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A voice for the poor
Edited by a Hong Kong prison chaplain
Fr John
Wotherspoon O.M.I. 胡
頌 恆 神 父
DV New
articles 7 days a week to encourage
people trying to follow the example of Pope Francis
in implementing the vision of Vatican II by service of the poor, by a
simple life style, by simple liturgy,
by concern for Ecumenism, climate change, renewal of the Church, illegal
drugs, prisoners,
by support for family life
- all underpinned by a rededication to the Bible
Pope
establishes new congregation:
the order of flight attendants
(see below)
(God bless the 30-40 kind readers who
check this Bible Blog each day of the week.
May this Bible Blog give us
extra hope, wisdom, compassion, courage and peace for our daily lives) Today's Bible Blog a
four-course menu:
-special
protection in times of "plague"
- Papacy to move from Rome to Jerusalem?!
- helping people know the meaning of
life
- link between healing and
faith
Martin
Mallon Tuesday
Ireland blogger
Curia power finally broken
One of the first changes that should be made by the group of eight
cardinals and the Pope: remove the discipline of Canon #129. This reform
does not affect the Curia directly, but indirectly it would transform the
whole church and would ensure that the Curia could never reclaim its
recent position of authoritarian power and control over the church
September
12 a man from South Africa was arrested at HK airport for carrying
dangerous drugs. He's the first DD just-arrived from Africa person to be
arrested in HK since Aug 3.
In 9 weeks, not one other Africa
just-arrived DD man or woman has been arrested in HK ....thanks largely to
the campaign by this website, supported by bloggers and media in Tanzania,
to alert people in Africa to the danger of bring DD to HK. (Yesterday I
was able to confirm that not one new African DD woman
has joined the HK prison population in the past 9 weeks). DG!
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of South
Asia
On this 8th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Heilongjiang Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
John W
Asylum seekers ....and us
We tend to have
nothing but contempt for "people smugglers", and in the way they deceive and exploit poor
people they deserve contempt, but their existence is an unwelcome reminder
that legal migration of poor people to better places is too little, too
restricted, too selfish on the part of the receiving places.
... Indifference to the situation of asylum seekers is indifference to Jesus....
This website's kind
bloggers
(past and present)
with archives of articles:
Yesterday I heard from someone who was in
Nairobi at the time of the Westgate attack that the terrorists cut of the
hands of children ....and (living) children with hands cut off were taken
to hospital where the sight of such brutality totally overwhelmed hospital
staff. Anyone any info about this?
Christians should reach out to others just as
Jesus reached out to the
people of his time
John W:
mini-Blog:
A Rosary story for
today: On April 13
last year I spent a hour or two at the deathbed of a 21 year old inmate in
a local hospital. Inmate was a Catholic and parents appreciated presence
of padre. After the anointing of the sick and parts of the psalms and a
few other prayers, I found myself, not for the first time, falling back on
my trusty rosary beads. At first praying the normal Rosary, then using
short lines from the Gospels ....e.g. for the ten beads of one decade I
used the words "Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth and the Life"
(repeating it slowly 10 times). Once again I experienced the
consolation, for the dying man and his parents, of the sight of the beads
being used
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& North Asia
On this 7th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Hebei Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
The
Disturbance and the Backlash
Pope Francis' spontaneity and unpredictability are putting almost everyone
on edge and placing both supporters and critics in a state of almost
permanent suspense and anxiety. It seems that those most uneasy are those
with little tolerance for rapid change and who lack the ready ability to
adjust both thought and imagination.
Change
comes in dribs and drabs I want to believe that things will change, but,
honestly, I think, change will come in dribs and drabs and that in the
final analysis, I will have heard a lot of great ideas and promising talk,
but, very little of the rosy rhetoric will create real change. I would not
be the only one of this opinion
TASMAD
(Melbourne)
Mind
your etiquette at Mass
Today was the parish primary school’s Confirmation Mass. I walked
towards the Church feeling quite annoyed that my parking spot had been
taken by people who normally would not even set foot into Church
The
strength to care
Whether compassion fatigue has left us inured to the sufferings of
victims, or we are resigned to a political stalemate over any new gun
regulations, we are allowing mass violence to become “the new normal.”
One way to witness to the Gospel
is to become more familiar with the religious traditions of people who are not
Christians
John W
mini-Blog
All Gmail hacking problems solved DG
...with help of kind people at Google
forum and info at
this link
If you have a Gmail account, this info may be of use
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless the people of Africa
On this 6th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Hainan Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
Saturday October
5
A
poor Church for the poor
means a poor parish for the poor,
a poor religious congregation for the poor,
a poor priest for the poor,
a poor Christian for the poor
A
really good habit: check these readings in the morning, think about them
during the day,
look at them again at night
Today's Bible Blog a
four-course menu:
-let
my people go!
- two famous songs from this psalm
- family loyalty
- never once did Jesus say
sickness is a cross
"The Roman
Catholic church, from the lowliest priest to the pontiff himself, must
strip itself of all vanity, arrogance and pride and humbly serve the
poorest members of society"
The Gospel message has not
yet been heard by two billion human beings
John W
mini-Blog
My Gmail problems are not over. Can receive
mail ok, but can't send. When I try to reply to a message, or compose and
send a message, an "i" is added to the address I'm sending to
...so that jdwomi@gmail.com becomes jdwomii@gmail.com
Can't find any info re this with Google.
