the Lord. Like me and with me, put up with hardships for the sake
of the Good News.
Jesus, help me put up with hardships for the
sake of the Good News
Recording
Matthew
17.1-8: One
day Jesus took his disciples Peter, James and John up a high mountain. On the
mountain Jesus' whole appearance changed. His face shone like the sun. His
clothes were as white as snow. The prophets Moses and Elijah appeared and
spoke with him. Peter said to Jesus "Lord,
how good it is for us to be here!" Then a bright cloud covered them
with its shadow. From the cloud came a voice: "This is my Son, the Beloved.
Listen to him." The disciples bowed to the ground. When they got up, they
saw only Jesus in his normal appearance.
Jesus,
Beloved Son of God, how good it is to spend time with you in prayer.
Recording
Reflection
on the above readings: A
most beautiful song based on today's Gospel - one of my favorite songs: 
We
behold
Lyrics:
WE
BEHOLD THE SPLENDOR OF GOD, SHINING ON THE FACE OF JESUS. WE
BEHOLD THE SPLENDOR OF GOD SHINING ON THE FACE OF THE SON.
AND
OH HOW HIS BEAUTY TRANSFORMS US, THE WONDER OF PRESENCE ABIDING. TRANSPARENT
HEARTS GIVE REFLECTION OF TABOR'S LIGHT WITHIN, OF TABOR'S LIGHT WITHIN
WE
BEHOLD THE SPLENDOR OF GOD SHINING ON THE FACE OF JESUS. WE BEHOLD THE SPLENDOR
OF GOD SHINING ON THE FACE OF THE SON.
JESUS,
LORD OF GLORY, JESUS, BELOVED SON. OH HOW GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, HOW GOOD TO SHARE
YOUR LIGHT, HOW GOOD TO SHARE YOUR LIGHT
WE
BEHOLD THE SPLENDOR OF GOD SHINING ON THE FACE OF JESUS. WE BEHOLD THE SPLENDOR
OF GOD SHINING ON THE FACE OF THE SON.
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Reflection by Fr Peter: English Chinese
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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Yesterday
I said the 7.15 am Mass at St Paul's Parish ... my first Mass without a mask for
more than 2 years!
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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 March 4
Thailand: 8.5 kilos of heroin
for
HK in canned fruit. Nigerians & Thai woman arrested
Urgent Vacancy: Someone
to process mail to and from prisoners and their overseas families ... scanning
letters then sending them by W/App or email, since ordinary mail to many places
takes so long. Then printing messages received by W/App or email from families
and posting them to prisoners. Using a dedicated post box at King's Road post
office and a dedicated mobile phone and a dedicated phone number and a dedicated
email address ....much dedication! ... not using your own name. Very kind man
who has done this job for the past year will be leaving HK at the end of this
month. Pls email me for more details: jdwomi@gmail.com
Laudato
Si:
23. The climate is a
common good, belonging to all and meant for all. At the global level, it is a
complex system linked to many of the essential conditions for human life. A
very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a
disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming
has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear,
by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable
cause cannot be assigned to each particular phenomenon. Humanity is called to
recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in
order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or
aggravate it. It is true that there are other factors (such as volcanic
activity, variations in the earth’s orbit and axis, the solar cycle), yet a
number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades
is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane,
nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity. As
these gases build up in the atmosphere, they hamper the escape of heat produced
by sunlight at the earth’s surface. The problem is aggravated by a model of
development based on the intensive use of fossil fuels, which is at the heart of
the worldwide energy system. Another determining factor has been an increase in
changed uses of the soil, principally deforestation for agricultural purposes.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 10
of Document on Revelation
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
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
Psalm
92: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning,
and your truth right through the night. Your deeds, O Lord, have made me glad.
For the work of your hands, I shout with joy. To me you give the wild ox's strength.
You anoint me with the purest oil. May we love and praise you right through our
lives,
right till the end of our days. May we keep on proclaiming your goodness,
proclaiming that in you, our rock, there is only goodness.
