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A voice for the poor
by HK prison chaplain 胡頌恆神父Dr
Jesus Centre 187 Temple St Jordan
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
jdwomi@gmail.com
+852 67095674
Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues Nov 12
Moving
testimony by 19 year old US woman about the truth of trans surgery
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members of one family, including 13 children, murdered by Israel ***
Taiwan
surgeon - the horrors of Gaza *** Gaza
cost Democrats votes
I am so upset by the daily
news of slaughter in Gaza - as seen on live
news bulletins on the hour - that I invite dear readers to
join me at 8.30pm HK time on Thursday Nov 14 for a 30-min zoom meeting to share
concern about Gaza. Pls contact me at jdwomi@gmail.com for
the zoom link
Please
also share this poster I made:
Can print multiple copies here
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Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us" ((someone
pls rewrite this in simple language!))
17. At the same time, the heart makes all authentic bonding possible, since a relationship not shaped by the heart is incapable of overcoming the fragmentation caused by individualism. Two monads may approach one another, but they will never truly connect. A society dominated by narcissism and self-centredness will increasingly become “heartless”. This will lead in turn to the “loss of desire”, since as other persons disappear from the horizon we find ourselves trapped within walls of our own making, no longer capable of healthy relationships. As a result, we also become incapable of openness to God. As Heidegger puts it, to be open to the divine we need to build a “guest house”.
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Leviticus
8-10: Moses followed God's instructions
and ordained Aaron and his sons as priests.
Moses washed them, put special clothing on them,
anointed their heads with chrism
and offered a special animal sacrifice on their behalf.
Then Aaron lifted up his hands towards the people
and blessed them.
A flame from the Lord consumed the offering on the altar.
The people shouted for joy and fell on their knees.
But later on when two of Aaron's sons offered unauthorized fire,
a fire from the Lord consumed them.
Moses then said:
"God expects the highest standard from priests".
Dear God, please bless and
protect all priests
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
103: My soul, give thanks to the Lord.
All my being, bless his holy name. My soul, give thanks to the Lord
and never forget all his blessings. It is he who forgives all your guilt,
who heals every one of your ills. It is he who fills your life with good things,
renewing your youth like an eagle's life. The Lord is compassion and love,
slow to anger and rich in mercy. As the heavens are high above the earth
so strong is his love for those who love him. As far as the East is from the West,
so far does he remove our sins. As a father has compassion on his
children,
the Lord has pity on all who love and honor him. Give thanks to the Lord, all his angels,
who heed the voice of his word. Give thanks to the Lord, everyone and
everything.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord!
Thank you, Lord, for your love
and compassion
Listen
1 John
3.16-21: This has taught us love:
that Jesus gave up his life for us.
We too should give up our lives for others. If you see someone in need
and refuse to help him,
how can the love of God be in you? Our love must be put into practice, not be
just words.
Anyone who loves God must also love other people
Jesus,
help me put my love into practice by
helping people in need
Listen
Luke
1.5-25: When Herod was king of Judea, there was a
priest named Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth who were really good people,
but they were childless.
Once when they went to the Temple in Jerusalem, Zechariah entered the
inner sanctuary to burn incense, while all the people prayed outside. An
angel appeared and said "Zechariah, your prayer has been heard. Your
wife will have a son and you must name him John.
He will prepare the way of the Lord". Not
long after this, Elizabeth conceived, and for 5 months she kept to
herself, thanking God for taking away her humiliation at not being able to
have a baby
Jesus, please help childless couples to have a baby
Listen
Reflection: There was a Herod at the start of Jesus' life and a Herod at the end of Jesus' life
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US Democrats are looking for reasons why D. Trump won ....
one reason they don't seem willing to face up to: their abortion policy
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
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 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Nov 11
Remembrance
Day
106 years ago today, at 11am
on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, World War 1 fighting stopped,
after a conflict that involved 65 million men in battle, left nearly 10 million
killed, 21 million wounded, with nearly seven million civilian deaths. May the Good
Lord help our world avoid war!
Not forgetting that the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War 1 was a major cause of World War 2 (because it treated Germany so harshly) and was the reason for China's young leaders turning away from the West and turning to Marxism/Russia (because China also was treated so badly - see May 4 Movement)
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No
Other Land - powerful West Bank documentary
I am so upset by the daily news of
slaughter in Gaza - as seen on live
news bulletins on the hour - that I invite dear readers to join me at 8.30pm
HK time on Thursday Nov 14 for a 30-min zoom meeting to share concern about
Gaza. Pls contact me at jdwomi@gmail.com
for the zoom link
Please
also share this poster I made:
Can print multiple copies here
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Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us" ((how I wish
these ideas could be put more clearly and simply!))
