ATTENDING THE WEEKLY ESKATON MONROE ECUMENICAL SERVICE LED BY A LAY READER AND A LAY PREACHER FROM TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL................

CONCELEBRATING THE 9:30 AM SUNDAY MASS WITH FATHER MICHAEL HEBDA @ HOLY SPIRIT PARISH LAND PARK................

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ENDING THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2016................

"THE PAPER OF RECORD" - NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHES THEIR PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH................

THE CLOSING 66 HOURS OF CAMPAIGNING BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES BEGIN INTENSIFY AND TIGHTEN BETWEEN THE TOP REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT 2016................

JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES HILARY CLINTON's JANUARY E-MAILS RELEASE WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS 22 WITHHELD FOR CONTAINING CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET INFORMATION AS DEFINED AFTER THE FACT................

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF SCOTT JONES RUNNING A MODERATE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS AGAINST INCUMBENT LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC SOMEWHAT MODERATE REPRESENTATIVE AMI BERA IN SWING DISTRICT................

"HAPPINESS DAY" @ EML.................

WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP PRESENT THE OTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STEP UP THEIR GAME MOST FOCUSED ON TED CRUZ WHO WAS MOSTLY OUTSHINED BY HIS OPPONENTS................

GETTING A VERY GOOD LOOK @ THE ESKATON MONROE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND FREEPORT BOULEVARD VIS A VIS POWERCHAIR................

TED CRUZ CHALLLENGES DONALD TRUMP TO A ONE ON ONE TOWN HALL MEETING APPEARANCE IN IOWA SATURDAY NIGHT................

DONALD TRUMP PULLS OUT OF TONIGHT'S FINAL FOX NEWS IOWA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL BEFORE MONDAY'S CAUCUS IN DISPUTE OVER ANCHOR MEGHAN KELLEY AND NETWORK PRESIDENT ROGER AILES SCHEDULING A COMPETING VETERANS EVENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE................

OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH MOVING UP IN THE POLLS IN THE NEW HAMPSIRE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY TIED WITH SENATOR TED CRUZ FOR SECOND PLACE IN ONE POLL................

WHERE CHARITY AND LOVE ARE FOUND THE SPIRIT OF ST. VINCENT DEPAUL IN OUTREACH TO THE POOR AND NEEDY EXCELS................

TRUMP FIRES ANEW ON FOX NEWS' MEGAN KELLY THREATENS NOT TO PARTTICIPATE IN THURSDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE...FOX NEWS BITES BACK @ TRUMP................

A POTENTIAL YOUNG VOTER'S COMMENT / QUESTION @ IOWA DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FORUM MONDAY NIGHT - HOW DISHONEST / TRUTHFUL IS HILLARY CLINTON ?................

WAKING UP FOR MY FIRST FULL DAY IN THE HAPPY SURROUNDINGS OF ESKATON MONROE LODGE A TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY................

MY MOVE INTO ESKATON MONROE LODGE ON FREEPORT BOULEVARD IN SACRAMENTO OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON...PRAISE THE LORD OUR GOD................

THE CONCLUDING DAY OF THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY IS THE FEAST OF CONVERSION OF ST, PAUL...............

HALLLELUJAH ! HALLELUJAH !! IT'S MOVING DAY FROM ABJECT ISOLATION IN WEST ROSEVILLE BACK TO THE APPROPRIATE CENTRALITY OF SACRAMENTO FOR ME AND MY PRIESTLY MINISTRY................

THE AFC DENVER BRONCOS WILL FACEOFF OFF AGAINST THE NFC CAROLINA PANTHERS ON FEBRUARY 7TH IN SUPER BOWL '50' !!!!!................

THE INTERFAITH DIALOGUE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY BEGINS AT HOME AS 20% OF CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES ARE MIXED MARRIAGES RELIGIOUSLY................

IN TODAY's NFL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS LEADING TO SUPER BOWL '50' WHICH TEAMS WILL PREVAIL - DENVER OR NEW ENGLAND; ARIZONA OR CAROLINA ??................

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME 2016 IS "ECUMENICAL SUNDAY" IN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK - A DAY KNOWN FOR PULPIT EXCHANGES PREACHING................

CapRadio's Special Coverage: State Of The State 2016

CapRadio's Special Coverage: State Of The State 2016: Capital Public Radio provides live, anchored coverage of California Governor Jerry Brown’s State of the State address on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 10 a.m.