Am using another email account to answer Gmail messages.
Any helpful info most appreciated! (c.f. menu of
Oct 2 re my Gmail account being hacked)
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
On this 5th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Guizhou Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
St Francis famously shed his robes in front of his
father in a renunciation of earthly riches, and donned a sackcloth to
live like and for the poor.
"I want to talk about how
the Church should take off its clothes, how in some way the
Church should repeat the gesture of St. Francis," the bishop of
Assisi quoted the pope as telling him ahead of the historic visit
One of the best movies
about St Francis of Assisi: Brother
Sun, Sister Moon.
For a free viewing of some scenes, put "Brother Sun Sister
Moon" into Google
I'm
hoping that Pope Francis at Assisi today will develop this theme: A
poor Church for the poor
means
a poor parish for the poor,
a poor religious congregation for the poor,
a poor priest for the poor,
a poor sister/brother for the poor
a poor Christian for the poor
just as Jesus was poor for the poor
just as Francis of Assisi was poor for the poor
Keeping up with Pope Francis is
quite an adventure. I feel sorry for the old fashioned Catholic papers who
publish only once a week (...they
should be publishing every day, on the internet)
Today, which Francis and the C8 cardinals are spending
in Assisi, will surely be a most important and a most inspiring day in the
life of the Church
Dear Holy Spirit, please
powerfully inspire and guide Francis today. May his words and actions
today have a dramatic effect on the Church and on the world
Sun: Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
On this 4th
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Guangdong Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
Thursday October
3
A
poor Church for the poor
means a poor parish for the poor,
a poor religious congregation for the poor,
a poor priest for the poor,
a poor Christian for the poor
God
bless the devoted group of very-ill readers who are using this
Bible Blog each day as a source of encouragement and strength. May the
Blog's emphasis on healing give you hope and courage ....and good
health! You are on my special prayer list
Today's Bible Blog a
four-course menu:
- sometimes
things need to get worse before they get better
- hope during times when things are getting worse
- becoming more like _ E _ U _
- upgraded fishermen
There have been those who have expected an instant response from Pope Francis to the
major problems we face. Instead, we have been offered indications of a changed
life style, the odd phrase here or there, the open hand. And we are having to be
patient
We may boast of our scientific and technological
achievements, but when it comes to the issue of justice, our world
resembles that of Habakkuk ....and with Habakkuk, even in times of great
distress, we can look forward in faith to a time of help from the Lord
On February 18 last
year, I posted A
Politburo Papacy? expressing the hope that the new pope would choose 8
cardinals to be his representatives in 8 areas of the world. Well, Francis
today is sitting down with 8 cardinals. May this "C8" meeting be
powerfully blessed by the Holy Spirit for the good of the Church and the
world
Sun:
Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Thursday,
please bless the people of South
East Asia
On this 3rd
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Gansu Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
About midday yesterday HK time, my Gmail account was hacked....didn't find out
till I was on the metro to prison .....and this meant a lot of jobs when I got
back from prison about 6pm.
I checked "what to do if your Gmail is hacked" and followed all the
instructions...took a long time...changing settings and changing passwords for
many accounts....only then to receive a vital piece of info (per a friend on the
phone) that should have been processed first: run your anti-virus program!
Sure enough....5 gremlins....so after they were dispatched, I needed to again
change all passwords (including that of the computer itself). Not sure how
the gremlins gained access....maybe an email I opened had a problem (...I
receive 20 or more emails a day..)
In
the process of following above instructions, I caused all new Gmail messages to
go to "spam" ....took a while to realise why not receiving new
messages.
And in trying to send a message to all my contacts, I received a note on screen
from Gmail to say I had exceeded the send limit, and my (sending) account will
be suspended for up to 24 hours (...a standard measure to prevent
spam...). Alleluia!?!
Menu
below is what was done late yesterday morning before I went to the prison. No
time last night to do any more.
God bless the hacker(s) ....give him/them good health and long life!....I'm sure
the Good Lord will bring good out of this mess
I
offer the whole experience up as a prayer for the blessing of the Holy Spirit on
the Pope's meeting these days with the 8 cardinals!
John
W (in HK ...not stranded in London as the spam message says!)
p.s.
when I tried to upload this last night, new password for server would not
work....had to spend a long time with on-line help people to solve the problem!
Weekly
article by Chris McDonnell will DV be on tomorrow's menu
John Garnaut: Bo
trial points way to future with new China
(Australia should speak up on the issue of human rights ....and not sweep
human rights issues under the carpet for the sake of trade)
Video
The
unheard story of David and Goliath - most interesting!
And see the comments which include this one:
"Anyone who thinks they are too small to make a
difference has never tried to sleep with a mosquito in the
room"
Sun: Africa
Mon:
Europe & Russia Tues:
South Asia Wed:
East Asia
Thurs:
S.E. Asia & Pacific Frid:
South America Sat:
Central & North America
Please join me in
praying for one part of the world each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Wednesday,
please bless the people of East Asia
On this 2nd
of the month, Jesus
please bless the
prisoners of Fujian Please join me in praying for
prisoners in one part of China each day of the month
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頌 恆 神 父
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