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A voice for the poor
by HK prison chaplain
胡頌恆神父
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
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Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues June 13
I spent yesterday at the desk on prison jobs .... and today
hope to visit a prison ... which will create more jobs ...which will
require more time at the desk!
Laudato
Si:
117.
Neglecting to monitor the harm done to nature and the environmental impact of
our decisions is only the most striking sign of a disregard for the message
contained in the structures of nature itself. When we fail to acknowledge as
part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with
disabilities - to offer just a few examples - it becomes difficult to hear the
cry of nature itself; everything is connected. Once the human being declares
independence from reality and behaves with absolute dominion, the very
foundations of our life begin to crumble, for "instead of carrying out
his role as a cooperator with God in the work of creation, man
sets himself up in place of God and thus ends up provoking a rebellion on the
part of nature".
Pope
asks we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on preface
of The
Church in the World
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
22-25: Moses' teaching:
"You shall not commit adultery or fornication.
You must avoid all forms of prostitution.
You may demand interest on a loan to a foreigner,
but do not practise usury among yourselves.
Be honest in all your dealings".
Dear
Lord, please give me a clean heart
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
17-18: Lord, when trouble breaks out on every
side,
please protect and help me. For you are my strength, my rock, my fortress,
my savior.
I love you, Lord who save me because you love me. Lord, you are my lamp who lightens my life.
I will praise you among the nations.
Lord, you are worthy of
all praise
Listen
1
Timothy 4.1-7:
Don't be surprised if some people come up with
strange ideas about how to live life. Satan and his friends are always
trying to sow lies and deception in the Lord's field of truth. Have nothing to do with strange ideas like
"marriage is forbidden" or "you are not allowed to eat
certain foods". Everything God made is good, and no food is to
be rejected, provided grace is said for it. The word of God and prayer
make food holy
Jesus, please help me remember to say a little
prayer before I eat
Listen
Matthew
23.1-6:
Jesus told the people to respect
their religious leaders, but he condemned the religious leaders
- for not practising what they preached
- for doing things just to attract attention
- for craving front seats and places of honor
- for being concerned only with externals
Jesus called the religious
leaders
- "hypocrites"
- "blind guides"
- "tombs that look good on the outside but are full of dead
bones".
Jesus, help religious leaders be good
people
Listen
Reflection: More and more people, in more and more parts of the world, are disillusioned with their leaders
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I'm waiting to check the weather forecast for June 22 ...
to see if hike to Big Wave Bay in Sai Kung can please God go ahead!
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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 13th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Jiangxi
And praying for one of
the world's poorest
countries each day of the month:
On this 13th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Congo
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon June 12
MercyHK
is one of "the two charities focussed on homelessness" in this
report
Laudato
Si:
116.
Modernity has been marked by an excessive anthropocentrism which today, under
another guise, continues to stand in the way of shared understanding and of
any effort to strengthen social bonds. The time has come to pay renewed
attention to reality and the limits it imposes; this in turn is the condition
for a more sound and fruitful development of individuals and society. An
inadequate presentation of Christian anthropology gave rise to a wrong
understanding of the relationship between human beings and the world.
Often, what was handed on was a Promethean vision of mastery over the world,
which gave the impression that the protection of nature was something that
only the faint-hearted cared about. Instead, our "dominion" over the
universe should be understood more properly in the sense of responsible
stewardship.
Pope
asking we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 104
of Document on The
Liturgy
(c.f. Pope
Francis & fixed date for Easter)
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
19-21:
Moses' teaching:
"A life for a life, an eye for an
eye, a tooth for a tooth,
a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.
When you go to war, the following men are excused from fighting:
a man who has not yet dedicated his newly-built house;
a man who has planted a vineyard and not yet enjoyed its fruit;
a man who is engaged to be married;
a man who is fearful and faint of heart."
Dear Lord, help me to
understand how Jesus taught us to love our enemies and not to take revenge
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
16: Please protect me, Lord, I take refuge in
you.
You are the only source of all true happiness. I bless you, Lord, who guide and lead me.
Even at night you direct my heart. And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad.
My body shall rest in safety now and always. You will show me the path of life,
the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand, happiness for ever.
Thank you, Lord, for the little
joys you give us each day
....and the big joy you've prepared for us in Heaven
Listen
1
Timothy 3.1-15: To want to be a presiding elder is to want to
do a noble work.
That is why the president must be above reproach: He must not have been married more than once.
He must be temperate, discreet, courteous, hospitable, a good teacher, not
a heavy drinker, not hot-tempered, but kind and peaceable. He must not be a lover of money. He must be a
man who manages his family well and brings up his children well. How could anyone who can't manage his
own family
be given responsibility to manage God's family? He should not be a new convert in case he
becomes full of pride. The Church of the
living God is God's family.
