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Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues May 9
Hello from St Paul's Retreat House in Sheung Shui where I am attending the annual O.M.I. retreat. A photo of the main gate here gives an idea of the beautiful grounds surrounding the main building ...where I look out my 1/F window to trees and gardens and lawns ... lovely! More photos here
Laudato
Si:
89.
The created things of this world are not free of ownership: "For they are
yours, O Lord, who love the living". This is the basis of our conviction
that, as part of the universe, called into being by one Father, all of us are
linked by unseen bonds and together form a kind of universal family, a sublime
communion which fills us with a sacred, affectionate and humble respect. Here I
would reiterate that "God has joined us so closely to the world around us
that we can feel the desertification of
the soil almost as a physical ailment, and the extinction of a species as a
painful disfigurement"
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 9
of Document on The
Liturgy
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers
13-14: Moses sent some men to reconnoiter the land
of
Canaan would not be entered by the Israelites until all the men aged
twenty and over had died,
excepting Caleb and Joshua.
The reconnoiter men who inspired the rebellion
were all struck dead that
day
Dear
God, please give me more courage to face the trials of life,
and don't let me ever discourage other people
01
02
Psalm 128: O blessed are those who love the Lord and
walk in his ways. By the labor of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper: your wife like a fruitful vine in the heart of
your house;
your children like shoots of the olive, around your table. Indeed thus shall be blessed
the people who love and honor the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days
of your life.
May you see your children's children in a happy Jerusalem!
On Israel, peace!
Dear Lord, may all married
people live to see their children's children
Listen
Colossians
1.24 - 2.2:
As I sit in my prison, I am at peace in my
suffering, offering up my suffering to Christ for the sake of his body,
the Church. God chose me to reveal to you his sacred
message: Christ, your hope of glory, is among you. My aim is to bind you together in
love, and to
keep you growing in your knowledge of God's plan for your lives
"Bind us together,
Lord, Bind us together, With cords that cannot be broken,
Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together, Bind us together in Love"
(song)
Listen
Matthew 13.53-58:
One day Jesus went to Nazareth, his home
town.
In the prayer hall there he taught the local people. But the local people would not accept
him. They said
"Where did he get such wisdom and miraculous power?
He is just a carpenter's son. His mother is that woman called Mary.
His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Jude.
His sisters are here, too. He's nobody special." Jesus said to them
"A prophet is despised only in his own country and his own house".
And he did not work many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
Jesus, please give me more
faith in you
.... and don't let me reject people
Listen
Reflection: Today's Gospel shows that for 30 or more years, Jesus kept such a low profile that people were staggered when he began teaching and healing
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Yesterday afternoon at St Paul's, Sheung Shui, as I walked
around the grounds, I spotted my first .... squirrel! Hope to see more
during the 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: 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 9th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Henan
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 9th of the month, Jesus please
bless the people of Mozambique
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon May 8
Short
warning video made by No More Mules Team, using material from a scammer's
FB post - here
Fentanyl
from China entering Mexico ...then to USA
Laudato
Si:
88. The bishops of Brazil have pointed out
that nature as a whole not only manifests God but is also a locus of his
presence. The Spirit of life dwells in every living creature and calls us to
enter into relationship with him. Discovering
this presence leads us to cultivate the "ecological virtues". This
is not to forget that there is an infinite distance between God and the things
of this world, which do not possess his fullness. Otherwise, we would not be
doing the creatures themselves any good either, for we would be failing to
acknowledge their right and proper place. We would end up unduly demanding of
them something which they, in their smallness, cannot give us.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 3
of Document on The
Liturgy
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The
Book Blog: readings +
recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers
12: Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron,
started complaining
against Moses.
So God called Moses, Aaron and Miriam
to the Sacred Tent.
God said: "Moses is at home in my house
and I speak with him face to face.
You were wrong to speak against my servant Moses".
When God finished speaking
Miriam had become a leper.
Moses pleaded with God for Miriam.
Miriam was exiled from the camp for seven days
and then the leprosy left her
Dear
God, please help me not to complain so much about other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
127: If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do its builders
labor. If the Lord does not watch over the city,
in vain does the watchman keep vigil. Success comes not from earlier rising or from
going later to rest,
but from the Lord's blessing. Success is from the Lord
who blesses the womb of his beloved while she sleeps. Truly, children are a gift from the Lord,
a blessing, the fruit of the womb.
Lord, many people these days
don't want children. Please help such people understand that children are
a blessing
Listen
Colossians
1.15-20: Christ is the image of
the unseen God.
