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Edited by  Fr John Wotherspoon O.M.I.         jdwomi@gmail.com 

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Sunday
September 23

The Disciples
  David Timbs
(Sunday blogger from Australia)
Mark’s narrative is largely a blue
 print for how not to be a disciple!
 
One of the great dramatic narrative twists of Mark’s story is the weight he gives to the faith of outsiders to the Jesus Movement. Their positive faith response to Jesus stands in stark contrast to the blindness and incomprehension of Jesus’ closest followers

Diocesan paper's bold 
re-structuring plan
    John W
Editor looking forward 
to far greater readership

HK friends asked what I thought
 about pilgrimages to Naju, Korea.
This is what I found for them

Award-winning 5 min video:
 Chicken-a-la-Carte 
If we are going to be true to the Gospel, if we are going to be true to the vision of Vatican 2, we just have to be concerned about world poverty. It should be on the agenda of every parish/school/community meeting: - what are we doing this week/month/year for the poor?


This week's smile
Filipino avoids crocodiles!

Vatican II  Reflection 271
Should priests obey the pope 
or obey Vatican II  ?!


Bible Plan: Sun 25 readings
 1st reading + responsorial psalm + 1st half of Gospel = message one;
2nd reading + 2nd half of Gospel 
 = message two. Message one (the Cross) is opposite of message two (wanting to be "No. 1")

John W:  Daily Blog - Sep 23
Crazy (?) woman who visits prisons


Monday
September 24

A great time to be a missionary!
Fr Hugh McMahon SSC
There was once a moment in human history when transport changed from horses to engines. However, there were those who believed that this happened only because there were not enough horses. We are at such a moment. Diminishing vocations and less need for traditional apostolates indicate that mission, as we knew it, is finished. But there is a new buzz in mission circles about the energizing possibilities being opened for the  Church by a wider understanding of the missionary task. The Eastern Churches (like the Syrian) were larger and showed greater diversity by presenting themselves in the languages and forms of the cultures they encountered. It was only after they were virtually wiped out by Islam that variety diminished and the predominance of the Roman Church, especially its liturgies and theologies, became a reality

Non tax-paying German Catholics
to be excommunicated

No Communion or burial 
if you don't pay Church tax.
This has to be a candidate for "Non Christian action of the Year"

Leaving the priesthood
The purpose of this website is to provide information about challenges  priests encounter & need for reform

4-Course Bible meal for Sep 24
3 miracles of Elisha
The One who knows 
what's going on in my life
Elders had power of ordination !
Rich man who had poor finish

Vatican II  Reflection 272
Compulsory celibacy ?

John W:  Daily Blog - Sep 24

Sat & Sun night street sleepers


Tuesday
September 25

The Year of Faith
Martin Mallon 
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
It appears we are not to read the documents of Vatican II unless we use tunnel vision with the tunnel being a right hermeneutic”.  
c.f. Year of Faith 
(David  Timbs)
CCC = V2? 
(John W)


Congratulations to Catholics for Renewal on  launch of  www.catholicsforreweal.org.au committed to the vision and renewed promotion of Vatican II

A modern missionary success story
Fr Hugh McMahon SSC
This is a brilliant article, 
 a "must read" for members of missionary  congregations.

 We draw attention to something we call, ‘A Third Stage of Mission’ or ‘Third Generation of Mission’ 

ABC Radio interview:
A Jesuit scholar of Hinduism
Fr Frank Clooney SJ speaks
about the future of interfaith understanding and learning from Hinduism in a world where India is becoming increasingly important

The Sunni Shiite Divide - a most enlightening article by Stephen Crittenden (GM). Essential reading for colleges & universities 

4-Course Bible meal for Sep 25
Lepers  No. 1 & 2
A Leper's prayer
Advice for a young leader
Lepers No 2 - 12

Vatican II  Reflection 273
Question for priests:  
When was the last time I had a poor person for a meal in my home?

John W:   Daily Blog - Sep 25
North Pole ice and HK lights !


Wednesday
September 19

A Personal Odyssey 
Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
With recommendation of 50 Years Receiving Vatican II by Fr Kevin Kelly, "a truly fascinating collection of notes, papers, letters and extracts from books of the past 50 years"

Speaking the truth to the Vat (NYT)
The nuns of Providence House don’t have time to be distracted by doctrinaire dust-ups as they serve paroled and homeless women

Reader from Australia: I have been following the growing tension between Japan and the Middle Kingdom. I hope the politicians
hose that one down in a hurry

A lack of confidence
Fr Hugh McMahon SSC
The biggest obstacle to the proclamation of the gospel 
is the lack of confidence
 in those who want to evangelize.
Our formation was designed for life within traditional parish structures. Those who saw the need to move out beyond those limits in order to engage the unreached  had to find their own way by trial and error. Some of the most valuable insights were gained, not from books, but from working with people

Vatican II  Reflection 267
Compulsory celibacy & Titanic!

