Category: EVERGREEN REFLECTIONS
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THE SALT AND LIGHT ENGAGEMENT
Reflection for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Life without salt and light is unimaginable because salt and light are two necessary realities we may not dispense with. Significantly salt and light share striking similarities. First, they do not go unnoticed; in other words, they always make […]
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THE BEATITUDES OF THE REMNANTS
Reflection For The 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Have you ever heard that someone emerged from nowhere and suddenly turned out to become a famous or influential person? The truth is that nobody comes from nowhere; God makes people. The apostle Peter said that God could transform […]
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FINDING THE LIGHT AMID THE DARKNESS
Reflection for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Any reader of ancient philosophy or classics will be conversant with Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” The narrative is cast as a dialogue between Plato’s teacher Socrates and his brother Glaucon and talks about a group of […]
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THE TESTIMONY OF THE MAN SENT FROM GOD
Reflection for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. If you have ever attended an event featuring some famous socialites, or political figures, you may recall that they do not just show up on the stage; someone, mostly the master of ceremony, needs to announce their presence […]
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THE MOTHERHOOD OF MARY AT THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR
Reflection on the Feast of the Motherhood of Mary Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Nestorius was a brilliant monk who later became a priest and the Bishop of Constantinople from Ad 428 to 431. Unfortunately, you will find out that he would later become popular for the wrong reasons. Nestorius deviated from the teaching […]
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CELEBRATING THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS
A Christmas Reflection Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. What excites you about Christmas? Do you know Christmas enough to celebrate it? There are more lies about Christmas than any other event on earth. Children are groomed to believe that Santa Claus (Father Christmas) comes to town from the milky way galaxy, riding on a […]
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THE SIGN OF LOVE IN “AHAZIC” SITUATIONS
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Back in the day, when there was no internet or mobile phones, people had a more personal and experiential way of encountering events by accessing some intelligible signs. A sign generally points to something other than itself. Another way […]
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ENGAGING THE POWER OF JOY IN THE FACE OF TROUBLES
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year A) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Have you ever felt joy in your life? Before giving an affirmative answer, we need to understand what joy is and how it differs from happiness. You may have seen an inflated decorative balloon used to celebrate a birthday, […]
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PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE IS A SCAM!
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. I devote some of my recreative moments to watching videos of animals, especially domestic ones like dogs. I once saw a documentary of unlikely animals of diverse dispositions and tempers cohabiting and practically loving themselves. For instance, I saw […]
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WAKE UP!
Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent (Year A) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. In a certain second-grade class, the teacher wanted to gauge the ability of the kids to use common sense, so she asked, “who can tell me the first thing you must do in the morning after the night?” Just as […]
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HOW JESUS REDEFINED KINGSHIP
Reflection on the Feast of Christ the King Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Kingship is probably as old as human society. According to biblical history, the first king was Nimrod, the son of Cush and the grandson of Ham, whose father was Noah. The scriptures identified him as a mighty hunter whose kingdom […]
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HOW NEAR IS THE END?
Reflection for the 33RD Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. During the heights of the speculations about three days of darkness coming upon the world, I was chatting with one of my aunties about the stories going around. She confirmed the anxiety among her friends in […]
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HOW TO LIVE AGAIN
Reflection for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Once upon a time, a farmer started to feel frail, and after some time, he stopped working and could only stay at home while his only son worked all day with his family. Day after day, the son […]
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THE RETURN OF ZACCHAEUS
Reflection for 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. One of the questions you will probably get from people when you have been away from a place for a long time is, “when will you return?” In most cases, returning (or coming back) comes with potentially positive implications. […]
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HOW TO GET GOD’S ATTENTION IN PRAYER
Reflection for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. “The common mistakes couples make in marriage” is part of the course content of my class for people intending to marry in the Church. One of the questions I usually ask the male partners is, “what would you do […]
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HOW TO RAISE THE HANDS OF PERSISTENT PRAYER
Reflection for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. You will love the story of “the boy who saved Holland.” Hans Brinker was a little boy living in Haarlem near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His family was poor, and he had a dad who fell while working […]
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THE SECRETS OF GIVING THANKS
Reflection for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Two important phrases can change our world if we constantly use them and mean them: “I am sorry” and “thank you.” However, it seems they are missing components in our human nature as we often struggle to […]
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THE DIVINE FACILITY CALLED FAITH!
Reflection for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Boniface Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Have you ever boarded an airplane to any destination? Did you know the pilot’s qualifications and the engine’s working conditions before boarding? If your answer is no, as I could guess, something gave you the boldness […]
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LOST TO SIN BUT FOUND BY FORGIVENESS
Reflection for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Rev. Fr. Bonnie Nkem Anusiem Ph.D. Did you ever lose something so precious to you only to find it eventually after losing hope of getting it back? There are lots of amazing stories about lost but found items that could potentially fill several volumes of […]