16. This unique power of the heart also helps us to understand why, when we grasp a reality with our heart, we know it better and more fully. This inevitably leads us to the love of which the heart is capable, for “the inmost core of reality is love”. For Heidegger, as interpreted by one contemporary thinker, philosophy does not begin with a simple concept or certainty, but with a shock: “Thought must be provoked before it begins to work with concepts or while it works with them. Without deep emotion, thought cannot begin. The first mental image would thus be goose bumps. What first stirs one to think and question is deep emotion. Philosophy always takes place in a basic mood ( Stimmung)”. That is where the heart comes in, since it “houses the states of mind and functions as a ‘keeper of the state of mind’. The ‘heart’ listens in a non-metaphoric way to ‘the silent voice’ of being, allowing itself to be tempered and determined by it”.
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Leviticus
1-7: Moses instructed
the people:
As a sign that you are asking God for forgiveness,
put your hand on an animal's head
as you sacrifice it to the Lord.
Dear
God, please forgive my sins
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
102: O Lord, listen to my
prayer in my distress.
Do not hide your face from me. For my days are
vanishing like smoke,
my bones burn away like a fire. I forget to eat my
bread.
My skin clings to my bones. All day long my foes
revile me.
Those who hate me use my name as a curse. But you, O Lord, will
endure for ever.
You will arise and have mercy on Sion. You will hear the
groans of the prisoners
and free those condemned to die. I pray to you: "Do
not take me away before my time has come,
you whose days last from age to age.
Lord, please help people who
are in great distress
Listen
1
John 3.1-3: Think of the love that the Father has lavished
on us
by letting us be called God's children.
And God's love has even more in store for us in the future:
we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is. This is why we must try to live good lives.
We must try to be as good as Christ
Jesus, please help me be more like you
Listen
Luke
1.1-4: Dear
Friend of God, there are already many reports written about
Jesus.
These reports come from people who were the earliest
eyewitnesses and ministers of the Good News.
After checking the whole story, I also have decided to write a report,
so
that you may see for yourself the truth and accuracy of the Good News
Jesus, help me understand
your Good News
Listen
Reflection: Luke maybe had several aims in writing a Gospel, one of which (according to some Bible scholars) was by way of a mitigation letter for St Paul who was under house arrest in Rome and awaiting trial
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As someone who writes many mitigation letters for prisoners
awaiting sentence, I am interested in the above theory that Luke's Gospel was a
mitigation letter!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
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 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, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Nov 10
Yesterday afternoon at St Alfred's Parish, Tai Wai, I attended
the Diaconate Ordination of Bro. Stebin Thomas O.M.I. by Cardinal Stephen Chau.
Congratulations and God bless you Stebin!
Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us"
15. The word “heart” proves its value for philosophy and theology in their efforts to reach an integral synthesis. Nor can its meaning be exhausted by biology, psychology, anthropology or any other science. It is one of those primordial words that “describe realities belonging to man precisely in so far as he is one whole (as a corporeo-spiritual person)”. It follows that biologists are not being more “realistic” when they discuss the heart, since they see only one aspect of it; the whole is not less real, but even more real. Nor can abstract language ever acquire the same concrete and integrative meaning. The word “heart” evokes the inmost core of our person, and thus it enables us to understand ourselves in our integrity and not merely under one isolated aspect.
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 32
1
Kings 17: When Ahab
was king of Israel, in the 9th century B.C., Elijah was a prophet of the Lord.
Elijah told Ahab there would be no rain for a long time because the people were
following the cult of Baal. Elijah did miracles in the name of the Lord: he
blessed a poor widow's food to make it increase, and he brought back to
life a young boy who had died.
Dear God, please bless our prayers as you blessed the prayers of Elijah
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
146: My
soul, give praise to the Lord. I will praise the Lord all my days. Put no trust
in princes, in mortal men in whom there is no help. Take their breath, they
return to clay and their plans that day come to nothing. They are happy who are
helped by Jacob's God, whose hope is in the Lord our God, who alone made heaven
and earth, the seas and all they contain. It is he who gives bread to the
hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free. It is the Lord who gives sight to the
blind, who raises up those who are bowed down. It
is the Lord who protects the stranger and upholds the widow and orphan.