4-Course Bible meal for Sep 19
True or False? - prophets!
His great love without end
"Marriage is forbidden"  (!)
Avoid seats of honor

John W: Daily Blog - Sep 19
200,000 handicapped in HK


Thursday
September 20

Every Thursday, Daniel Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
 to help us prepare for Sunday:
 
Sun 25B: Missing the Point

I often think about Mother Teresa  who from the window of  her school in Calcutta saw poverty and misery. She spoke about it with her superior, spiritual director, and her bishop, to no avail. All of them warned her against leaving the convent of the Sisters of Loreto. They considered it either as the devil’s temptation or a mid-life crisis. There were no previous patterns to help her make a decision. The only pattern that she could look up to was that of Jesus

 Recently a friend in Hong Kong asked  Does a baby need a Christian name to be baptised?
Here's a good answer. Enjoy!
jw

A new daybreak in mision
Fr John Prior SVD (Good Oil)
Today mission is at once local – face to face – and global –  “glocal

4-Course Bible meal for Sep 20
Why Ahaziah died
YouTube By the Rivers of Babylon 
Not P.P.   but   P.E. !
The ultimate guest list !

Vatican  II  Reflection 268
Good priests = wounded healers

John W:  Daily Blog - Sep 20
Birthday: Martino Martini (who?!)

Friday September 21
Feast of St Matthew

UN International Day of Peace 

October Synod - no lay people
or nuns or brothers
 
   John W  

Recently I met a lady pastor from Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor has two master's degrees:
one in theology, one in divinity !

Sin of clericalism
 is at heart of sexual abuse crisis
Scott Appleby (ACP)

Arctic ice shrinks 18% in 1 year
'Our response has not been alarm,
 or panic, or a sense of emergency.
But: ‘Let’s go there and drill for oil’.
 

There was a response by Chris McDonnell to a recent critical article by William Oddie on the Catholic Herald website, posted a few days ago. Here is a shorter version of that response printed in the Catholic Herald last weekend

On Sep 18, HK papers had many references to The Mukden Incident  by which Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931

Soon to open in China:
Melbourne's Monash University!

Vatican II  Reflection 269
Priests on fire with love of Bible?

Bible Menu: Readings for Sep 21
 Feast of St Matthew

John W:   Daily Blog - Sep 21
New edition of Dr Jesus - DG!

Saturday September 22

Remembering Jesus:
Matthew Jesus
    John W
Linking daily readings & daily life

Vatican II's golden anniversary
Tony Magliano
(NCR)

Sunday 25B Liturgy:
Alternative prayers
Who is the greatest?
And a child shall lead them

Cyber Senior HK
For people 55 or over!

Reflections on Buddhism
John W
For Matteo Ricci, who lived in China for 27 years,  Confucianism was most admirable and promoted family and social values; but Buddhism, although it was practised by many sincere and good people, was a restricting and negative force

Vatican II Reflection 270
Priests are meant to be gentle good shepherds, not business managers

4-Course Bible meal for Sep 22
A double share of your spirit
Every day is Thanksgiving Day 
Keep fit!
Love overlooks even big faults

John W:  Daily Blog -Sep 22
Talk less about your illness

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Calendar      (any other items?):

Aug 26 - Sep 24 Los Angeles:
Columban Fathers Gen Assembly 

Sep 19-22: Melbourne
3-day conference on Vatican II 
organised by  theological institutes

Oct 7 -28 Synod of Bishops

Oct 10 - Heythrop, London: 
Call to Action meeting 

Oct 11 - Year of Faith begins

For all above:
Come Holy Spirit !

More bloggers wanted!
  From all parts of the world!
jdwomi@gmail.com  

Let's encourage more people 
to see 1-10  re Bishop Bill Morris
1: Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report
 
3: Radio interview with judge

4:  "The Age" file of letters
5: Summary re Rome
 6: Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan

8. Update from Frank Brennan

9. Vatileaks & Bp Bill Morris

10: Tablet letter - Frank Brennan

After reading 1-10, check the "Pravda" report of CNA

Google "Morris" at top of this page
for many articles re Bishop BM

 

 Bp Bill Morris   
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for Renewal
Catholics for Ministry  
Frank Brennan
Peter Johnstone     
The Swag
 

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Misguided Missal
 
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Current bloggers  

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Hans Kung's letter to bishops
(the best description of what's happening)

Fr J. Ratzinger's writings on Vat II

US priests: reassess new translation

Open letter to US bishops re new translation

Making do with a faulty translation

Irish priests use 1998 ICE  - not new translation

Priests say 9 Masses a day - need to ordain married men

The evil of compulsory celibacy

Why are women not being ordained to priesthood?

Same-sex marriage and anal sex

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