Martin Jumbam

Corpus Christi

Martin Jumbam 

The Church in the Archdiocese of Douala celebrates this Sunday, June 03, 2018, the ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B, as the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, more commonly known by its Latin title, “Corpus Christi” (the Body of Christ).  The Entrance Antiphon of this day’s Mass says: “The Lord fed his people with the finest wheat and honey; their hunger was satisfied.”

Trinity Sunday - Year B

Martin Jumbam

On Sunday, May 27, 2018, the Universal Church returns to Sundays of the Ordinary Time of the liturgical year, Year B. The Ordinary Time of the year had been interrupted by the Easter Season, which ended last Sunday with Pentecost. In the entrance antiphon we pray; "Blest be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit, for he has shown us his merciful love. Amen." 

On Her Shoulders; On OUR Shoulders

Simolen Tala Jumbam

“I am a survivor of the Yazidi Genocide, and now I am a refugee. I was a villager who found herself ripped from her life of freedom and dreams to that of a slave, without hope…” These words have haunted my mind for the past few days.

Pentecost Sunday - Year B

Martin Jumbam 

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, May 20, 2018 as Pentecost Sunday in the liturgical year B.   In the entrance antiphon, we pray: “The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things understands what is said. Alleluia.” 

Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year B

Martin Jumbam

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, May 13, 2018 as the Seventh Sunday of Easter – Year B. In the entrance antiphon, we pray: “O Lord, hear my voice, for I have called to you; my heart has spoken: Seek his face; hide not your face from me, alleluia.” 

Ascension Thursday - Year B

Martin Jumbam

Mother Church celebrates Thursday, May 10, 2018 as the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord to heaven. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? The Lord will return, just as you have seen him ascend, alleluia”.

Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year B

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, May 06, 2018, as the Sixth Sunday of Easter – Year B. The entrance antiphon of this day’s Mass says, “Speak out with a voice of joy; let it be heard to the end of the earth: The Lord has set his people free, alleluia.” 

Creative Writing - A Drink by the Wouri River

Martin Jumbam

There’s a beer house overlooking the turbid, heavily polluted waters of the Wouri River in the Akwa District of Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital. To my friend, Andy “Young” and me, it is the best drinking spot anywhere in the city. What with its little booth-like cubicles called “buckaroos”, and its still-to-be-rivalled bevy of heavy-bosomed, hip-swinging ladies, some in see-through dresses, who dance around rather than walk.