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Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues April 4
Yesterday morning I attended a meeting to do with trying to stop drug trafficking to and into HK .... then spent the rest of the day at the desk on jobs for prisoners. I hope to visit a prison this afternoon. Tomorrow is a public holiday in HK for the Ching Ming Festival ... and I hope to visit another prison tomorrow.
Laudato
Si:
54.
It is remarkable how weak international
political responses have been. The failure of global summits on the
environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and
finance. There are too many special interests, and economic interests easily end
up trumping the common good and manipulating information so that their own plans
will not be affected. The Aparecida
Document urges that "the interests of economic groups which
irrationally demolish sources of life should not prevail in dealing with natural
resources". The alliance between the economy and technology ends up
sidelining anything unrelated to its immediate interests. Consequently the most
one can expect is superficial rhetoric, sporadic acts of philanthropy and
perfunctory expressions of concern for the environment, whereas any genuine
attempt by groups within society to introduce change is viewed as a nuisance
based on romantic illusions or an obstacle to be circumvented.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 28
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Tues of Holy Week.
Isaiah 46-49: The Lord
called me before I was born. From my mother's womb he knew my name. While I was
thinking that I had toiled in vain, all the while my cause was with the Lord.
The Lord who formed me in the womb and assigned me to rescue his people, that
same Lord said to me: "I
will make you the light of the nations, so that my salvation will reach
to the ends of the earth"
Jesus, please help me understand how
these words refer to you
Psalm
71: In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Please
hear me and help me. Be
a rock where I can take refuge. Rescue
me from people
who want to hurt me. It
is you, O Lord, who are my hope. In you I have trusted since I was young. From
my mother's womb you have been my help. My hope has always been in you. Now that
I am old, please do not forget me. Now that my strength fails, do not abandon
me. To you I will sing with the harp. All day long my tongue will tell of your
goodness to me. Jesus,
please help me understand how these words refer to you
Recording
Mark
14.66-72: Peter
went to the place where the religious leaders had Jesus on trial. A young woman
in the courtyard of the place said to him "You were with Jesus, the
man from Nazareth". Peter replied "I don't know what you're talking
about". Peter went to the gateway of the place, where the woman saw him
again and said to people around her "This man is one of them".
Peter denied it. Not long after this a group of people said to Peter "You
are his friend. We can tell by your Galilean accent".
Then Peter even more strongly replied "I do not know the man". At that
very moment, a rooster crowed. Peter remembered Jesus' words "Before the
rooster crows, you will deny me three times". Peter
then wept loudly.
Jesus, please help me not to deny you. Give me courage to say "I am a
Christian"
Listen
Luke
22.63-65: The men
who were guarding Jesus mocked
him and beat him. They blindfolded him. "Since you are a
prophet", they said, "tell us who hit you just then". And they
continued heaping insults on him.
Jesus, please stop me from making offensive fun of other people
Recording
Luke 22.66 - 23.12: At
daybreak there was a meeting of the religious leaders. Jesus was brought before
them. They asked him "Are you the Son of God?". He replied
"Yes". They said "We have heard his blasphemy from his own
lips". They took him to the Roman governor, Pilate, and made many false
accusations against him. Pilate said "I find no case against him".
Jesus was then taken to King Herod who
made fun of him and sent him back to Pilate.
Jesus, on trial before the leaders, before Herod and before Pilate, please help
all prisoners who are on trial today
Recording
Reflection on the above readings: When someone makes fun of us, we react, internally if not externally. Being made fun of is not a pleasant experience. And most of us have to admit to having made fun of others. But human hurt feelings pale into insignificance when compared with what Jesus must have felt. The Creator of the Universe being ridiculed by creatures. A loving and kind parent being ridiculed by a son or daughter .... only a faint image of what happened 2,000 years ago this week.
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Congratulations
New Zealand teams for winning both the men's and women's HK Seven's
Championships!
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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 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Monday April 3
Yesterday morning I had 8.30 Chinese Mass at St Paul's Parish in Yau Ma Tei, then at the Dr Jesus Centre a noon English Mass for women staying at MercyHK shelters in Jordan. At the English Mass I used this beautiful old song for Palm Sunday
63kg
(!) of heroin seized in Tsim Sha Tsui! (Click "English" to
translate)
Laudato
Si:
53.
These situations have caused sister earth, along with all the abandoned of our
world, to cry out, pleading that we take another course. Never have we so hurt
and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Yet we
are called to be instruments of God our Father, so that our planet might be what
he desired when he created it and correspond with his plan for peace, beauty and
fullness. The problem is that we still
lack the culture needed to confront this crisis. We lack leadership
capable of striking out on new paths and meeting the needs of the present with
concern for all and without prejudice towards coming generations. The
establishment of a legal framework which can set clear boundaries and ensure the
protection of ecosystems has become indispensable; otherwise, the new power
structures based on the techno-economic paradigm may overwhelm not only our
politics but also freedom and justice.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 27
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f.