It is the Lord who loves the just but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord
will reign for ever, Zion's God, from age to age.
Lord, please increase my trust and faith in you
Listen
Hebrews
8-9: Jesus'
priesthood is part of the new covenant predicted in the Scriptures: "See,
the days are coming - it is the Lord who speaks - when I will establish a new
covenant with the House of Israel". Jesus has come as High Priest of all
the blessings that were predicted would be part of the new covenant. He has
offered not the blood of animals like priests of the old covenant, but his own
blood, by which he won our redemption. His
blood can purify our inner self from dead actions, to help us in our life
of dedication to the living God
Jesus, by your precious blood, purify my heart and protect me
Listen
Mark
12.41-44: Jesus sat down
in the Temple area and noticed people putting money into a donation box to help
the poor. Many rich people put in a lot of money. A
poor widow put in two small coins. Jesus said to his
disciples "That poor widow has donated more than all the other
people, for they put in money they had left over, but she put in the only money
she had"
Jesus, please make me more generous in helping poor people
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: Is there anything I can do to help a widow in my neighbourhood? Visit her? Invite her for a cup of tea?
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 8.00
pm HK time tonight
- with items about HK prison inmates
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When
I was teaching English many years ago, students often got "widow"
(today's Gospel) and "window" mixed up!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
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 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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Nov 9
A long but happy day yesterday began with 7.10am Mass at St Paul's Parish YMT, then some office work, then meeting with bail group, then visit to nearby Kong Wah Hospital with MercyHK case workers for prayer with an elderly homeless man preparing for the best accommodation of all: An Eternal Home in Heaven .... then after a quick lunch and rest to Tsim Sha Tsui for a Voice for Prisoners sharing with about twenty women who all are asylums seekers ...warning them about the danger of being tricked to collect or deliver parcels of drugs ....then back to the Dr Jesus Centre for some special office work to do with my overseas trip after Christmas ... then a meal with some special people at the canteen ...all of whom are active in looking after prisoners, then some more office work, then meeting an overseas man released last night from the immigration centre in Tuen Mun "CIC" ... no accommodation and not even enough money to pay for a taxi .... I paid when he arrived and MercyHK case worker Lucia gave him a room in one of our shelters. After which a group of hearing and speech impaired people, after meal at canteen, came to Dr Jesus Centre for prayer. Jesus, please bless all the people I met yesterday!
Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us"
14. It could be said, then, that I am my heart, for my heart is what sets me apart, shapes my spiritual identity and puts me in communion with other people. The algorithms operating in the digital world show that our thoughts and will are much more “uniform” than we had previously thought. They are easily predictable and thus capable of being manipulated. That is not the case with the heart.
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus
40: God said to Moses:
"On the first day of the first month,
consecrate and start using the Tent of Meeting.
Use chrism to anoint all the furnishings.
Anoint Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests."
Moses did everything that God asked.
Then a cloud covered the Tent
and the glory of God filled the sacred site.
At every stage of their journey in the desert,
the Israelites would continue their march
whenever the cloud rose from the sacred site.
A fire shone within the cloud at night.
Dear
God, please guide us on our way through life
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
101: My song is of mercy and justice.
I sing to you, O Lord. I will try to walk with blameless
heart.
I will try to give my attention to what is good, not what is bad. People who slander others,
people of proud
looks,
these will not be my friends.
People who are good and do good,
these will be my friends.
Dear Lord, please help me to
avoid bad company
Listen
1 John
2.9-16: Anyone who claims to be in the light
but hates his brother
is still in the dark. Do not love the ungodly values of this world
generated by the sensual body,
the lustful eye
and a pride in
possessions. Such things do not come from God
Jesus, please help me avoid worldly values
Listen
Mark
16.9-20: After he rose from the dead, Jesus appeared
first to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had cast out 7 devils. Next
he appeared to two of his disciples while they were on a journey. Then he appeared to the 11 apostles. He said
to them "Go everywhere in the world. Proclaim the Good News to all
creation.
Anyone who believes and is baptized, will be saved.
Anyone who refuses to believe, will be condemned.
These are the signs that will be associated with believers:
- in my name they will cast out devils
- they will have the gift of tongues
- they will pick up snakes in their hands
- they will be unharmed if they drink poison
- they will lay their hands on the sick, who will be healed".
