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Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues March 28
Hello from St Paul's retreat centre in Sheung Shui where I am attending the monthly O.M.I. gathering. Yesterday morning I went to Lo Wu women's prison for a few hours .... and hope to go there again this afternoon after the meeting finishes at midday. It's wet and cold here ...but one good thing at the centre: the squirrels are back! Haven't seen them for the past year or two.
World
Water Day - HK's hidden water problems
Laudato
Si:
47. Furthermore,
when media and the digital world become
omnipresent, their influence can stop people from learning how to live wisely,
to think deeply and to love generously. In this context, the great sages
of the past run the risk of going unheard amid the noise and distractions of an
information overload. Efforts need to be made to help these media become sources
of new cultural progress for humanity and not a threat to our deepest riches.
True wisdom, as the fruit of self-examination, dialogue and generous encounter
between persons, is not acquired by a mere accumulation of data which eventually
leads to overload and confusion, a sort of mental pollution. Real relationships
with others, with all the challenges they entail, now tend to be replaced by a
type of internet communication which enables us to choose or eliminate
relationships at whim, thus giving rise to a new type of contrived emotion which
has more to do with devices and displays than with other people and with nature.
Today's media do enable us to communicate and to share our knowledge and
affections. Yet at times they also shield us from direct contact with the pain,
the fears and the joys of others and the complexity of their personal
experiences. For this reason, we should be concerned that, alongside the
exciting possibilities offered by these media, a deep and melancholic
dissatisfaction with interpersonal relations, or a harmful sense of isolation,
can also arise.
Pope
asking us to re-read
main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 18
of Document on The Church
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers
21: In
order to avoid the land of Edom, the Israelites headed towards the coastline.
But the people again criticized God and Moses. So God sent snakes among the
people and many people died. The people then said to Moses "We have sinned;
please pray for us to save us". Moses prayed for them, and God heard
his prayer. God told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone
bitten by a snake could then look at the bronze snake and live
Jesus' words (John 3.13): "The Son of Man must be lifted up as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes
may have eternal life in him".
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
102: O
Lord, listen to my prayer in my distress. Do not hide your face from me.
For my days are vanishing like smoke,
my bones burn away like a fire. I forget to eat my bread. My skin clings to my
bones. All day long my foes revile me. Those who hate me use my name as a curse.
But you, O Lord, will endure for ever. You will arise and have mercy on Sion.
You will hear the groans of the prisoners and free those condemned to die. I
pray to you: "Do not take me away before my time has come, you whose days
last from age to age.
Lord, please help people who are in great distress
Listen
John
8: Jesus
said: When
you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He and
that I do nothing of myself: what the Father has taught me is what I
preach; he who sent me is with me, and has not left me to myself, for I always
do what pleases him. As he was saying this, many came to believe in him.
Listen
Reflection!
Wear
mask & Cross!
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At Lo Wu womens's prison yesterday morning I had trouble
using my Spanish with the South American inmates .... because they
wanted to practise English which they have been learning so diligently!
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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 28th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Beijing
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 28th of the month, Jesus please
bless the people of Ivory Coast
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 27
Congratulations Vivian and MercyHK social worker Simon! A lovely
wedding ceremony yesterday. "May you see your children's children in a
happy Jerusalem" (Psalm 128).
Many thanks to domestic helper group who took part in a working bee at the Dr Jesus Centre yesterday afternoon to prepare cookies for the MercyHK Easter project!
Today I'm hoping to visit Lo Wu women's prison for a while,
before going to the nearby St Paul's retreat centre for monthly OMI overnight
meeting.
Laudato
Si:
46.
The social dimensions of global change include the effects of technological
innovations on employment, social exclusion, an inequitable distribution and
consumption of energy and other services, social breakdown, increased violence
and a rise in new forms of social aggression, drug trafficking, growing drug use
by young people, and the loss of identity. These
are signs that the growth of the past two centuries has not always led to an
integral development and an improvement in the quality of life. Some of
these signs are also symptomatic of real social decline, the silent rupture of
the bonds of integration and social cohesion.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 17
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Daniel 13: A
beautiful woman named Susanna was condemned to death on a false charge of
immorality. God stirred Daniel's heart to help Susanna. Daniel confronted
Susanna's two accusers, two elderly Jewish men. Daniel had the two men
separated.