The Church is the guardian of the truth
Jesus, please give the Church good leaders
Listen
Matthew
22.34-40: In Jerusalem a religious leader
asked Jesus
"Which is the most important commandment?" Jesus replied
"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart.
And you must care as much about others as you care about yourself. These are the two most important
commandments.
All other commandments depend on these two."
Jesus, please help me love you with all my heart
and care for others as much as I care about myself
Listen
Reflection: A meaningful life means love of God and care about others
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As usual yesterday after English Mass at Dr Jesus Centre for
special group of domestic helpers: a most beautiful lunch!
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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 12th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Jiangsu
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 12th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Guinea
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun June 11
Corpus
Christi
In a world which has so many problems .... when we often feel so weak and helpless ... it is good for us if we have the chance to spend some time in silent prayer before Jesus in the tabernacle of a church. No need to say much....just a word of praise ....quiet awareness of Jesus' presence....a reflection with Jesus on the day's Bible readings....a few prayers for special needs....a final prayer of thanks and praise. Yes, we can pray anywhere and at any time. But ten minutes spent before a tabernacle is one of the best things we can do for ourselves, our families, our nation, our world. May today's Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ give us the motivation to sometimes visit a church for prayer.
I continue to spend time each day processing mail/messages
between prisoners from overseas and their families ...using W/App and email.
Kind people who used to do this job have gone to UK. If anyone could help me
with this work I'd sure be grateful. Needs to be someone ok with W/app
scanning and printing from W/app .... preferably someone who lives in Jordan,
YMT, Mong Kok area since mail from prisoners needs to be collected a few times
a week from Kowloon Central Post Office in Nathan Road. Pls contact me for
more info: jdwomi@gmail.com
Laudato
Si:
115. Modern anthropocentrism has
paradoxically ended up prizing technical thought over reality, since "the
technological mind sees nature as an insensate order, as a cold body of facts,
as a mere 'given', as an object of utility, as raw material to be hammered
into useful shape; it views the cosmos similarly as a mere 'space' into which
objects can be thrown with complete indifference". The intrinsic
dignity of the world is thus compromised. When
human beings fail to find their true place in this world, they misunderstand
themselves and end up acting against themselves: "Not only has God
given the earth to man, who must use it with respect for the original good
purpose for which it was given, but, man too is God's gift to man. He must
therefore respect the natural and moral structure with which he has been
endowed"
Pope
asking we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 31
of Document on The
Liturgy
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Corpus Christi
Deuteronomy
8: Moses
continued his speech to the people: "Remember how the Lord your God led
you for 40 years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you, to know your
inmost heart - whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he
fed you with manna, to make you understand that we do not live on bread
alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Learn from this that
the Lord your God was training you as a man trains his child. Keep the
commandments of the Lord your God. Follow his ways and reverence him. When you
become prosperous in the land that God is giving you, do not become proud and
say your own efforts have brought you success. Take care and do not forget the
Lord your God."
Dear Lord, don't let me ever forget all you have done for me
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
116: I love
the Lord for he has heard the cry of my appeal. He turned his ear to me in the
day when I called him. They surrounded me, sorrow, distress and the snares of
death. I was helpless, so the Lord saved me. Calm down my soul, for the Lord
has been good. I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the
living. How can I repay the Lord for his goodness to me? The
cup of salvation I will raise to thank the Lord. O precious in the eyes
of the Lord is the death of his faithful. Lord, you have loosened my bonds. I
am your servant.
Thank you, Lord, for all your goodness to me
Recording
1
Corinthians 10.16 - 11.1: The
cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ. The bread that we
break is a communion with the body of Christ. Avoid anything to do with
idol worship. It doesn't make sense to share in the table of the Lord
and in the table of demons. Whatever you eat, whatever you drink, whatever you
do at all, do it for the glory of God. Never do anything offensive to anyone.
Try to be helpful to everyone at all times, not anxious for your own
advantage, but for the advantage of others, so that they may be saved. Take
me for your model, as I take Christ.
Jesus, please help me imitate you in my daily life
Recording
John
6.52-58: The
people said among themselves "How can this man give us his flesh to
eat?" Jesus replied "If you refuse to eat my flesh , and drink my
blood, you will not have life in you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink
my blood has eternal life. For
my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink. Anyone who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I live in them. As I, who am sent
by the living Father, myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me
will draw life from me. This is the bread come down from heaven. Anyone who
eats this bread will live for ever".