And so, the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to
them, was taken up to heaven, while they, going out, preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them and confirming their message by the miracles that
accompanied the message
Lord Jesus, may more and more
people all over the world believe in you
Listen
Reflection: Some people say that the "signs" in today's Gospel were just to help the Church get started ... a special arrangement ... but in fact those "signs" are meant to be normal occurrences in the life of the Church
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My breakfast these days: a lovely navel orange from
Australia, raw oats and skimmed milk and honey from Australia, a beautiful apple
from New Zealand ... an ANZ meal!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Nov 1
MercyHK's
canteen features in this TVB+ report
Somehow,
the nightmare just keeps getting worse
Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us"
13. All our actions need to be put under the “political rule” of the heart. In this way, our aggressiveness and obsessive desires will find rest in the greater good that the heart proposes and in the power of the heart to resist evil. The mind and the will are put at the service of the greater good by sensing and savouring truths, rather than seeking to master them as the sciences tend to do. The will desires the greater good that the heart recognizes, while the imagination and emotions are themselves guided by the beating of the heart.
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 39:
The skilled workers made the high
priest's vestments:
his ephod, his breastpiece, his robe.
Vestments were also made for the ordinary priests.
When everything for the whole Tent was finished,
Moses examined all the work.
He saw what a good job the workers had done.
Moses then blessed all the workers.
Dear
God, please help me always to do a good job
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
100: Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy. Know that he, the Lord, is God. He made us, we
belong to him.
We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Go within his gates, giving thanks.
Enter his temple with songs of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name. Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age.
Dear Lord, please help us to
serve you with gladness
Listen
1 John
2.3-6:
We can be sure we know God
only by keeping his commandments. Anyone who says "I know him"
and does not keep his commandments,
is a liar, refusing to admit the truth. We can be sure we are in God
only if we are living the same kind of life as Christ lived
Jesus, please help me live like you, live for
you
Listen
Mark
16.1-8: Jesus died on Friday afternoon.
Early on Sunday morning, Mary of
Magdala and two other women went to
Jesus' tomb to anoint his body with spices.
They had been wondering how they would roll away the large stone,
but when they arrived, the stone had already been rolled away. When they went into the tomb, they saw a young
man in a white robe and they were full of awe. But he said to them
"Do not be afraid. You are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is
not here. He has risen from the
dead. Go and tell his disciples he
will see them in Galilee"
Jesus,
when life seems
hopeless, like a dead body in a tomb, please
help us remember how you rose from the dead....and you can help us
"rise" from any "hopeless" situation
Listen
Reflection: Risen Jesus, please help the people of Gaza "rise" from their present hopeless situation!
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MercyHK's canteen employs only people who used to be in
detention, which means that 20 month old Patricia, now being looked after by
MercyHK, also qualifies for a job since she used to be in detention with her
dear mother (.. just joking)
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
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 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 Sierra Leone
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Nov 7
Yesterday
MercyHK case worker Lucia Leung and I spent most of the day at the High Court
securing the bail release of a man from Tanzania. God bless the kind judge! And
in my final hour of waiting for the man's release ... at the very second I left
the CSD G/F holding area of the High Court, a local lady with a "stop Gaza
genocide" sign was walking along the footpath, by herself, on the way to
the US Consulate. So I joined her for the walk and heard her story of courage.
Outside the consulate the police were waiting for her ... by appointment ... two
kind young policemen ... there to protect her from extremists who have
mistreated her on several occasions.
Podcast
interview with Gary Brightman
L.A.
Times owner - did not endorse Kamala Harris because of Gaza genocide - I
read every word of this and agree with it completely ... and I think that
history will show that the Democratic Party's complicity in Gaza genocide was
one reason for win by Donald Trump. Another reason goes with Gaza ... another
genocide associated with the Democratic Party, especially with Kamala Harris
herself ... the abortion policy of the Democrats
Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us"
12. It must be said, then, that we have a heart, a heart that coexists with other hearts that help to make it a “Thou”. Since we cannot develop this theme at length, we will take a character from one of Dostoevsky’s novels, Nikolai Stavrogin. Romano Guardini argues that Stavrogin is the very embodiment of evil, because his chief trait is his heartlessness: “Stavrogin has no heart, hence his mind is cold and empty and his body sunken in bestial sloth and sensuality. He has no heart, hence he can draw close to no one and no one can ever truly draw close to him. For only the heart creates intimacy, true closeness between two persons. Only the heart is able to welcome and offer hospitality. Intimacy is the proper activity and the domain of the heart. Stavrogin is always infinitely distant, even from himself, because a man can enter into himself only with the heart, not with the mind. It is not in a man’s power to enter into his own interiority with the mind. Hence, if the heart is not alive, man remains a stranger to himself”.