He then asked them individually where the alleged crime took place. One of them
said "under a mastic tree." The other said "under an oak
tree." The people then realized the men were lying. The
people praised God for giving such wisdom to Daniel. Susanna was freed.
The two men were executed, as required by the Law.
Lord, please help people who have been falsely accused of crimes
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
23: The Lord is my
shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where
he gives me repose.
Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit. He guides me
along the right path. He is true to his name. If
I should walk in the valley of darkness no evil would I fear. You
are there with your crook and your staff; with these you give me comfort. You
have prepared a banquet for me in the sight of my foes. My head you have
anointed with oil. My cup is overflowing. Surely goodness and kindness shall
follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord's own house shall I dwell for
ever and ever.
Thank you, Lord, for being my good shepherd
Listen
John
8.1-11: While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, the
religious leaders brought to him a women who had been caught committing
adultery. The leaders said to Jesus "According to
the Law of Moses, this woman should be stoned to death. What do you
say?" They said this to test him, looking for something
to use against him. Jesus bent down and started writing on the
ground with his finger. Since they kept up their questioning, he looked up
and said to them "If there is one of you who has not sinned, let him
be the first to cast a stone". Then he kept writing on the ground.
The leaders went away, beginning with the
eldest, until Jesus was left alone with the woman. Jesus said to her
"Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? "No one, sir", she replied.
"Neither do I condemn you", said Jesus. "Go and don't sin
any more".
Jesus, what did you write on the ground? The
leaders' sins? "If you, O Lord, should write a record of our sins, who could
claim innocence?"
(Psalm 130)
Listen
Reflection: My reflection on today's Gospel
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For
yesterday's wedding ceremony I wore my suit coat .... I wear it maybe once a
year ... .which partly explains why it recenltly had its 50th birthday!
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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 27th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Tibet
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 27th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Tanzania
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 26
Bishop Michael Pfeifer O.M.I. World
Water Day and World Earth Day (see lists of practical steps each of us can
take)
Laudato
Si:
45.
In some places, rural and urban alike, the privatization of certain spaces has
restricted people's access to places of particular beauty. In others,
"ecological" neighbourhoods have been created which are closed to
outsiders in order to ensure an artificial tranquillity. Frequently,
we find beautiful and carefully manicured green spaces in so-called
"safer" areas of cities, but not in the more hidden areas where the
disposable of society live.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 16
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Lent 5:
Ezekiel
35-48: Through
Ezekiel, God kept calling on the people to turn from their sins and remember
their Creator. God said he would bring back Israel's exiles to their homeland. He
would give them a new start in life, like a skeleton coming back to life.
God said the people would rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, and religious
practice would once again flourish. The people would once again remember God.
The people would once again be blessed by the Lord.
Lord, please help nations which have forgotten
you to come back to you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
130: Out
of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice. If you, O Lord,
should record our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you is found
forgiveness. For this we revere you. My soul is waiting for the Lord. I count on
his word. My soul is longing for the Lord more than watchman for the daybreak.
With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. Israel
indeed he will redeem from all its iniquity.
Lord, please forgive me for all the bad
things I have done
Recording
Romans
8.9-13: You
are on God's team. God the Father is the manager. Jesus is the captain. The Holy
Spirit is the coach, a coach living in your heart. If the Spirit of him who
raised Jesus from the dead, is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the
dead will help you live a risen life. By
the grace of the Holy Spirit you can stop doing bad things.
Holy Spirit of Jesus, Holy Spirit of the Father,
fall afresh on me!
Recording
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
Recording
Reflection on the above readings: My Life after Death file
Reflection by Fr Peter: English Chinese
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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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To
go with today's Bible readings:
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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 26th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Xinjiang
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 26th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Madagascar
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 25The
Annunciation
9
months to Christmas!
