Jesus,
You say,
“Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”(1)
Please let me trust in You with all my heart
and lean not on my own understanding. (2)
May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. (3)
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Before knowing you,
I don’t know what to live is?
After knowing you,
I know that to live is you.*
To live,
I should be in you.
In you,
I truly live my life.
I love you, Jesus.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
I feel sad.
Let’s go shopping.
…
You said to your followers,
“You unbelieving and perverse generation,
how long shall I stay with you?”* Continue reading Prayer 445
– UN Study on the Naval Arms Race (Report of the General Secretary – Sept. 17, 1985)
From UN Site — From CVD
– Military Activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Preveting uncertainty and defusing conflict (George V. Galdorisi & Alan G. Kaufman – 2001)
From California Western School of Law — From CVD
– Military Activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Preveting uncertainty and defusing conflict (Hyun Soo-Kim)
From US Naval War College — From CVD
Jesus,
Empty spaces in the day are great.
Empty spaces.
Time of you.
Time to do nothing.
Only be still.
And enjoy your peace.
Love you, Jesus.
Amen.
PTH
Giêsu ơi,
Giêsu và em,
đang sống đời đơn giản.
Đơn giản và chậm rãi.
Như ốc sên.
Ô, thật chậm rãi và đơn giản.
Sao mình lại sống đơn giản và chậm rãi như thế này? Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 443 – Prayer 443
BEIJING, China – Beijing Thursday, May 3, reasserted its right to build “defense” facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region.
Jesus,
Do you think
if we have the right to Freedom of Association,
our volunteer activities will grow more,
and our youth will have many more things to live for and to love?
Our volunteering is weak now.
Volunteer groups are small.
They don’t work together like a large volunteer network.
And they are not solving important problems of our country.
Please bless us.
Let us know what we should do.
Amen.
PTH
vietnamnews Update: May, 06/2018 – 09:00
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| Painting of West Lake by Hanoi-based artist George Burchett. |
by George Burchett*
Around the time Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly (1807-1873), under the orders of Emperor Napoleon III, fired the first canon shots of the Cochinchina campaign (1858-1862) to lay claim to what would become France’s colony of Indochina, Paris embarked on an epic renovation project directed by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, also under the Emperor’s orders. The plan was to modernise Paris and get rid of insalubrious slums – breeding ground for diseases as well as popular discontent. No doubt rich plunder from the colonies helped fund this – largely successful – imperial enterprise.
Jesus,
I think about an image –
Mary used a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume;
poured it on your feet
and wiped your feet with her hair.*
How did you feel?
Perhaps you didn’t care how your feet felt
although you liked the aroma of nard.
You cared for Mary. Continue reading Prayer 441
Alex Perera –
Vietnam has a significant challenge ahead: power its remarkable economic growth with less polluting and more affordable clean energy.
This is no small task. According to the Vietnam Business Forum, the country’s current energy plan would increase coal use from 14 gigawatts (GW) to 55GW by 2030 and require 10 million tons of coal to be imported every year from 2017 onward.
Jesus,
Before knowing you,
creativity at work wasn’t easy.
After knowing you,
the more I focus on you,
the more I become creative.
Love you.
Amen.
PTH
Giêsu ơi,
Em yêu hình ảnh –
Mary dùng 1 lít dầu cam tùng nguyên chất, 1 loại dầu thơm đắt tiền;
đổ lên chân Giêsu
và lấy tóc mình lau chân Giêsu.*
Mỗi khi thấy hình ảnh đó,
em lại ngập tràn tình yêu.
Giêsu thích mùi dầu cam tùng?
Sao Mary biết Giêsu thích mùi đó? Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 439 – Prayer 439
ILO/Vijay Kutty – Cycle rickshaw pullers in the old quarter of Delhi, India. According to a new ILO report, about 93 per cent of the world’s informal employment is in emerging and developing countries.
news.un.org – More than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – two billion people – earn their livelihoods in the informal sector, the United Nations labour agency said on Monday, stressing that a transition to the formal economy is critical to ensure rights’ protection and decent working conditions.
“The high incidence of informality in all its forms has multiple adverse consequences for workers, enterprises and societies and is a major challenge for the realization of decent work for all,” said Rafael Diez de Medina, the Director of the Department of Statistics at the UN International Labour Organization (ILO).
Jesus,
Please touch my forehead with your lips.
Your kiss will be a gate that through it,
your peace and wisdom pour into my soul.
My soul will melt
and become a little stream,
flowing tenderly anywhere,
following your will.
Please kiss me deeply.
Amen.
PTH
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