Month: July 2016
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BEYOND VAIN RICHES! HOMILY FOR THE 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Once upon a time, a kingdom was terrorized by a ferocious lion that kept killing people randomly. The situation became so unbearable that the kindhearted King of the kingdom promised to give half of his kingdom to anyone who could kill the daredevil beast so that peace and calm could return to the land. Immediately […]
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NEVER GIVE UP! PRAY PERSISTENTLY AND PATIENTLY WAIT HOMILY FOR THE 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
Have you ever experienced failure while expecting success? Have you ever prayed and failed to get the response you anticipated? If you have experienced any of these in the past what was your next line of action? Give up? Run away? Get depressed? Blame yourself or someone? Before giving a personal answer(s)to these let me […]
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THE “MARY” AND “MARTHA” SYNDROME IN OUR LIVES: FINDING THE RIGHT EQUATION HOMILY FOR THE 16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem PhD
There was this young man whom I came to identify as one of the few who would never skip the least Church activity. He was as constant as the North Star (Polaris) as far as attendance is concerned and punctuality was his trademark. I kept this observation to myself while relishing his placid commitment and […]
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“WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR?” HOMILY FOR THE 15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D
During the month of March 1993, a photojournalist, Kevin Carter went to South Sudan during the peak of the famine that ravaged the region to get some photo news. In the course of his duty, he saw a skinny and starving little girl who was also weak and frail struggling to reach the United Nations’ […]
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THE PLENTIFUL HARVEST VS THE FEW LABORERS (MISSION AND MISSIONARY ACCESSORIES) HOMILY FOR THE 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
“It is indeed regrettable that the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. There is no shortage of people to hear the Good news. What is missing are (the right) people to spread it!”….Pope Gregory the Great. Have you wondered why most companies and government establishments spend a lot of resources advertising for job […]