Lord, it is right and fitting
to love and praise you
Listen
Galatians
2.11-14: Not long after this, when Peter came to
Antioch, I opposed him
to his face, since he was in the wrong. He had been accustomed to eating with
non-Jews, but when some friends of James arrived, people who insisted that
all believers should be circumcised, he kept away from the non-Jews. When I saw that Peter was not respecting the
true meaning of the Good News, I said to him in front of everyone
"You have no right to make non-Jews adopt Jewish customs"
Jesus, help me understand that it's sometimes
ok to criticize top Christian leaders
Listen
John
19.31-37: The next day was the Passover. To prevent the
bodies remaining on the crosses during the Passover, the soldiers broke
the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he
was already dead. Instead of breaking his legs, they pierced his side with a spear. Immediately there came out blood and
water. And so the Scriptures were fulfilled "Not
one of his bones will be broken" and "They will look on the one
they have pierced"
Jesus, please help me understand how blood and
water are symbols of the Eucharist and Baptism
Listen
Reflection: In the water from Jesus' side can be seen a symbol of the Holy Spirit and of Baptism. In the blood ....a symbol of the Eucharist
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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 March 3
Vacancy: Someone
to process mail to and from prisoners and their overseas families ... scanning
letters then sending them by W/App or email, since ordinary mail to many places
takes so long. Then printing messages received by W/App or email from families
and posting them to prisoners. Using a dedicated post box at King's Road post
office and a dedicated mobile phone and a dedicated phone number and a dedicated
email address ....much dedication! ... not using your own name. Very kind man
who has done this job for the past year will be leaving HK at the end of this
month. Pls email me for more details: jdwomi@gmail.com
Laudato
Si:
22. These
problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture which affects the excluded
just as it quickly reduces things to rubbish. To cite one example, most
of the paper we produce is thrown away and not recycled. It is hard for us to
accept that the way natural ecosystems work is exemplary: plants synthesize
nutrients which feed herbivores; these in turn become food for carnivores, which
produce significant quantities of organic waste which give rise to new
generations of plants. But our industrial system, at the end of its cycle of
production and consumption, has not developed the capacity to absorb and reuse
waste and by-products. We have not yet managed to adopt a circular model of
production capable of preserving resources for present and future generations,
while limiting as much as possible the use of non-renewable resources,
moderating their consumption, maximizing their efficient use, reusing and
recycling them. A serious consideration of this issue would be one way of
counteracting the throwaway culture which affects the entire planet, but it must
be said that only limited progress has been made in this regard.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 9
of Document on Revelation
Fridays
of Lent:
Prayer before a Crucifix
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
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
The Egyptians gave chase and also went into the sea.
When the Israelites had crossed to the other side
Moses again stretched out his staff over the sea
and this time the sea returned to its normal flow,
drowning all the Egyptians.
The people offered thanksgiving and praise to God.
Dear
God, please rescue people in trouble, just as you rescued the Israelites when they were in trouble
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
91: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
says to the Lord "you are my refuge in whom I trust". The Lord will hide you and protect you.
Under his wings you will find refuge. You will not fear any night time terror,
nor any attack during the day. Upon you no evil shall fall,
no plague approach where you dwell.
For you has he commanded his angels
to keep you safe in all your ways.
Dear God, thank you for your
protection day and night
Listen
Galatians
2.1-9:
14 years after that first visit, I again went
to Jerusalem,
with Barnabas and Titus. I explained to the Christian leaders how I had
been proclaiming the Good News to non-Jews. James, Peter and John shook hands with us as a
sign of partnership.
We were to preach to the non-Jews, and they to the Jews
Jesus, please help all Christians to avoid disunity
Listen
John
19.25-30: Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Seeing his mother and John the apostle
standing near her, Jesus said to his mother "He is your son".
Then to John he said "She is your mother". From
that moment, John regarded Mary as his own mother. Jesus said "My work is finished".
Then he bowed his head and died
We adore you Lord Jesus and we
praise you,
because you have redeemed the world
Listen
Reflection: "His mother's sister" means the mother of John. So to say that John has a new/second mother is quite special. For many Bible scholars, John represents all Christians ... maybe all peoples ... for whom Mary is our spiritual mother.
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I
don't find this very convincing: Where
did the Egyptians get their horses?
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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 March 2
Yesterday I went to the computer centre in Sham Shui Po to get Windows 10 installed in my old PC. Last week I heard how about half of the students in a nearby secondary school are from "divided flats" (= poor people's homes) so I have arranged for my old PC with its monitor and keyboard to be given to the school for a poor family. If any readers would like to do the same, pls email me: jdwomi@gmail.com
Yesterday
afternoon at the Mercy Centre in Yau Ma Tei, our social workers conducted our
usual gathering for local drug addicts, and then in the evening at the Dr Jesus
Centre in Jordan they conducted our usual gathering for Nepal drug addicts. God
bless all who attended both gatherings!
Laudato
Si:
21. Account must also be taken of the
pollution produced by residue, including dangerous waste present in different
areas. Each year hundreds of millions of tons of waste are generated, much of it
non-biodegradable, highly toxic and radioactive, from homes and businesses, from
construction and demolition sites, from clinical, electronic and industrial
sources. The earth, our home, is
beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.
In many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes
are now covered with rubbish. Industrial waste and chemical products utilized in
cities and agricultural areas can lead to bioaccumulation in the organisms of
the local population, even when levels of toxins in those places are low.