Monday of Holy Week.
Isaiah 42: Here
is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have
endowed him with my spirit that he may bring true justice to the nations. He
does not cry out or shout aloud. He
does not extinguish the wavering flame. I have called him to serve the
cause of right, to open the eyes of the blind, to free captives from prison.
Jesus, Servant of the Father, you are the Saviour of the world.
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
27: The Lord is my
light and my help, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life,
before whom shall I shrink? Though an army encamp against me, even then would I
trust. There is one thing I ask of the Lord, for this I long: to live in the
house of the Lord all the days of my life. It is your face, O Lord, that I seek.
Hide not your face. I
am sure I will see your goodness in the land of the living. Hope in the
Lord, hold firm and take heart. Hope in the Lord!
Jesus, may we pray this psalm in time of trial, just as you did
Recording
Mark
14.53-65: The
men who arrested Jesus took him to a meeting of the religious leaders. The
leaders wanted to condemn Jesus to death, even if they had to use false
evidence. Jesus remained silent before their accusations. Then the main leader
challenged Jesus: "Are you the Saviour, the Son of God?" Jesus replied
"I am". The leader then called out "We have heard him claim to be
of Divine origin. This is blasphemy". The
rest of the leaders shouted "He should die". Then
they spat in Jesus' face and hit him with their fists
Jesus, thank you for submitting yourself to insult and spittle for the
salvation of the world
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, may we "anoint your feet" by serving the poor
Recording
Reflection on the above readings: We can wash Jesus' feet ... by serving him in the poor ... by real service of the real poor, not insincere lip-service like that of Judas
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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 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 10th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Chad
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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April 2
PALM SUNDAY
Another
media report about 64 year old Canadian grandmother in prison in HK on drug
trafficking charge. Original video report by W5 (Canada's Sixty Minutes) here
has now had 1.3m views (part of this report was filmed at the Dr Jesus Centre in
HK).
I
read every word of this excellent article: Netanyahu
is leading a coup against his own country
Laudato
Si:
52. The foreign debt of poor countries has
become a way of controlling them, yet this is not the case where ecological debt
is concerned. In different ways, developing countries, where the most important
reserves of the biosphere are found, continue to fuel the development of richer
countries at the cost of their own present and future. The land of the southern
poor is rich and mostly unpolluted, yet access to ownership of goods and
resources for meeting vital needs is inhibited by a system of commercial
relations and ownership which is structurally perverse. The developed countries
ought to help pay this debt by significantly limiting their consumption of
non-renewable energy and by assisting poorer countries to support policies and
programmes of sustainable development. The poorest areas and countries are less
capable of adopting new models for reducing environmental impact because they
lack the wherewithal to develop the necessary processes and to cover their
costs. We must continue to be aware that, regarding climate change, there are differentiated
responsibilities. As the United States bishops have said, greater
attention must be given to "the needs of the poor, the weak and the
vulnerable, in a debate often dominated by more powerful interests". We
need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family. There are
no frontiers or barriers, political or social, behind which we can hide, still
less is there room for the globalization of indifference.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 25
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Palm Sunday
Isaiah
50: The Lord
has opened my ear to hear his message. The Lord has given me words to proclaim
his message. For my part, I made no resistance, neither did I turn away. I
offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who tore at my beard. I
did not protect my face from insult and spittle. I set my face like
flint. The Lord will help me.
Jesus, please help me understand how these words refer to you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? I call to you for help, but day and night you give no reply. I am a worm and not a man. Everyone who sees me makes fun of me. They taunt me: "He trusted in the Lord, why doesn't the Lord help him?" Like water I am poured out, my bones no longer connected. My throat is parched, my tongue sticks to my jaws. Many evil people attack me. They make holes in my hands and my feet. They await my death. They divide my clothing among them, they throw a dice for my robe.
Yet
I know Lord, that you are good and holy. I know how you heard the cries of
our ancestors and you helped them. It was you who took me from the womb and
entrusted me to my mother's breast. To you I was committed from my birth, from
my mother's womb you have been my God. Lord, I trust in you even now. I trust
you will not scorn my prayer. Even now I praise you as my Creator. May all the
nations know and worship you.
Lord, please help people who are in big trouble right now, especially people
whose lives are in danger
Philippians 2.6-11: O Lord, unite us in your love and keep our minds in you. O Lord, unite us in your love and keep our minds in you. Though you were God in state divine you did not cling to what you were. No, you shed your glory's shine so as to live just like a slave. O Lord, unite us in your love and keep our minds in you. You came on earth in human form and you shared our troubled life. A humbler man there never was, even in death obedient. Yes, Lord, death upon a cross, yes, upon a cross.