Yesterday morning after 7.15 Mass at St Paul's Mass Centre, I had a breakfast meeting with parish priest Fr Stephen Ip ....at which we did a bit of brainstorming about the future ...with some encouraging ideas how MercyHK and the parish can work together. At midday I went to the computer centre in Sham Shui Po where a kind young IT man was able to resuscitate my old printer (... I am so glad not to have to part with a very old and faithful friend!)
Laudato
Si:
44.
Nowadays, for example, we are conscious of the disproportionate and unruly
growth of many cities, which have become unhealthy to live in, not only because
of pollution caused by toxic emissions but also as a result of urban chaos, poor
transportation, and visual pollution and noise. Many cities are huge,
inefficient structures, excessively wasteful of energy and water.
Neighbourhoods, even those recently built, are congested, chaotic and lacking in
sufficient green space. We were not
meant to be inundated by cement, asphalt, glass and metal, and deprived of
physical contact with nature.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 15
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for the Annunciation
Isaiah 7: A foreign king and
his army attacked Jerusalem. The king of Judah and his
people were full of fear. God told Isaiah to say to the king of Judah:
"Keep calm, have no fear. You will not be defeated. The Lord himself gives
you a sign of his protection: a
maiden is with child and will give birth to a son whom
she will call God-with-us."
Lord, please help me understand how you are God-with-me every day
My recording of this reading
Psalm
40: You do not ask for
sacrifice and offerings, but an open ear. You do not ask for holocaust and
victim. Instead, here am I. In the scroll of the book it
stands written that I should do your will. My God, I delight in your law
in the depth of my heart. Your justice I have proclaimed in the great assembly.
My lips I have not sealed, you know it, O Lord. I have not hidden your justice
in my heart, but declared your faithful help. I have not hidden your love and
your truth from the great assembly.
Here I am, Lord. I come to do your will
Recording
Luke
1.26-38 (a) In the sixth
month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the town of
Nazareth in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary who was betrothed to a man named
Joseph. The angel said to her "Mary, Rejoice! You have been greatly blessed
by God. You
are to conceive and have a son whom you must name Jesus. He will be great
and will be called the Son of God". Mary said to the angel, "How can
this happen since I am a virgin?"
Recording
Luke
1.26-38 (b) The angel
replied "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High
will specially bless you. Know this too: your cousin Elizabeth has, in her old
age, conceived a son, and is now in her sixth month". "I am the
handmaid of the Lord", said Mary, "let
what you have said, be done for me". And the angel left her.
God the Son, thank you for becoming a baby in Mary's womb
Recording
Reflection on the above readings: Gentle Woman (Carey Landry)
Beautiful homily of Pope John Paul on March 25, 2000 in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth
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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 25th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Ningxia
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 25th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Lesotho
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 24
Yesterday morning at the Dr Jesus Centre in Jordan I attended a MercyHK finance meeting ... at the end of which we asked a special blessing on all our donors. In the afternoon I joined other members of my other NGO Voice for Prisoners for a presentation to staff at the office of the SCMP in Times Square.
52kg
of Ice seized from small plane after flight from PNG
Laudato
Si:
43.
Human beings too are creatures of this world, enjoying a right to life and
happiness, and endowed with unique dignity. So
we cannot fail to consider the effects on people's lives of environmental
deterioration, current models of development and the throwaway culture.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 14
of Document on The
Church
Fridays
of Lent:
Prayer before a Crucifix
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 33: The Israelites continued their journey
through the desert.
Wherever the people camped,
Moses would put the Sacred Tent outside,
some distance from the camp.
Whenever Moses went out to the Tent,
the pillar of cloud came down on the Tent
and God spoke with Moses face to face,
just like friends speak to each other.
The Israelites would go out to the Tent for Moses to consult God for them.
Dear
God, thank you for your friendship
Psalm
108: My heart is ready, O God. I will sing, sing
your praise.
Awake, lyre and harp. I will awake the dawn. I will thank you, Lord, among the peoples,
praise you among the nations, for your love reaches to the heavens
and your truth to the skies. O Lord, come and deliver us today.
Help us with your right hand. Give us help in difficult situations.
With your help we shall be brave.