Jesus, thank you for
the gift of your Body and Blood in Holy Communion
Recording
Reflection on the above readings:
Pope Francis: "The Eucharist is not a prize for the perfect, but medicine for the sick"
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
team, the Brisbane Lions, not so good yesterday against the Hawks!
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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 11th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hunan
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 11th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Yemen
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 June 10
On Thursday June 22, Dragon Boat holiday, I hope to go to Big
Wave Bay near Sai Kung. Confirmation of this trip will depend on the weather
and other factors, but tentative plan is to take 8.30am ferry from Ma
Liu Shui pier (15 mins walk from University MTR station) ... to Wong
Shek Pier (a trip of about 2 hours) ... then hike for about 90 mins to Big
Wave Bay .....for swim and lunch ...then hike about 90 mins to Sai
Long Beach....then walk 45 mins to Sai Wan Ting for taxi to Sai Kung.
Photos of beaches on this
previous hike to Big Wave Bay. HK readers most welcome to come and bring
friends (who can walk for 4-5 hours!)!
Laudato
Si:
114.
All of this shows the urgent need for us to move forward in a bold cultural
revolution. Science and technology are not neutral; from the beginning to the
end of a process, various intentions and possibilities are in play and can
take on distinct shapes. Nobody is suggesting a return to the Stone Age, but we
do need to slow down and look at reality in a different way, to appropriate
the positive and sustainable progress which has been made, but also to recover
the values and the great goals swept away by our unrestrained delusions of
grandeur.
Pope
asking we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 115
of Document on The
Liturgy
---------------------------
The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy
16-18: Moses' teaching:
"Remember the special feasts and days that you must observe.
Appoint judges for the people. Do not pervert the law.
You must be fair, you must not take bribes.
No bribes, no corruption.
Do not practise divination, soothsaying.
No one may be an augur or sorcerer.
Do not use charms, do not consult ghosts or spirits.
Instead, be entirely faithful to the Lord your God."
Dear
Lord, please help people avoid
astrology and fortune tellers
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
14-15: So many people live and act as if God doesn't exist.
Some foolish people even say there is no
God. So many people have left the way of justice and truth.
So many people follow the way of falsehood. Lord, help us to live as we should.
Help us not to slander, help us not to wrong others. Lord,
help us to stand firm in the
way of goodness
Listen
1
Timothy 1.18 - 2.8: Timothy, my son, as I
give you advice for practical issues, remember how the church elders
prayed over you that you would be a good leader. My
first bit of advice
is that there should be prayers offered for everyone, especially for kings
and others in authority, so that we can live our life of faith in peace
and quiet. God wants everyone to
be saved and reach full knowledge of the truth. There is only one God,
and there is only one mediator between God and humanity, himself a man,
Christ Jesus, who sacrificed himself as a ransom for everyone. In every place, I want
believers to lift up their hands in reverent prayer
God our Father, through
Jesus your Son, I ask a blessing on the leaders of our world, especially
the leaders of my own country
Listen
Matthew
21.12-16: When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, he went to
the Temple.
In the Temple there were money changers, and people selling pigeons. Jesus tipped over their tables
and drove them out of the Temple.
He said to them "My house is a house of prayer,
but you have turned it into a place for robbery". Blind and lame people came to
Jesus in the Temple.
He healed them all. Then he went out of the city to
the village of Bethany
and spent the night there.
Jesus, please protect all
places of prayer from corruption
Listen
Reflection: Today's psalms make us ask "If there's no God, where did the world, the universe .... so wonderfully programmed ... come from?"
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Yesterday for me was another day at the desk,
mainly on prison jobs. My post box now receiving 10-15 letters from prisoners
every day!
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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 10th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Hubei
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 Eritrea
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri June 9
This
post by Voice for Mules staff has had 101K views! And ....since it began,
no more drug mules from Uganda arrested at HK airport!
I spend almost all of yesterday processing mail/messages
between prisoners from overseas and their families ...using W/App and email.
Kind people who used to do this job have gone to UK. If anyone could help me
with this work I'd sure be grateful. Needs to be someone ok with W/app
scanning and printing from W/app .... preferably someone who lives in Jordan,
YMT, Mong Kok area since mail from prisoners needs to be collected a few times
a week from Kowloon Central Post Office in Nathan Road. Pls contact me for
more info: jdwomi@gmail.com
Double
mistake, double shame: Letter from 40 year old HK man in prison for drug
trafficking, illustrated by No More Mules team - English,
Chinese.