Therefore are you raised on high and you have the name of names. At that name should bend the knee and tongue confess: Jesus Christ is LORD. And tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD. And tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD. To the glory of God the Father
Luke
19.28-40: When
Jesus came near to Jerusalem, he sent two disciples to a nearby village to get a
donkey colt which no one had ever ridden. Jesus sat on the colt and began the
descent from the Mount of Olives down the hill to Jerusalem. The
disciples spread their clothes on the road, and joyfully praised God for all the
miracles they had seen. They cried out "Blessings
on the King who comes in the name of the Lord!" Some
religious leaders told Jesus to stop the disciples from calling out. Jesus
replied "If these keep silence, the stones will cry out"
Jesus, you who came in the name of the Lord, we praise and love you
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: For Christians this is a sacred week .... the most important week of the year
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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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 2nd
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Fujian
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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat April 1
I spent most of yesterday at the desk .... on many jobs for
prisoners. Jobs like the letter below:
Letter
in Chinese from a HK woman in prison for drug trafficking. Her story is a
warning to others not to make the same mistake: Here
(March 18)
Laudato
Si:
51. Inequity affects not only individuals
but entire countries; it compels us to consider an ethics of international
relations. A true "ecological debt" exists, particularly between the
global north and south, connected to commercial imbalances with effects on the
environment, and the disproportionate use of natural resources by certain
countries over long periods of time. The export of raw materials to satisfy
markets in the industrialized north has caused harm locally, as for example in
mercury pollution in gold mining or sulphur dioxide pollution in copper mining.
There is a pressing need to calculate the use of environmental space throughout
the world for depositing gas residues which have been accumulating for two
centuries and have created a situation which currently affects all the countries
of the world. The warming caused by huge consumption on the part of some rich
countries has repercussions on the poorest areas of the world, especially
Africa, where a rise in temperature, together with drought, has proved
devastating for farming. There is also the damage caused by the export of solid
waste and toxic liquids to developing countries, and by the pollution produced
by companies which operate in less developed countries in ways they could never
do at home, in the countries in which they raise their capital: "We note
that often the businesses which operate this way are multinationals. They do
here what they would never do in developed countries or the so-called first
world. Generally, after ceasing their
activity and withdrawing, they leave behind great human and environmental
liabilities such as unemployment, abandoned towns, the depletion of
natural reserves, deforestation, the impoverishment of agriculture and local
stock breeding, open pits, riven hills, polluted rivers and a handful of social
works which are no longer sustainable".
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 25
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Reflection: Jesus knew people wanted to kill him but he kept to his plan to go to Jerusalem. He kept going .... an example for everyone who is facing opposition
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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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri March 31
Yesterday I attended a lunch time meeting to discuss the work of ALPHA. I am hoping there can soon be some ALPHA groups in our area.
Laudato
Si:
50.
Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can
be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. At times,
developing countries face forms of international pressure which make economic
assistance contingent on certain policies of "reproductive health".
Yet "while it is true that an unequal distribution of the population and of
available resources creates obstacles to development and a sustainable use of
the environment, it must nonetheless be recognized that demographic growth is
fully compatible with an integral and shared development". To blame
population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of
some, is one way of refusing to face the issues. It is an attempt to legitimize
the present model of distribution, where a minority believes that it has the
right to consume in a way which can never be universalized, since the planet
could not even contain the waste products of such consumption. Besides, we know
that approximately a third of all food produced is discarded, and "whenever
food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor".
Still, attention needs to be paid to imbalances in population density, on
both national and global levels, since a rise in consumption would lead to
complex regional situations, as a result of the interplay between problems
linked to environmental pollution, transport, waste treatment, loss of resources
and quality of life.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 24
of Document on The
Church
Fridays
of Lent:
Prayer before a Crucifix
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The
Book Blog:
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Reflection: Jesus knows that in one week's time he will be crucified. In this coming week, let's often remember him
Today's readings are here
(Friday)
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Well
done Bulldogs ....hope Lions play better next week!
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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 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu March 30
Please send them to Jordan/Yau Ma Tei area! Restaurants here would dearly love more business as they struggle to recover from Covid recession etc: Mainland tour groups causing chaos
Guardian
faces up to its links with slavery
Laudato
Si:
49.