Lord, we need your help every
day
Listen
Ephesians
4.1-16:
I implore you to lead a life worthy of your
vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete
selflessness, gentleness and patience. If we live by the truth and in love, we shall
become more and more like Christ. We are parts of the Body of Christ. Christ is
the head. Each part must do its bit to keep the Body healthy and growing
in love.
Jesus, help me understand how the Church is
your Body
Listen
Matthew
8.1-3:
In Jesus' time, it was illegal for anyone to
touch a leper,
and it was illegal for lepers to go near other people. But one day a leper broke the law.
He came right up to Jesus and said
"If you want to, you can heal me." Jesus also broke the law.
He stretched out his hand, touched the leper,
and said "Of course I want to heal you. Be healed!" The man was healed immediately.
Jesus, I didn't know you were a
law-breaker. I guess this means that sometimes, in special
cases, it's ok to break the law
Listen
Reflection: In Exodus, above, Moses was like a lawyer acting on behalf of the people to communicate with God. But now we know clearly we can personally communicate directly with our loving Creator.
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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: 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 24th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Inner
Mongolia
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 24th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Djibouti
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 23
12
Nepal drug addicts attended last night's weekly gathering for Nepal people at
the Dr Jesus Centre in Jordan. The gathering included a meal of Nepal food from
a nearby canteen .... delicious!
In the hours before the gathering there were some volunteers at the centre
processing mail to/from prisoners ... resulting in more than 20 envelopes being
put in a post box last night and many scanned messages being sent to families by
W/App.
Not forgetting yesterday afternoon's gathering for local drug addicts at our Nathan Road Mercy Centre ... where at the same time there was a kind doctor of Chinese medicine available for free consultation by needy people.
Laudato
Si:
42.
Greater investment needs to be made in research aimed at understanding more
fully the functioning of ecosystems and adequately analyzing the different
variables associated with any significant modification of the environment.
Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and
respect, for all of us as living
creatures are dependent on one another. Each area is responsible for the
care of this family. This will require undertaking a careful inventory of the
species which it hosts, with a view to developing programmes and strategies of
protection with particular care for safeguarding species heading towards
extinction.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 13
of Document on The
Church
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 32:
Moses stayed on the mountain about 40
days.
During this time the people told Aaron to make them a god out of gold.
Aaron made a golden calf and the people worshipped it.
On the mountain, God said to Moses
"Go down now, because the people have been unfaithful to
me.
I will punish them, but of you I will make a great nation."
Moses pleaded with God not to punish the people.
When Moses, carrying the two tablets, came down the mountain
he saw the people partying before the golden calf.
He threw down the tablets and broke them.
He smashed the golden calf.
The men of the tribe of Levi were then commissioned
to go through the camp and kill many men.
About 3,000 men were killed.
01
02
Psalm
107: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His great love is without end. Let them say this, those the Lord has helped,
people from east and west, north and south. Some people wandered in the
desert, lost and unable to find their way to safety. In their hunger and thirst they cried to the
Lord for help.
He rescued them and showed them the way to safety. Let them thank the Lord for his love,
for he fills the hungry with good things. Some people were prisoners in misery and
chains,
living in darkness and gloom. In their distress they cried to the Lord for
help.
He rescued them and restored their freedom. Let them thank the Lord for his goodness,
for he shatters the iron bars of prisons. Some people were sick on account of their
sins,
unable to eat, and close to death. They cried to the Lord in their need.He healed them and saved them from the grave.
Let them thank the Lord for his love,
for the wonders he does for us. Some people sailed to the sea in ships
and were caught in terrifying storms. They cried to the Lord in their need
and he calmed the sea and wind. Let them thank the Lord for his love,for the wonders he does for us.
Whoever is wise should meditate on these
things
and reflect on the love of the Lord.
Thank
you Lord, for your rescuing love
01
02 03
04
Ephesians
3.14-21: This is what I pray, kneeling before the
Father from whom
every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes it name: May he give you power through his Spirit
for your hidden self to grow strong. May Christ live in your hearts through faith.