Frequently no measures are taken until after people's health has been
irreversibly affected.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 8
of Document on Revelation
My
project to help street sleepers in Brazil
My
project to help school-less
children and jobless former prisoners in Africa
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 12-13:
God said to Moses and Aaron
"From now on, this month is to be the first month of your year.
On the evening of the 14th day of this month
each family must kill and eat a one year old male sheep or goat.
Some of its blood must be put on your front door.
You must eat it in a hurry,
with a belt round your waist, sandals on your feet
and a staff in your hand.
This night I will go through the
That night God indeed struck dead the first-born
of all the Egyptians,
including the son of Pharaoh.
There was great mourning in
Dear
God, please help me understand the full meaning of the Passover story
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
90: O Lord you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
Before the earth or the world
existed,
you are God, without beginning or end. For you, a thousand years are
like yesterday, come and gone so quickly. We humans have a short life,
our life is over like a sigh. Our span is 70 years,
or 80 for those who are strong. Make us know the shortness of our
life,
that we may gain wisdom of heart. In the morning, fill us with your
love.
Give success to the work of our hands.
Lord,
help us realize the shortness of our life, that we may live our lives more wisely
Listen
Galatians
1.11-24: The Good News I preach is not a human message.
It is something I received from Jesus Christ. I used to persecute the church, but then God
called me to follow Jesus. I am a one-time persecutor who is now
preaching the faith I had previously tried to destroy. When I visited Jerusalem three years after my
conversion, the believers gave glory to God for what he had done for me
Jesus, please turn more persecutors into
preachers!
Listen
John
19.17-24: Carrying his own
crossbeam, Jesus went out of
the city to the place called Golgotha, where they crucified him with two
other men, one on each side of him. Pilate had the charge against Jesus written
out and attached to the top of the cross. It read "Jesus of Nazareth,
King of the Jews". When the soldiers had finished crucifying
Jesus, they divided his clothes among them
Jesus nailed to the Cross, thank you for
suffering for the salvation of the world
Listen
Reflection: In the first reading, the blood of an animal saved the Israelites. In the Gospel, the Blood of Jesus saved the whole of humanity
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Yesterday,
the first day of mask wearing not being compulsory in HK, I estimate that around
80% of HK people were .... wearing a mask!
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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 March
After the monthly overnight O.M.I. meeting at St Paul's retreat
centre finished at lunch time yesterday, I went to nearby Lo Wu women's prison
for 4 hours. Like the rest of HK society, prison staff and inmates are looking
forward to not having to wear masks from today!!!
Ontario time, Saturday March 4 @ 7pm Ontario time, W5 (Canada's "Sixty
Minutes") will post a report about a 64 year old Canadian woman tricked to
take drugs to HK from Ethiopia. Trailer here
Laudato
Si:
20.
Some forms of pollution are part
of people's daily experience. Exposure to atmospheric pollutants produces a
broad spectrum of health hazards, especially for the poor, and causes millions
of premature deaths. People take sick, for example, from breathing high levels
of smoke from fuels used in cooking or heating. There is also pollution that
affects everyone, caused by transport, industrial fumes, substances which
contribute to the acidification of soil and water, fertilizers, insecticides,
fungicides, herbicides and agrotoxins in general. Technology, which, linked to
business interests, is presented as the only way of solving these problems, in
fact proves incapable of seeing the mysterious network of relations between
things and so sometimes solves one
problem only to create others.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 7
of Document on Revelation
My
project to help street sleepers in Brazil
My
project to help school-less
children and jobless former prisoners in Africa
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
11: One last time God sent Moses to Pharaoh,
with this message:
"Tonight at midnight, God's angel will pass through
Dear God, please bless everyone in Egypt!
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
89: I will sing for ever of your love, O
Lord.
Of this I am sure, that your love lasts for ever.
The heavens proclaim your wonders, O Lord.
The heavens are yours, the world is yours. Blessed the people who find joy in you,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face.
Thank you, Lord, for our
beautiful world
Listen
Galatians
1.1-7: To the church of
Galatia, from Paul, an apostle appointed not by man but by
Jesus Christ. Trouble makers among
you have changed the Good News. I am astonished that
you have begun following their false version
of the Good News
Jesus, don't let people
be deceived by anyone who waters down or changes your Good News
Listen
John
19.4-16: Pilate now put Jesus on display and again
told the leaders
"I find no case against him". The leaders replied "According to our Law
he must die, since he claims to be the Son of God. If you free him, you
are no friend of the Roman Emperor". Eventually Pilate gave in to them and handed
Jesus over to be crucified
Jesus, please help all judges to stand up for
the truth and not make false judgments
Listen
Reflection: Paul usually starts in a friendly way in nearly all his letters. But not so in Galatians. He is upset .... and shows it!
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Surely in 2,00 years no other church document has used the
term "agrotoxins" (Laudato
Si, above)
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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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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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