It needs to be said that, generally speaking, there is little in the way of
clear awareness of problems which especially affect the excluded. Yet they are
the majority of the planet's population, billions of people. These days, they
are mentioned in international political and economic discussions, but one often
has the impression that their problems are brought up as an afterthought, a
question which gets added almost out of duty or in a tangential way, if not
treated merely as collateral damage. Indeed, when all is said and done, they
frequently remain at the bottom of the pile. This is due partly to the fact that
many professionals, opinion makers,
communications media and centres of power, being located in affluent urban
areas, are far removed from the poor, with little direct contact with their
problems. They live and reason from the comfortable position of a high
level of development and a quality of life well beyond the reach of the majority
of the world's population. This lack of physical contact and encounter,
encouraged at times by the disintegration of our cities, can lead to a numbing
of conscience and to tendentious analyses which neglect parts of reality. At
times this attitude exists side by side with a "green" rhetoric.
Today, however, we have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes
a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the
environment, so as to hear both
the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 19
of Document on The
Church
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The Book Blog: readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
17: God
appeared to Abraham and said to him "I
will make an everlasting covenant with you and your descendants. As a
sign of this covenant, all your males must be circumcised. Baby boys must be
circumcised when they are eight days old. Also, Sarah your wife, even though she
is old, will bear you a son. You will name him Isaac."
Dear God, please bless all the babies in the world
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
105: Give thanks to the Lord, make
known his deeds among all the peoples. O sing to him, sing his praise. Tell all
his wonderful works. Be proud of his holy name. Let hearts that seek the Lord
rejoice. Consider the Lord and his strength. Constantly
seek his face. Never forget how the Lord has helped us in the past, how
he has protected Israel from its beginning till now.
Dear God, please help me understand how you have been loving and protecting
me since the beginning of my life
Listen
John
8: Jesus said to the people "If
God were your father, you would love me, since I have come from God and I speak
the truth. You avoid the truth, because your father is the father of lies, the
Devil. Abraham rejoiced at the thought of my coming. He saw it in the future and
was glad". The people said "You are not yet 50 years old. How could
you have seen Abraham?" Jesus replied "I
tell you, before Abraham ever was, I Am". The people then picked up
stones to throw at Jesus for claiming to be God. But Jesus safely left the
Temple
Jesus, you who existed as God the Son from all eternity, please increase my
love for the truth, and help me avoid lies
Listen
Reflection: The "stones" in today's Gospel are from the 3rd attempt on Jesus' life (that we know of). First there was Herod when Jesus was a baby; then the synagogue crowd at Nazareth. Attempt number 4, on Friday week, succeeded (... temporarily! ...)
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Late this afternoon I might not be replying to W/App messages
straight away as I might be following an
important event!
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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 30th 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 30th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Rwanda
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 29
Yesterday after the monthly O.M.I. meeting finished at midday at
St Paul's retreat centre in Sheung Shui, Fr Jun and I skipped lunch and went to
nearby Lo Wu women's prison for a few hours. A very worthwhile visit. Fr me I
was happy to meet a number of people soon to go back to their own countries ...
including one lady from Africa who has spent 15 years and 6 months in prison
after losing her not guilty plea for a drug trafficking charge.
Laudato
Si:
48. The
human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we
cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes
related to human and social degradation. In fact, the deterioration of the
environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet:
"Both everyday experience and scientific research show that the gravest
effects of all attacks on the environment are suffered by the poorest".
For example, the depletion of fishing reserves especially hurts small
fishing communities without the means to replace those resources; water
pollution particularly affects the poor who cannot buy bottled water; and rises
in the sea level mainly affect impoverished coastal populations who have nowhere
else to go. The impact of present imbalances is also seen in the premature death
of many of the poor, in conflicts sparked by the shortage of resources, and in
any number of other problems which are insufficiently represented on global
agendas.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 19
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog:
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Daniel
2-3: The king
of Babylon had a dream which none of his wise men could interpret. God enabled
Daniel to understand the dream. The king then promoted Daniel and his friends to
important jobs. Some time after this, the king built a golden statue and
everyone was commanded to adore it. The Jewish exiles, including Daniel and his
friends, refused to adore the statue. Daniel and his friends were condemned to
be burnt to death in a big furnace. But
God protected the four young men and they walked around unhurt in the flames.
They praised God for his wonderful protection and called on all creatures to
adore the one true God. When the king saw this miracle take place he cancelled
the law for Jews to be killed.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. Let everyone praise the Lord for his
love is everlasting
My
recording of this reading
Daniel 3.52-56:
John 8.31-42:
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Reflection: Our
gift of free will, if misused, can produce behaviour and a mindset which blocks
out God's message .. "nothing
I say has penetrated into you"
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As Fr Jun and I skipped lunch at the retreat centre
yesterday, in order to have more time at the prison, I promised him the
delicious tuna and biscuit lunch packet available from a machine at the prison
.... only to find that this special item had sold out! Sorry Jun!!!
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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 29th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Chongqing
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 29th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Nigeria
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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