Month: February 2014
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WHY WORRY? HOMILY FOR THE 8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (A) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Here’s a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note But don’t worry, be happy In every life we have some trouble but when you worry you make it double Don’t worry, be happy Don’t worry, be happy now Don’t worry, be happy (4x) Ain’t got no […]
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RADICAL LOVE +PLUS+ RADICAL FORGIVENESS HOMILY FOR THE 7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (A). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
On the 13th day of May 1981 something remarkably historic happened at St. Peter’s square Rome. There was the usual large crowd made up of pilgrims and visitors to Rome coming to see and cheer the Pope as he made his way on a motorcade for the week’s general audience. Everything was fine and […]
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JESUS AND THE LAW HOMILY FOR THE 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Once upon a time, a very wealthy man noticed that his children suddenly adopted the habit of leaving the house and coming back late at night. To stop this sprouting obnoxious attitude among his children, he instructed that nobody should for any reason at all come back to the house or leave the house after […]
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THE SALT AND LIGHT PROJECT HOMILY FOR THE 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A) REV. FR. BONIFACE NKEM ANUSIEM PhD
Among the Igbos of southeast Nigeria, people (especially men) are given special titles. Originally, these titles were based on some special things they had accomplished for the community. Those who exuded widely felt charitable gestures were for instance given titles like “Onwa na etiri ora” (the moon that radiates for all) “ochiri ozuo” […]
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THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION “DRAMA”: A REFLECTION ON THE FEAST OF PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Sitting in the front seat at the Chapel as a junior seminarian many years ago, I heard a sermon on the Presentation of the Lord. The priest who celebrated the mass could have said other things, but what I could recall vividly was his emphasis that the parents of Jesus brought him to the temple […]