And another letter from a young HK man .... warning others about the
danger of drug trafficking - here
(May 31)
Laudato
Si:
113. There is also the fact that people no
longer seem to believe in a happy future; they no longer have blind trust in a
better tomorrow based on the present state of the world and our technical
abilities. There is a growing awareness that scientific and technological
progress cannot be equated with the progress of humanity and history, a
growing sense that the way to a better future lies elsewhere. This is not to
reject the possibilities which technology continues to offer us. But humanity
has changed profoundly, and the accumulation of constant novelties exalts a
superficiality which pulls us in one direction. It becomes difficult to pause
and recover depth in life. If architecture reflects the spirit of an age, our
megastructures and drab apartment blocks express the spirit of globalized
technology, where a constant flood of new products coexists with a tedious
monotony. Let us refuse to resign
ourselves to this, and continue to wonder about the purpose and meaning of
everything. Otherwise we would simply legitimate the present situation
and need new forms of escapism to help us endure the emptiness.
Pope
asking we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 112
of Document on The
Liturgy
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy 14-15: Moses' teaching:
"There are certain animals you must not eat, including pigs.
At the end of every 7 years, you must cancel all debts.
If there is a poor person among you,
do not harden your heart or close your hand against that person.
Always be generous to anyone in need."
Dear Lord, make me more
generous towards poor people
My
recording of this reading
Psalms
9-13: I will praise you, Lord, with all my
heart.
You have so often rescued me from trouble. Thank you! You are the best helper for people in trouble.
Please keep on helping me when troubles come. Please stop bad people from hurting others.
Please let peoples in all countries know they must avoid evil and live a
life of justice.
Dear Lord, thank you for
so often rescuing me
Listen
1
Timothy 1.12-17:
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who called me
into his service,
even though I was an offender. Mercy was shown me, because I was acting in
ignorance. Christ Jesus came into the world to save
offenders.
I myself am the greatest offender. Christ Jesus' patience and mercy to me is
available to all offenders.
I am a demonstration model of Christ's mercy
To the eternal King, the only God, be honor
and glory for ever and ever. Amen
Listen
Matthew
21.1-11: Jesus sat on a donkey colt for the trip down
the hill
from the Mount of Olives to the city of Jerusalem. This was as a prophet had
predicted:
"Look, your king is coming, humbly riding a peaceful donkey". Big crowds accompanied Jesus down
the hill.
People spread their clothes on the road as a sign of honor. People cut branches from the
trees and waved them singing
"Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!" People in the city asked
"Who is he?"
The crowd answered "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in
Galilee".
Jesus, may you be warmly welcomed by every place and every person in the world
Listen
Reflection: St Paul received his allocation of mercy in one hit .... when Jesus appeared to him on the way to Damascus. We usually receive our allocations on a daily basis
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New shop on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui is called
"Hate Monday"!?!
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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 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu June 8
I spent yesterday at the desk on prison jobs ....and last night
attended a meeting for a group of wonderful people who are prison visitors.
Any readers interested in visiting prisoners are welcome to contact me: jdwomi@gmail.com
Laudato
Si:
112.
Yet we can once more broaden our vision. We have the freedom needed to limit
and direct technology; we can put it at the service of another type of
progress, one which is healthier, more human, more social, more integral.
Liberation from the dominant technocratic paradigm does in fact happen
sometimes, for example, when cooperatives of small producers adopt less
polluting means of production, and opt for a non-consumerist model of life,
recreation and community. Or when technology is directed primarily to
resolving people's concrete problems, truly helping them live with more
dignity and less suffering. Or indeed when the desire to create and
contemplate beauty manages to overcome reductionism through a kind of
salvation which occurs in beauty and in those who behold it. An
authentic humanity, calling for a new synthesis, seems to dwell in the midst
of our technological culture, almost unnoticed, like a mist seeping
gently beneath a closed door. Will the promise last, in spite of everything,
with all that is authentic rising up in stubborn resistance?
Pope
asking we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on
Article 103
of Document on The
Liturgy
-------------------------
The Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy 12-13:
Moses continued his
teaching:
"Be faithful in keeping all the instructions that I give you,
so that you and your children after you may be happy,
always doing what is good and right
in the eyes of the Lord your God.
If anyone, even someone from your own family,
tries to get you to worship a false god,
have nothing to do with that person"
Dear
God, please don't let anyone influence me to forget you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
8: How great is your name, O Lord our God,
through all the earth. When I see the
heavens, the work of your
hands,
the moon and stars which you have arranged,
then I stop and think:
what are we insignificant humans that you should care about us? Yet you have put us in charge of the world.
Everything is subject to our control.