WHOLISTIC CHRISTIAN UNITY NECESSITATES DISCERNING AND ACTING UPON OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECUMENICAL INTERACTION................

ED ROBERTS DAY - COMMEMORATING THE TRAILBLAZING CHAMPION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS 1939-1995 FOR BEING AN ICON OF INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY, EMPOWERMENT AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, OF THE DISABILITTY COMMUNITY................

THE CATHOLIC-EPISCOPALIAN ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE IN THE U.S. NOT EXPPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION's 3 YEAR SUSPENSION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOR ALLOWING SAME SEX MARRIAGES................

AKIN TO THE DIVERSITY AND FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE APOSTLES CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANS MUST BE BUILDERS OF UNITY DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES................

WASHINGTON D.C. AND THE U.S. EAST COAST BRACES FOR WHAT IS FORECASTED TO BE THE BLIZZARD OF 2016................

THIS IS THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION................

POPE FRANCIS UNIVERSALIZES THAT WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN WILL HAVE THEIR FEET WASHED AT THE MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER ANNUALLY ON HOLY THURSDAY................

BEING ECUMENICAL MEANS FORMING MUTUAL FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHERS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO FURTHERING NECESSARY CHRISTIAN UNITY AND RELIGOUS FREEDOM

15 CHRISTIAN CHURCH JUDICATORY LEADERS, JOINED TOGETHHER TO PRESIDE OVER AN ECUMENICAL UNITY SERVICE OF VERY SPIRITED WORSHIP IN WORD AND SONG IN SACRAMENTO...............

THE THREE AMERICAN HOSTAGES RELEASED FROM IRAN CONTIUE TO DECOMPRESS AND ADDRESS THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IN GERMANY BEFORE THEIR RETURN TO THE USA................

SACRAMENTO COMMEMORATES CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK 2016 IN AN ECUMENICAL WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSSED SACRAMENT TONIGHT................

AN INTERPERSONAL, RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, PASTORAL, ECUMENICAL COMMITTMENT ARE NEEDED FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY................

SARAH PALIN ENDORSES DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OPENING UP A VOCIFEROUS ATTACK ON PRESIDENT OBAMA AS WELL AS THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT................

THE VALUES OF CHRISTIAN UNITY ARE CENTERED IN THE HUMILITY AND JOY OF COMING TOGETHER IN OUR COMMON FAITH, BAPTISM IN THE LORD JESUS................

30 YEARS OF THE MLK FEDERAL HOLIDAY OBSERVVANCE : DRIVEN DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF EQUALITY FOR ALL................

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2016 : JANUARY 18-25th "CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE MIGHTY ACTS OF THE LORD" cf 1 Peter 2:9

FREED AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN IRAN REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN GERMANY ON THEIR WAY HOME TO THE UNITED STATES................

THIS IS THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS ANND REFUGEES - THE JESUIT RELIEF SERVICES ARE AN EXCELLENT EXEMPLAR OF PROVIDING EFFECTIVE "MIGRATION IN MOTION"................

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OPENS THE 2016 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY BEGINNING TOMORROW................

BREAKING DIPLOMATIC DEVELOPMENT REPORTING FROM TEHERAN THAT IRAN IS RELEASING 4 PERHAPS 5 AMERICAN HOSTAGES INCLUDING 500 DAY HELD NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER................

CAN BERNIE SANDERS DEFEAT HILLARY CLINTON IN THE OPENING CONTESTS OF THE 2016 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT NOMINATION CONTEST IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ?................

IS DONALD TRUMP NOW THE PLAUSIBLE EVEN INEVITABLE 2016 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE ?................

SACRAMENTO NATIVE FR. DR. STEVEN M. AVELLA TENURED MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HISTORY PROFESSOR PUBLISHES HIS NEWEST BOOK,"CHARLES K McCLATCHY And The GOLDEN ERA OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM"................

14 YEAR OLD CHILD PRODIGY PIANIST 'ETHAN BORTNICK' PERFORMING IN CONCERT @ THE CREST HEATRE IN SACRAMENTO TONIGHT................

UPDATE ELECTION 2016 - FOR POTUS 45 : WITH IOWA CAUCUSES AND NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY THE CAMPAIGNS BETWEEN TRUMP AND CRUZ; SANDERS AND CLIINTON PARTICULARLY GET HEATED................

