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by HK prison chaplain 胡頌恆神父
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
jdwomi@gmail.com
+852 67095674
Imitating
Pope Francis
Fri March 13
3 year old
Patricia - giving out red packets for street sleepers
My short sharing March 4
with secondary students - about the danger of drug addiction
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Attack
on Iran is an American failure *** School
bombing atrocity
London,
San Francisco and Beijing - success in reducing air pollution
Fridays
of Lent:
Prayer before a Crucifix
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Genesis 16: Abraham and his wife
Sarah had been married many years
but they did not have any children.
So Sarah said to Abraham,
"Take my slave Hagar and have children by
her."
When Hagar bore a son, Sarah was jealous and treated Hagar badly.
Hagar ran away from home, but God said to her
"Go back to your mistress and submit to her; I will bless all your
descendants."
Dear God, please help childless
couples to have a baby
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
133: How good and how pleasant it is
when people live in unity. It is like precious oil upon the head,
running down upon the beard. It is like the dew of Hermon
which falls on the heights of Zion. For there the Lord gives his blessing,
life for ever.
Dear Lord, please help all the
peoples of the world to live as one family, in unity.
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
Luke
9.1-6: Jesus called the 12 apostles together. He
gave them power and authority to cast out devils and to heal sick people.
He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
So they set out and went from village to
village proclaiming the Good News and healing sick people
Jesus, help me understand how some
people have a special gift for healing sick people....and how I can
better pray to heal sick people
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Healing the sick should be an ordinary part of Christian ministry
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Beautiful weather these days in HK - Thank you Lord!
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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
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 13th
of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners 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, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu March 12
I spent most of yesterday at
18A rehabilitation centre on Hei Ling Chau Island ... and met with more than
100 men ... inviting them on release to contact MercyHK for help with employment
and accommodation .... and giving them a copy of my little booklet No
Next Time
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Pope's
sorrow at priest killed by Israeli bomb in Lebanon ***
World
must pressure US and Israel
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The Book Blog: 4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from Simple
Bible
Genesis 14 & 15: In the land of Canaan
there were many kings.
Sometimes they went to war against each other.
Melchizedek, king of Salem, was also a priest of God.
Abraham gave Melchizedek 10% of all his possessions.
Melchizedek gave Abraham bread and wine.
Melchizedek asked God to give Abraham a special blessing.
God said to Abraham, "This land of Canaan is yours;
I give it to you and your descendants."
Dear God, please help all the kings and leaders in the world to be friends
Recording
Psalm 130: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice.
If you, O Lord, should
record our guilt,
Lord, who would survive? But with you is found
forgiveness.
For this we revere you.My soul is waiting for the Lord.
I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for the daybreak. With the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redemption. Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.
Lord, please forgive me for all
the bad things I have done
Recording
Revelation 22.16-20: "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to make these
revelations to you
for the sake of the churches. I am of David's line, the Root of David,
the Bright Star of the Morning". The Spirit and the Bride say: "Come".
Let all who want eternal life say: "Come". Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Come Lord Jesus! Come into my heart! Come into
our world!
Listen
Matthew 10.1-16: Many men followed Jesus as "fishers of
men", as "disciples".
Jesus chose 12 of them and called them "apostles": Peter and his
brother Andrew; Zebedees' sons James
and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
Thomas and Matthew;
James son of
Alphaeus; Thaddaeus,
Simon and Judas.
Jesus sent them to prepare his way by visiting
the places he would go.
He gave them power to cast out evil spirits and to heal all kinds of
sicknesses.
He said to them:
Proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is near.
Cure the sick.
Raise the dead. Cleanse lepers. Cast out devils.
Jesus, please help all
Christians to be apostles and fishers of people
Listen
Reflection on the above Bible readings: Resumes of Apostles
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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 prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 12th of the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners of
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, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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Wed March 11
Yesterday
morning I went to the High Court to submit documents for 2 bail applications.
The applications will be heard on Monday March 16.