In him were created all things.
All things were created through him and for him. Before anything was
created, he existed.
He holds all things in unity. The Church is his body.
He is its head. God wants all things to
be reconciled through him
who brought peace by his death on the Cross
Jesus,
God the Son
become man, may our world
find reconciliation and peace in you
Listen
Matthew
13: Jesus said to the people:
The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard
seed.
It's the smallest of all seeds.
But it becomes a big bush, then a big tree that the birds live in. The kingdom of heaven is like
yeast which
leavens flour. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure
in a field.
Someone finds it, then sells all they have to buy the field. The kingdom of heaven is like
a fishing net
that catches all sorts of fish. Good fish are put in a basket. Useless
fish are thrown away.
So at the end of time, bad people will be thrown into hell.
Jesus, may your kingdom come,
your will be done
Listen
Reflection: Jesus is a living picture/image (Colossians)
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I am now at St Paul's retreat centre in Sheung Shui for the annual O.M.I.
retreat ....and instead of the sounds of Temple Street Market I can hear the
sounds of nature, especially some cheery frogs after the recent rain!
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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 8th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Heilongjiang
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 8th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Mozambique
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun May 7
From this afternoon until Friday afternoon I'm due to be at Sheung Shui for the annual O.M.I. retreat. After the retreat ends at Friday midday I hope to go to nearby Lo Wu women's prison for a few hours.
Updated file, in English & Chinese
to explain photo below - here
Laudato
Si:
87.
When we can see God reflected in all
that exists, our hearts are moved to praise the Lord for all his creatures and
to worship him in union with them. This sentiment finds magnificent
expression in the hymn of Saint Francis of Assisi:
Praised
be you, my Lord, with all your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
who is the day and through whom you give us light.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour;
and bears a likeness of you, Most High.
Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister
Moon and the stars,
in heaven you formed them clear and precious and beautiful.
Praised be you, my Lord, through Brother
Wind,
and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather
through whom you give sustenance to your creatures.
Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister
Water,
who is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.
Praised be you, my Lord, through Brother
Fire,
through whom you light the night,
and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong”.[64]
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 2
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog: readings +
recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Easter 5
Acts
6.1-7: About
this time as the number of disciples kept growing, the twelve apostles decided
to give other men the job of daily food distribution. The apostles said to the
whole group of believers "It is not right for us to neglect the
service of the word. Therefore you should choose seven men of good reputation,
filled with the Holy Spirit and with wisdom. We give them the food
distribution job, so that we can devote ourselves to prayer and the service of
the word". The whole assembly approved of this idea. They
chose seven men and presented them to the apostles who prayed over them with the
laying on of hands. The word of the Lord continued to spread. Even a
large number of priests became believers.
Jesus, please bless
all deacons. Fill them with the courage and wisdom of the first seven deacons
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
1
Peter 2.4-9: Jesus
is Mr Livingstone, the living stone rejected by men, but chosen by God.
Stay close to him, so that you too may be living stones in the spiritual house
of God's church. You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated
nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God who called you out of
darkness into his wonderful light.
Jesus, you are the
foundation stone of my life. May I build my life on your teaching, your values,
your example
Recording
John
13.37 - 14.6: At
the meal, Peter said to Jesus "I will lay down my life for you". Jesus
replied "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times. To all
of you I say, there are many rooms in my Father's house. I am going now to
prepare a place for you. I
am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except
through me".
Jesus, you are the
Way, the Truth and the Life. Please help more and more people follow you to find
truth and life
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
Jesus
is the
Way: following him is the best way to travel on our journey in this
world.
Jesus is the
Truth: if we want to know if something or someone is true/truthful,
we just need to remember Jesus' words and behaviour about the issue involved.
Jesus is the
Life: if we follow him, we will follow the Culture of Life, not the
culture of death
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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My
second Queensland team, the Gold Coast Suns, missing many key players, put up a
courageous effort in their
narrow loss yesterday to Melbourne
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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 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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat May 6
Yesterday afternoon I attended a board meeting for AITECE,
a wonderful organisation which sends teachers to China, especially to poorer
areas.
Updated file, in English & Chinese
to explain photo below - here
Laudato
Si:
86.