WEDNESDAY ANALYSIS OF POTUS 44's SEVENTH AND FINAL SOTU ADDRESS TUESDAY NIGHT................

IT IS NOW 46 MONTHS MY PRIESTLY MINISTRY IN SACRAMENTO HAS BEEN MARGINALIZED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS A DISABLED AMPUTEE................

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL DELIVER HIS FINAL 'STATE OF THE UNION' ADDRESS TUESDAY NIGHT...SAID TO BE HIS VISION FOR TAKING THE USA FORWARD BEYOND HIS PRESIDENCY................

CHRISTMAS CONCLUDED FOR THIS YEAR. OR IS IT ? NOT ACCORDING TO MY PERKO'S SERVER WHO WILL KEEP HIS RESTAURANT CHRISTMAS TREE UP UNTIL FEBRUARY 2nd - FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD................

SURPASSING 450,000 PAGE VIEWS OF THIS "INSIGHTS INTO LIFE AND FAITH" BLOG................

FROM THE HOLY BIRTH OF JESUS TO THE HOLY FAMILY; THE SHINING FORTH OF THE MESSIAH TO THE NATIONS AND THE BAPTISM IF THE LORD; CHRISTMAS CONCLUDES FOR THIS JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY................

THE # 1 BEST AND FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL OF 2015 - 2016........"JOY TO THE WORLD THE LORD IS COME" !!!................

BEST / FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 2 - "O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL........" AND "O HOLY NIGHT"................

THE 15TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND DEPARTING RENO NEVADA ON AMTRAK TO COMPLETE THE FEAST BAPTISM OF THE LORD AND THE SEASON OF JESUS' HOLY NATIVITY IN THE FREEDOM OF SACRAMENTO...............

FAVORITE / BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL # 3 - "HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING"................

THE 14th DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE OCTAVE DAY OF THE YEAR 2016 : ST. CLAIRE PATRONESS OF THE MEDIA PRAY FOR US................

THE BEST AND FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 4 - "SILENT NIGHT"................

THE 13th DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE DEVOTEDLY RELIGIOUS EXEMPLARS COMMEMORATED YESTERDAY AND TODAY - SAINTS ANDRE BESETTE AND RAYMOND PENAFORT................

THE BEST AND FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 5 - "THE FIRST NOEL"................

EPIPHANY - THE 12th DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE GIFTEDNESS OF GOD WE RECEIVE AND SHARE THIS DAY AND EVERYDAY................

THE BEST AND FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 6 "GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN"................

THE 12th DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE AMERICAN SAINTS WHO HELP US BEGIN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2016................

BEST / FAORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 7 - "AWAY IN A MANGER"................

THIS 11TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS 2016 CHALLENGES US TO INCORPORATE THE SPIRIT OF EPIPHANY AND THE LORD'S BAPTISM INTO OUR LIFE EXPERIENCES THIS WEEK DESPITE RETURNING TO SCHOOL, WORK AND OTHER PURSUITS................

FAVORITE / BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL # 8 - "WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE"................

THE SOLEMNITY OF CHRISTMAS EPIPHANY AS THE 3 KINGS FROM THE EAST COME AND SEE THE CHRIST CHILD THE ILLUMINOUS STAR LED THEM TO................

DANIEL GIRDNER YREKA FUNERAL DIRECTOR -LOVING AND BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDDAD, COMMUNITY LEADER AND VERY ACTIVE ST, JOSEPH'S CHURCH PARISHIONER HAS DIED HE SERVED WHILE I WAS PASTOR AS MY VOLUNTEER PARISH SECRETARY / RECTORY ASSISTANT................

THE BEST / FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 9 - "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR"................

THE 9TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND WAYS IN WHICH YOU AND ME CAN KEEP THE HOLY NATIVITY ALIVE IN A WORLD THAT HAS PUT IT AWAY EARLY FOR 2016................

FAVORITE / BEST CHRISTMAS CAROL # 10 - "MARY DID YOU KNOW ?"...............

THE OCTAVE DAY OF CHRISTMAS FOCUSES ON BLESSED MARY'S DIVINE COMMISSIONING AS THE MOTHER OF GOD AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES AND WORLD CITIZENS TO BE PEOPLE OF PEACE...............