How great is your name, O Lord
our God, through all the earth
Listen
1
Timothy 1.1-10: From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, to
Timothy, true child of mine in the faith. I wish you grace, mercy
and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Please stay at Ephesus and insist that no one
teaches misleading doctrines or empty speculation about the Law of God. As a penal code,
the aim of the Law is to make
provision not for good people but for offenders: for murderers, for people
who are immoral with women or with boys or with men, for liars and for
perjurers
- and for everything else that is contrary to sound teaching
Jesus, please help law offenders not to offend
again,
and to make up for what they have done
Listen
Matthew
20.29-34: As Jesus was leaving Jericho on his way
to Jerusalem,
many people followed him along the road. Sitting by the road were
two men who had become blind.
When they heard that Jesus was going past,
they called out "Son of David, have pity on us." Some people tried to stop them
from calling out,
but they shouted even more loudly "Son of David, have pity on
us." Jesus stopped and said to them
"What do you want me to do for you?" They
replied "Lord, let us see again". Jesus felt sorry for them.
He touched their eyes and straight away their sight returned.
Jesus, please heal my blind friend ....(name)....
Listen
Reflection: "Some people tried to stop them" but the blind men's faith in Jesus was unstoppable
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Illegal
pet problem
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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 8th 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 8th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Sierra
Leone
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed June 7
Yesterday
afternoon I spent several hours at Pik
Uk prison (near Sai Kung) for young men 18-21 years old.... mainly to
encourage them to apply for correspondence study courses at the Chinese
University ....for which my NGO Voice
for Prisoners will pay... thanks to a recent most generous grant from Operation
Santa (run by SCMP and TVB). More than 100 guys gave me their number to
apply for CU application forms!
Laudato
Si:
111.
Ecological culture cannot be reduced to a series of urgent and partial
responses to the immediate problems of pollution, environmental decay and the
depletion of natural resources. There needs to be a distinctive way of looking
at things, a way of thinking, policies, an educational programme, a lifestyle
and a spirituality which together generate resistance to the assault of the
technocratic paradigm. Otherwise, even the best ecological initiatives can
find themselves caught up in the same globalized logic. To
seek only a technical remedy to each environmental problem which comes up is
to separate what is in reality interconnected and to mask the true and deepest
problems of the global system
Pope
asking we re-read documents of Vatican 2.
My reflection on Article 102
of Document on The
Liturgy
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Deuteronomy 11: Moses continued his
speech to the people:
"You must love the Lord your God.
Remember this day, how it was you who heard these words,
not your children.
It is your eyes that have seen the great works God has done.
Keep the Lord's commandments,
so that you may have strength to conquer the land God is giving you.
That land is a land of hills and valleys watered by rain from heaven.
If you love the Lord your God with all your heart
the Lord will give your land its rain in due season,
autumn and spring,
so that you may harvest your corn, your wine and your oil.
But if you forget the Lord your God and worship other gods,
then the heavens will be closed and produce no rain.
See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:
a blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord our God;
a curse if you disobey the commandments of the Lord our God."
Dear
Lord, please help us to obey you and never forget you,
and please give rain to places that urgently need it
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
7: Lord God, I take refuge in
you.
Please rescue me from people who are trying to hurt me. Lord, please stop bad people from doing bad
things.
Please help good people to keep on doing good things.
Lord, I will sing to you and thank you for
your goodness to me.
Lord, please help me to avoid
evil and to do good
Listen
2
Thessalonians 3.10-16: We gave you a rule when we were with you:
not to let anyone have any food if he refused to do any work. Yet we hear that some of you are living in
idleness, doing no work themselves but interfering with everyone else's
work. In the Lord Jesus Christ, we order and call on
such people
to go on quietly working and earning the food that they eat. Never grow tired of doing what is right.
May the Lord of peace give you peace always
and everywhere
Jesus, don't let me interfere in other
people's business
Listen
Matthew
20.20-28:
The brothers James and John were two of Jesus'
disciples.
One day their mother ((Jesus' aunt!!)) said to Jesus
"When you become king, allow my sons to sit at your right and
left". Jesus said to James
and John
"Only my Father in heaven can allocate seats on my right and
left". The 10 other disciples were angry
at James and John for seeking honor. So Jesus said to them all
"In most places, people in power like to dominate and control others.
But this is not to be your way of exercising authority. You must exercise authority by
serving others, not dominating them,
just as I came not to be served, but to serve,
and to give my life as a ransom for the world".
Jesus, please help me want to help and serve
other people, not dominate and control them
Listen
Reflection: Every Christian community should be a "service station"
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Yesterday was a prison day for me ....most of the morning
spent on a complicated mitigation letter for a prisoner due to be sentenced at
the end of this month .... then all afternoon at Pik Uk prison. No trouble
sleeping last night!
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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 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, 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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