Month: August 2015
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THE SAVING POWER OF THE LAW: HOMILY FOR THE 22ND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (B). -Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD.
One word that scare most people is “LAW”. The reason for the fear of the law is that it often punishes defaulters. But that is just one side of the coin. Often we fail to understand or acknowledge the fact that the law protects, guides and promotes us when we make conscious effort to keep […]
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THE CHOICE IS YOURS TO MAKE: HOMILY FOR THE 21ST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (B) BY REV. FR. BONIFACE NKEM ANUSIEM PhD
As a child I preferred football to other sporting activities and we did a lot of football playing. There was a ritual that preceded the game back in the day. Two Captains would normally emerge and would choose sides and pick players from among those who were available for the game. The interaction went this […]
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THE FOOD THAT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE: HOMILY FOR THE 20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (B) REV. FR. BONNIE NKEM ANUSIEM PhD
During our junior seminary days parents and relations were allowed to visit us once in a month (that is the last Sunday of every month). Visiting days were actually very important to us then, primarily because parents and relations who visited brought specially prepared food from home which were actually nothing to compare to what […]
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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN: REFLECTION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Today we are celebrating of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Assumption is at the same time a dogma of faith proclaimed by Pope Pius XII in the Apostolic Constitution “Munificentisimus Deus of November 1, 1950. The dogmatic declaration runs thus: “The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, […]
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THE BEST BREAD THERE IS: HOMILY FOR THE 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Bread is one of the most common commodities in the world. It is thus relished and consumed in all the continents of the world. The Russians have their black (sweet) bread, in Italy they have the dry bread at every meal, and in France there is the brioche and Basque pumpkin bread. In Germany they […]
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“PUTTING” GOD ON THE HOT SEAT: Homily for the eighteenth Sunday in ordinary time year (B). Rev. Fr. Boniface Anusiem Ph.D
Most of us are conversant with the reality show “Who wants to be a Millionaire” which originated in Britain in 1998 and now adapted to more than 160 countries in the world. In the gameshow, a contestant (who wishes to be a millionaire) faces a number of questions which she or he is expected to […]