Last night I joined the usual weekly gathering at the Dr Jesus Centre for Nepal drug addicts .... animated by a Caritas social worker
Today I'm hoping to visit Hei
Ling Chau "18A" drug treatment centre. And see 
,
below
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
More
evidence that US was responsible for Iran school building that killed 100 girls
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis 12-13: God said to a man in
the land of Haran named Abraham,
"Leave your own country and go to a new land I will give you.
I will make you into a great nation."
So Abraham and his family left the land of Haran
and moved to the land of Canaan.
God said to Abraham,
"I will make your descendants as many
as the number of dust particles on the ground
....an uncountable
number." Even though Abraham and his wife Sarah were old and had no children,
Abraham believed God's promise to give them many descendants.
Dear God, please help me to
trust you like Abraham
My
recording of this reading
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!
Dear Lord, may all married
people live to see their children's children
Listen
Revelation
22.1-5: Then an angel showed me
the River of Life,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
flowing crystal-clear through the middle of the city. Here God's servants will worship him.
They will see him face to face,
and his name will be written on their foreheads. It will never be night again.
They will not need lamplight or sunlight,
because the Lord God will be shining on them Jesus, may your name be written on my forehead
Listen
Luke
4.23-30: People in the prayer hall rejected Jesus.
"Who does he think he is?" they asked. "He's just the son
of Joseph". Jesus replied "No prophet is ever
accepted in his own country". The angry people then took Jesus by force to
the edge of the hill on which Nazareth was built. They planned
to throw him down the cliff.
But Jesus escaped from them and went away
Jesus, please forgive people who reject you.
Please help them accept you
Listen
Reflection on the above readings: King Herod tried to have the baby Jesus killed. Today's Gospel records murder attempt number two
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Each
time I go to Hei Ling Chau I remember this very special visit in 2013!
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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
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 11th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners 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, Wednesday,
please pacify Al-Shabaab
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Tues March 10
MercyHK
March 1 anti-drug activity, with special guest Mr Kesson Lee, Commissioner for Narcotics
Kung
Kao Po video report *** KKP online
report *** SE report
01 *** SE report
02
*** Video
02
Belgium
at risk of becoming "narco state"
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
US
cardinal condemns White House video about Iran attack ***
The
enemy is Trump (Dear God, please temporarily incapacitate Trump and
Netanyahu!)
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The
Book Blog:
4 readings + recordings
Comments welcome here
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
9-11: Noah's descendants
spread to many lands.
They started speaking new languages.
They discovered how to make bricks.
In one place, Babel, they tried to build a very high tower.
But God was not pleased with them.
God scattered the people of Babel to many places.
Dear God, the human family uses
so many different languages.
Please help us to live peacefully together on this earth
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
Revelation
21.10-23: I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven. It had God's glory, and glittered like
a precious diamond. There was no temple in the city, since the
Lord God and the Lamb were themselves the temple. The city did not need sun or moon for
light, since it was lit by the radiant glory of God and of the Lamb
Jesus, Light of the world, Light of Heaven, we
adore you, Lord!
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
on the above readings: Jesus, the
Creator-Carpenter
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My computer problems two nights ago seemed to have been
caused by my laptop's updating ...which caused some files in my passport USB to
become binary!
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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
prisoners in one
part of China each day of the month:
On this 10th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the prisoners 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, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Monday March 9
Am having computer problems ...today's file not working. Will try to fix for tomorrow.
God bless everyone!
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Sun March 8
March 1 MercyHK anti-drug activity: KKP online report
(Chinese) *** SE
online report (English)
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and attack on Iran & Lebanon:
Iran
another Gaza (... this would please Israel ...which also would like Lebanon to be
another Gaza) *** US
responsible for school attack? *** In
Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stays with abandoned migrants
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Lent 3
Exodus 17: In
one place where there was no water the people grumbled against Moses: "Give
us water to drink or else we will die." Moses
asked God for help and God told Moses to strike a large rock with his staff.