The universe as a whole, in all its manifold relationships, shows forth the
inexhaustible riches of God. Saint Thomas Aquinas wisely noted that multiplicity
and variety "come from the intention of the first agent" who willed
that "what was wanting to one in the representation of the divine goodness
might be supplied by another", inasmuch as God's goodness "could
not be represented fittingly by any one creature". Hence we need to
grasp the variety of things in their multiple relationships. We understand
better the importance and meaning of each creature if we contemplate it within
the entirety of God's plan. As the Catechism teaches: "God wills the
interdependence of creatures. The sun and the moon, the cedar and the little
flower, the eagle and the sparrow: the spectacle of their countless diversities
and inequalities tells us that no creature is self-sufficient. Creatures
exist only in dependence on each other, to complete each other, in the service
of each other".
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 1
of Document on The
Liturgy
---------------------------
The
Book Blog: readings +
recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers
11: Some of the
Israelites started complaining
about not having meat to eat, only manna.
So God arranged for quails to land near the camp
and be easily caught for food.
About this time Moses selected seventy men
to help him care for the people.
God blessed the seventy men and they began to prophesy.
Moses said "I wish the whole people of God could be prophets, and God
would give his Spirit to them all".
Dear
God, please pour out your Holy Spirit on the whole human family
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
126: When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage,
it seemed like a dream.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
on our lips there were songs. What marvels the Lord worked for us.
Indeed we were glad. Those who are sowing in tears
will sing when they reap. They go out, full of tears, carrying seed for
the sowing.
They come back, full of song, carrying their sheaves.
Dear God, please bless all
people who are sorrowful as they work
Listen
Colossians
1.9-14: I pray that you will continue to grow in your
Christian life,
a life full of good deeds. Never give in when trials come, but bravely,
even joyfully,
carry your cross each day. Keep on thanking the Father who has rescued us
from the power of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he
loves, in whom we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins
Father, thank you for letting me be a
Christian.
Listen
Matthew
13: Jesus told the people another story:
The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
An enemy came and sowed weeds in the same field. When the good seed sprouted, so did the weeds.
The man's servants asked if they should get rid of the weeds. "No", said the man, "you might
damage the good seed if you do that.
Let them both grow till harvest time. Then burn the weeds." Then Jesus explained his story:
"I am the sower. The field is the
world.
The good seed stands for people of good will.
The weeds stand for people of bad will. The enemy is Satan. At the end of the world, the Son of Man will
send his angels
to sort out the good and the bad people.
Bad people will go to hell. Good people will go to heaven".
Jesus, please protect good
people from bad people
Listen
Reflection: Good advice for parents/teachers - Evangelization consists mostly of patience and disregard for constraints of time. Faithful to the Lord’s gift, it also bears fruit. An evangelizing community is always concerned with fruit, because the Lord wants her to be fruitful. It cares for the grain and does not grow impatient at the weeds. The sower, when he sees weeds sprouting among the grain does not grumble or overreact. He or she finds a way to let the word take flesh in a particular situation and bear fruits of new life, however imperfect or incomplete these may appear (Pope Francis - Joy of the Gospel - No. 24)
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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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri May 5
Why am I wearing an apron?!?
See this file!
God bless compassionate HK High Court judge in this
special case
Laudato
Si:
85.
God has written a precious book, "whose letters are the multitude of
created things present in the universe". The Canadian bishops rightly
pointed out that no creature is excluded from this manifestation of God: "From
panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of
wonder and awe. It is also a continuing revelation of the divine". The
bishops of Japan, for their part, made a thought-provoking observation:
"To sense each creature singing the hymn of its existence is to live
joyfully in God's love and hope". This contemplation of creation
allows us to discover in each thing a teaching which God wishes to hand on to
us, since "for the believer, to
contemplate creation is to hear a message, to listen to a paradoxical and silent
voice". We can say that "alongside revelation properly
so-called, contained in sacred Scripture, there is a divine manifestation in the
blaze of the sun and the fall of night”. Paying attention to this
manifestation, we learn to see ourselves in relation to all other creatures:
"I express myself in expressing the world; in my effort to decipher the
sacredness of the world, I explore my own"
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The
Book Blog: readings +
recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers 10: The Israelites made
two silver trumpets.
When both trumpets sounded,
the whole community would go to where Moses was.
When only one trumpet sounded,
only the leaders would assemble.
The trumpets were also used on special feast days,
to remind the people to praise God
Dear
God, when we hear trumpets being used in an orchestra or band, may their sound remind us of you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
125: Those who put their trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, that cannot be shaken.
Jerusalem, the mountains surround her,
so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forever.
Lord, please help us be
more aware of your protecting presence
Listen
Colossians
1.1-6: From Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle
of Christ Jesus,
to the Christians in Colossae.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
I always pray for you and give thanks for
your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love you show to others
because of the hope which is stored up for you in heaven.