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The Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 37-38:
The skilled workers next made the ark,
then the table for the bread
offerings,
then the lamp-stand and the altar of
incense.
Next they made the altar of
sacrifice,
the bronze basin
and the courtyard with its special
curtains.
Dear
God, please bless all skilled workers
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
99: The Lord is king. He is great in
Sion.
His power is seen throughout the world. Among his priests were Aaron, Moses and
Samuel.
They prayed to the Lord and he answered their call. Let peoples everywhere praise his
name.
He is holy, full of power.
Lord, may all peoples
know and love you
Listen
1 John 1.5-9: God is
light. There is no darkness in him.
If we say we are in union with God
while we are living in darkness,
we are lying, because we are not living the truth. If we say we have no sin in us,
we are deceiving ourselves
and refusing to admit the truth. But if we acknowledge our sins,
God will forgive us
and purify us from everything that is wrong
Jesus, forgive my sins. Please help me
avoid sin
Listen
Mark 15.42-47: Joseph from Arimathaea was a rich
man who had become a disciple of Jesus. After Jesus died on Friday, he
asked Governor Pilate for Jesus' body. Joseph wrapped the body in a clean
burial cloth and put it in a tomb in a rock cave. He then put a large
stone at the cave's entrance. Mary of Magdala and another woman watched Joseph as he put Jesus' body in the tomb
Jesus in the tomb, please give
eternal life to everyone who dies today
Listen
Reflection:
New
evidence about the Shroud of Turin
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Last night 16 women who work on Temple Street came to the Dr Jesus Centre for
another happy gathering. Thank you MercyHK canteen for lovely meal and thank you
Jane and Rosita for animation
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
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 7th 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 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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed Nov 6
Yesterday I visited "18A" drug treatment centre on Hei
Ling Chau Island .... shook hands with about 150 men and left Bible booklets for
all of them ...encouraging them to make contact with MercyHK at our canteen at
191 Temple Street if they need help on release to find jobs/accommodation
Pope's
new encyclical "He Loved Us"
11. If we devalue the heart, we also devalue what it means to speak from the heart, to act with the heart, to cultivate and heal the heart. If we fail to appreciate the specificity of the heart, we miss the messages that the mind alone cannot communicate; we miss out on the richness of our encounters with others; we miss out on poetry. We also lose track of history and our own past, since our real personal history is built with the heart. At the end of our lives, that alone will matter.
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Book Blog:
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Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Exodus 36: The Israelites were so generous towards
building the Tent
that Moses was told by the craftsmen:
"The people are bringing more than is needed for the Lord's
Tent."
The skilled workers made the tabernacle, the framework
and the veil for
the Tent of Meeting.
Dear
God, please give me a generous heart
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
98: Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked
wonders.
His right hand has brought salvation. The Lord has made known his salvation.
He has shown his justice to the nations.
He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy. Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp,
with the sound of music. Let the sea, the world and all peoples
acclaim the King, the Lord. Let the rivers clap their hands
and the hills ring out their joy at the presence of the Lord, for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness.
Lord,
may all peoples in all countries know your love and goodness
Listen
1
John 1.1-2: Something which has existed since the
beginning,
that we heard,
that we saw with our own eyes,
that we touched with our hands:
the Word, who is life
- this is our subject. That life was made visible.
We saw it, and we are giving our testimony,
telling you of the eternal life
which was with the Father and has been made visible to us
Jesus, Word-made-flesh, you are the Way, the
Truth and the Life
Listen
Mark
15.33-39: Jesus was put on the cross sometime after 9am.
From about noon until 3pm there was darkness over all the land. About 3pm Jesus cried out the
words of Psalm 22
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" A little while later he again
cried out in a loud voice.
Then he died. At that moment the holy curtain in the Temple was torn in
two from top to bottom. The leader of the Roman soldiers
who crucified Jesus, when he saw how Jesus died, said "Truly this man
was a son of God"
Jesus, thank you for dying on
the cross for the salvation of the world
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: We cannot even begin to imagine the extent of Jesus' physical and mental suffering during his 6 hours on the Cross
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My Cantonese is deteriorating .... last night at the
canteen when I asked for some dumplings one of the staff brought me something
with a similar sounding name if you don't speak clearly ... a pair of
scissors!
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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 people
in one
part of China 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, 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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