When Moses did this, water flowed from the rock. In another place the Israelites
were attacked by the Amalekites. Moses prayed while Joshua led the people in
battle. As long as Moses kept his arms raised up in prayer, the Israelites were
winning. But when Moses let his arms down, the Amalekites started winning. So
Aaron and Hur got Moses to sit on a rock and they supported his hands until
sunset. Joshua and the people then won the battle.
Dear God, please help us understand the power of
prayer
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
95: Come ring
out our joy to the Lord. Hail the rock who saves us. Let us come before him
giving thanks. With songs let us praise the Lord. A mighty God is the Lord, a
great king above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth. The heights
of the mountains are his. To him belongs the sea, for he made it, and the dry
land shaped by his hands. Come in, let us bow and bend low. Let
us kneel before the God who made us. For he is our God and we are
the people who belong to his pasture.
Lord, you are our Creator. Our life comes from
you. We praise and love you, Lord
Recording
Romans
5.1-5: By
faith and through Jesus we can live in the friendship of God. We look forward to
heaven and an end to all suffering. In the meantime our suffering teaches us
patience. Patience produces perseverance. Perseverance produces hope. This hope
is not imaginary. It's real, since the
love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been
given to us.
Jesus, through your Holy Spirit, please give me
more hope
Recording
John
4.1-14: Jesus
visited a Samaritan town. Near a well there, Jesus said to a Samaritan woman
"Give me a drink". He also said to her "If you drink water
from this well, you will get thirsty again. But if you drink the water that I
shall give, you will never be thirsty again. The
water that I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life inside you".
Jesus,
please give me a drink of your eternal life water - which is your Holy
Spirit
Recording
Reflection
on the above readings:
Easter
coming soon ... Easter/Baptism/water ... so today's first reading and
Gospel have the theme of water. And in John 7.19 Jesus tells us that the living
water he gives is the Holy Spirit. The
Holy Spirit is Living Water, just as the Eucharist is Living Bread.
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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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My first team - The Brisbane Lions - narrowly
lost their first match of the season yesterday afternoon
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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 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, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat March 7
Yesterday I was at Tai Lam women's prison for 7 hours .... my
second day at that prison this week ....no longer able to finish everything with
a "once a month visit" as in the past.
MercyHK's anti-drug activity on March 1 - Kung
Kao Po video
reportt
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: ...and
attack on Iran: Dear God, please temporarily incapacitate Netanyahu and Trump ... to stop
them wrecking havoc on the world
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Genesis
7 & 8: Noah's family and many animals went into the big
boat, the "ark".
Then for about 40 days there was heavy rain which caused a great flood.
The ark floated on the water.
The people and animals inside the ark were safe
but people and animals outside the ark died.
When the rain and flood stopped
Noah and his family and the animals went out of the ark.
God made a special agreement (covenant) with Noah
to bless Noah and his
family. God told Noah that the rainbow would be a sign of their agreement.
Dear God, thank you
for making the rainbow so beautiful
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
Revelation
21.5-8: Then the One sitting on the throne said
"Now I am making the whole of creation new.
I am the Beginning and the End. I give Eternal Life to all who die in my
friendship. But for those whose evil deeds have removed
themselves from my friendship, there is Eternal Death"
Jesus, have mercy on people who are rejecting your
friendship
Listen
Matthew
18.1-10: One day Jesus heard his disciples
arguing about which one of them was the most important. Jesus got a little child to sit in front
of them, and said "If you want to be great in God's eyes, become child-like.
In fact, unless you become child-like, you won't get to heaven. And make sure you never cause harm to children
like this one.
Remember, the protecting angels of children
are in the presence of my Father in heaven."
Jesus, please help me to be
more child-like,
and please don't let me ever cause harm to children
Listen
Reflection: The example of St Therese of Lisieux
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My number two Queensland team - the Gold Coast Suns - had a great
start to the new football season last night .... with
a good win over Geelong
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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 7th
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 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, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Anti-drug
campaign trips: 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 ( 2016:
My trip to Kenya, Uganda
---------------- 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 ---------------- 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 -------------------- Hong
Kong: July
2019: My warning to HK domestic helpers - published
here in HK Filipino media 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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomasmulas/ Facebook: Chinese
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