The Good News is spreading all over the world,
bringing blessings to so many people
Jesus, increase my faith, hope and love. Help me
spread the Good News in my corner of the world
Listen
Matthew
13.1-23: A farmer was planting seeds in his field.
Some seeds fell on the path. Birds ate them.
Some seeds fell on rocky ground.
They became sickly plants, without roots, and died. Some seeds fell among thorns.
When they became plants, they were choked by the thorns. Some seeds fell on
good soil
and produced a rich harvest. People who hear God's word without good will
are like the seeds on the path.
They are easy prey for Satan. People who hear God's word only superficially
are like the seeds on rocky ground.
As soon as difficulties come, such people easily give up. People who hear God's word with one ear
but with the other listen to the call of greed and pleasure
are like the seeds among thorns. Greed kills the word. People who hear God's word with good will and
put it into practice
are like the good seeds which produced a rich harvest.
Jesus, please help me be good
seed!
Listen
Reflection: These days the spread/growth of the word is hinder by a new factor: fake news
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This is not funny. Last night I forgot to upload this page
....and only uploaded it this morning after a kind friend contacted me to say
"why no blog today?". This is the second time this year. Senior's
Moments?!
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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 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu May 4
Today
is the
104th anniversary of the
1919 May 4 Movement which
explains why China's emerging leaders turned to Marxism after China was treated
so shamefully at the Treaty of Marseilles
Yesterday morning in the mortuary of North District Hospital, Eddie, Lucia
and I joined a Salvation Army welfare officer and a funeral director (and no one
else) for a very simple funeral service for a street sleeper who died back in
February. Welfare officer unable to locate family. This is the 6th special
funeral MercyHK has sponsored over the past year .... one of the works of mercy,
"burying the dead". May this man's prayers in Heaven help us all!
Friday May 26, a public holiday in HK for Buddha's Birthday,
everyone welcome to join me for a hike to Big Wave Bay on HK Island .... leaving
from Jordan MTR (Exit A down inside the station) at 9am ... then MTR to
Chai Wan ...then walk up through cemetery ... then down to BWB. Returning the
same way. Much the same as previous
hike on May 17 last year (...except not going to Shek O this time)
No Next Time, a little
booklet I prepared a few years ago to help drug addicts ...in English and
Chinese ... only recently did I realise I had never got round to putting it on
internet!
Laudato
Si:
84.
Our insistence that each human being is an image of God should not make us
overlook the fact that each creature has its own purpose. None is superfluous.
The entire material universe speaks of God's love, his boundless affection for
us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God. The
history of our friendship with God is always linked to particular places which
take on an intensely personal meaning; we all remember places, and
revisiting those memories does us much good. Anyone who has grown up in the
hills or used to sit by the spring to drink, or played outdoors in the
neighbourhood square; going back to these places is a chance to recover
something of their true selves.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 66
of Document on The
Church
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The Book Blog: readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers 9: Whenever the Israelites pitched camp
the Cloud of God's presence covered the Sacred Tent.
From nightfall until morning,
the Cloud took the appearance of fire.
Whenever the Cloud lifted above the Tent,
the Israelites broke camp.
Wherever the Cloud stopped,
there the Israelites pitched camp.
Sometimes the Cloud stayed in one place
for one day, sometimes for a month, sometimes a year.
However long the Cloud stayed above the Tent
the Israelites remained in camp.
In this way they pitched camp and broke camp
at the Lord's command.
The
Cloud in Christian tradition is understood to be God the Holy Spirit,
so we can pray:
Dear Holy Spirit,
please lead me and guide me
just as you guided the Israelites through the desert
My
recording of this reading
Psalm 124: "If the Lord had not been on our
side",
this is Israel's song. If the Lord had not been on our side
when people rose against us, then would they have swallowed us alive
when they were angry with us. Blessed be the Lord who did not let us become
a prey for their teeth. Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the hunter. Indeed the snare has been broken
and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord
who made heaven and earth.
Thank you, Lord,
for all the times you have rescued me from trouble
Listen
Philippians
4.11-20: I have learnt how to manage on whatever I
have. I am ready for anything anywhere:
full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty. There is nothing I cannot master
with the help of the One who gives me strength. I thank you my friends for supporting me financially, especially when I was in great need.
Jesus, bless everyone who has
helped me
in any way since the day I was born
Listen
Matthew
12.46-50: One day when Jesus was speaking to a crowd of
people inside a house,
his mother and brothers arrived at the house. From outside the house they sent a message to
say
they would like to speak with him. When Jesus heard they were there, he said
"Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" Then holding out his hand towards his
disciples he said
"Here are my mother and brothers.
Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven,
that person is my brother and sister and mother."
Brother Jesus, please
help me do the will of your Father in heaven
Listen
Reflection: To the question "How many brothers and sisters to you have?" we can add one more Brother!
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After
yesterday morning's funeral service I went to nearby Lo Wu women's prison to
hand in dictionaries and other books for about a dozen inmates ...each item
requiring a form to be filled in. Very friendly staff processed everything very
quickly and smoothly.
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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 4th 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 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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed May 3
My day yesterday was spent at "18C" .... the
men's prison on Hei Ling Chau Island. I personally shook hands and chatted
with almost all of the 200 inmates ....and left hundreds of reading material
items for them. My trip from 18C to the ferry took me past the cemetery where
dozens of lepers are buried ...HLC
once having been a leprosy centre. (And see 
below, for something very special that happened yesterday!)
Over the past few months, several
drug mules from Uganda and Madagascar have been arrested at HK airport. To try
to stop people coming from those countries the following item has been posted by
Voice for Prisoners media
officer Jane:
FB:
No More Mules
The post had 7k likes in 2 days ...Thank you Jesus!
Laudato
Si:
83.
The ultimate destiny of the universe is in the fullness of God, which has
already been attained by the risen Christ, the measure of the maturity of all
things. Here we can add yet another argument for rejecting every tyrannical
and irresponsible domination of human beings over other creatures. The ultimate
purpose of other creatures is not to be found in us. Rather, all creatures are
moving forward with us and through us towards a common point of arrival, which
is God, in that transcendent fullness where the risen Christ embraces and
illumines all things. Human beings,
endowed with intelligence and love, and drawn by the fullness of Christ, are
called to lead all creatures back to their Creator.
Pope
asking us to re-read main documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 63
of Document on The
Church
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The
Book Blog: readings +
recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Numbers 7-8: When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting
to speak with God,
Moses heard God's voice.
Specially dedicated to God were the Levites.
They were responsible for the worship ministry in the Tent.
They served this ministry from when they were
twenty five years old until they were fifty years old
Dear
God, please bless all pastors and ministers
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
123: To you have I lifted up my eyes,
you who dwell in the heavens. My eyes, like the eyes of slaves
on the hand of their lords. Like the eyes of a servant on the hand of her
mistress,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God till he show us mercy. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.
We are filled with contempt. Indeed all too full is our soul with the scorn
of the rich,with the proud man's disdain.
Lord, please protect poor
people from being exploited by rich people
Listen
Philippians
4.4-9: I want you to be happy, always happy in the
Lord.
Let your tolerance be evident to everyone. If there is anything you need, with prayer and
thanksgiving ask God for it. Fill your minds with everything that is true,
everything that is noble, everything that is good and pure, everything
that is worthwhile. Then the God of peace will be with you
Jesus, please fill my mind with good things
Listen
John 1.35-51 (for
Feast of Sts Philip &
James, apostles): John
the Baptist told his disciples Andrew and John that Jesus was the Chosen One of
God. Andrew and John then followed Jesus. Andrew took his brother Simon to
Jesus. Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter, and Peter followed Jesus. Jesus met Philip and
said to him "Follow me". Philip called one more man, Nathanael
(Bartholomew) and said to him "we have found the one Moses and the prophets
wrote about. He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth".
Jesus, please help me introduce more people
to know and love you
Recording
Reflection: Wikipedia - Philip
the Apostle
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On the walkway to the ferry pier for Hei Ling Chau
yesterday morning, I saw a handicapped beggar without arms ....one of many from
Mainland China now back in HK since the border reopened. The sight of him struck
me forcefully because of yesterday's Gospel (below)! I did not give him any
money but just touched one of his stumps and said a very brief prayer. During
the day I often thought of him and prayed for him. Yesterday afternoon I was
hoping to see him again when I returned from the ferry pier to Central MTR
station ....but he was gone. But then at Central, when I went to use my Octopus
card to enter the station, a man in front of me blocked the queue because his
card did not seem to be working. Not a case of not working, but difficult to use
...it was HIM! ....not easy for him to use two stumps to hold a card. I couldn't
believe it. Thousands of people in the area ...and at the very moment I was
there, he was there. He joined me for a few minutes of chat and prayer. I gave
him a copy of Dr Jesus ...and prayed that something very, very special might
happen to his arms! Not a case of alms for the poor but hands for the poor!!!
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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 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, 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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