Month: October 2013
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OVER AND ABOVE HALLOWEEN: HOMILY FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS. REV. FR. BONIFACE NKEM ANUSIEM PhD.
In most countries especially in the West, Halloween is usually an elaborate celebration. Shops become busier, there are lots of jingles welcoming yet another Halloween and reminding people that they need to dress in scary costumes, and some people organize Halloween parties where attendees all appear in gory costumes and masks. However not many people […]
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PRAYING IN THE HUMBLE WAY HOMILY FOR THE 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (c). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
A young mother concluded with the preparation of a very delicious dish of fried rice with chicken. The aroma that originated from the dish was so inspiring and tempting to any sense of smell that encountered it. Her little son Felix witnessed the preparation of the meal as he entered the kitchen several times to […]
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PRAYING IN THE “STUBBORN” WAY HOMILY FOR THE 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (C) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
A six year old boy was insistent on following his mum who was preparing to go and buy things (groceries) for their home from a nearby supermarket. The mum didn’t want her little boy to go with her because of his playful and destructive character which often embarrasses her when they are in public. […]
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THE POWER OF THANK YOU! HOMILY FOR THE 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (C) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
A poor woman would always sit among others in a certain market place selling bunches of banana. Few people patronized her because her bananas were normally pale looking and sun beaten compared to those of others. Passing that way one day, a certain gentleman sensed the situation of the poor woman and asked […]
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ACTIVATING OUR FAITH “SOFTWARE” HOMILY FOR THE 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (C). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Children are really very interesting in the way and manner they think and act. Any attentive mind can actually learn a lot from their rather innocent and gullible disposition. I was once keenly following a dialogue between two little children. One had a toy; a water gun and would not share with the other. The […]