June 20 is World refugee Day, a good time to remember the 42 million uprooted people around the world who are still waiting to go home. They are among the most vulnerable people in the world. So says Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
One could lecture or preach or just sprout on. For now, I just share with you photos from my day here in Bangkok. I was at the Bangkok Refugee Center for their celebration of Refugee Day. It was a festival of colour, of song, of dance, of happiness among and with those who are so vulnerable and desperate in our world. For now let the photos speak. Take them in and just sit with the message for you. And let the words of the Center's Director also ring as he said - Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced People are not the problem. Then what is?
I am John Murray, an Australian, Catholic priest of the Order of St Augustine. I live and work in Thailand and have been here since October 2005. I have many stories from my life journey and would simply like to share some of them. So hope you enjoy and go away sometime with a smile or a helpful little insight.
We gather
to give thanks for my 25 years.
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