Planted in love and built on love, may you
continually focus
on the love of Christ, until your life is filled with that love
Glory be to him whose power working in
us,
can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory be to him from generation to generation
in the Church
and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen
Listen
Matthew
7.1-27: Jesus said to the people: Do not judge other people,
and God will not judge you. It's so easy to be aware of other people's
faults
yet be blind to your own faults. Persevere in prayer. Ask and you will receive.
Search and you will find.
Knock and the door will be opened. You like to give good things to your children.
God likes to give good things to you. Treat other people
the way you would like them to treat you. Beware of bad leaders.
A sure way to know if someone is good or bad:
are their actions good or bad?
If you put my words into practice,
you are like someone who builds his house on rock. If you ignore my words,
you are like someone who builds his house on sand.
Jesus, please help me put your
words into practice
Listen
Reflection: Mentors, tutors, guides, advisers, consultants .... their words are important and useful ....but in a far higher category of importance are the words of THE WORD!
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Yesterday one of our social workers assited a local Salvation
Army team to take a group of needy people to Disneyland. But because of rain
Donald and Mickey did not appear in public!
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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 23rd 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 23rd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Togo
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 22
Today (or in some places tomorrow) marks the beginning of Ramadan .... like last year it again overlaps with Lent ... meaning that Muslims and Christians will be fasting at the same time. Vatican 2022 message for Ramadan
Scientists
deliver "final warning" on climate crisis: act now or it's too late
Laudato
Si:
41.
In tropical and subtropical seas, we find coral
reefs comparable to the great forests on dry land, for they shelter
approximately a million species, including fish, crabs, molluscs, sponges and
algae. Many of the world's coral reefs are already barren or in a state of
constant decline. "Who turned the
wonderworld of the seas into underwater cemeteries bereft of colour and life?" This
phenomenon is due largely to pollution which reaches the sea as the result of
deforestation, agricultural monocultures, industrial waste and destructive
fishing methods, especially those using cyanide and dynamite. It is aggravated
by the rise in temperature of the oceans. All of this helps us to see that every
intervention in nature can have consequences which are not immediately evident,
and that certain ways of exploiting resources prove costly in terms of
degradation which ultimately reaches
the ocean bed itself.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 13
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
31: God said to
Moses:
"The Israelites must make the Sabbath a holy day each week,
because the Sabbath is a sign between you and me.
Do not do any ordinary work on the Sabbath.
Work for six days, then rest on the Sabbath.
Consecrate the Sabbath to me."
God's words were inscribed on two stone tablets.
Dear
God, please help us to make Sunday a holy day
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
106: O give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
His great love is without end. They are happy who do what is right,
who at all times remember what is just. When our ancestors came out of Egypt,
they forgot the greatness of God's love. Each time they strayed, God forgave them.
But still they continued to forget God who was their saviour,
God who had done such great things for them in Egypt.
O Lord, our God, please don't
let us forget your love
Listen
Ephesians
2.19-22: In God's Church you are not foreigners. You
are citizens. You are part of a building that has the
apostles and prophets
for its base. Christ Jesus himself is the foundation stone.
You are being built into a house where God
lives
Jesus, be the foundation stone
of my life
Listen
Matthew
6.25-34: Jesus said to the crowds that life is about more than food and clothing.
Pointing to some birds flying around, Jesus said:
Look at the birds. They don't sow or reap,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
And you are more precious than the birds. Pointing to flowers in the field Jesus said:
How beautiful are the flowers.
They are more beautiful than King Solomon's clothing. If God cares so much about the life of flowers
won't he care even more about human life? So, don't spend your day worrying about
what you are going to eat and drink and wear. Put God first in your life, God and a right
way of life,
then God will look after your physical needs. Don't waste your energy worrying about
tomorrow.
Live life one day at a time.
Heavenly Father, thank you for
caring for
the birds and flowers....and me!
Listen
Reflection: Last Saturday morning as I walked past the corner of Tung Kun and Shanghai Streets in Yau Ma Tei, I noticed 2 pigeons building a nest on top of an air conditioner which was completely under the cover of part of a building. CLEVER BIRDS! Even cleverer, the Divine Programmer of our amazing world!
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Sugarcane
carrying trucks forced to pay "tax" to elephants!
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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 22nd
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people 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 Senegal
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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