Month: July 2017
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DISCOVER THE WAY OF WISDOM. HOMILY FOR THE 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D.
An old man finds a precious stone in a stream as he travels along a mountain region. Later he meets another traveler and decides to share his lunch with him. The traveler sees the precious stone in the old man’s bag while they eat and requests for it. The old man gladly offers it to […]
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“AN ENEMY HAS DONE THIS!”: GOD’S WHEAT AND THE ENEMY’S WEED. HOMILY FOR THE 16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D.
The worst enemy is the one the comes as a friend! Two friends work in the same organization. One has a disability that makes it difficult for him to drive and his friend decides to pick him up every morning to work and drops him off every evening after work. This support system from the […]
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GOD’S SEED AND OUR SOILS! HOMILY FOR THE 15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D.
As a kid, I mistakenly swallowed the seed of a lovely and fleshy African fruit called udara. But that was not the problem. One of my older brothers who shared the fruit with me gave me the scare of my life as he tells me with pity that the seed would germinate in my stomach […]
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THE HUMILITY CHALLENGE. HOMILY FOR THE 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR A). Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D.
Once upon a time, a university undergraduate gets a vacation job in an oil servicing company. He resumes at the company as the personal assistant to the Chief Executive Officer for the summer. Next day, the boss (CEO) tells the boy that he would accompany him to an interview for a contract the company is […]