WEDNESDAY OF THE 1st WEEK OF ADVENT -BUILDING GOD's KINGDOM ON EARTH SO AS TO SHARE IN THE KINGDOM FOREVER IN HEAVEN................

STEVEN MNUCHIN TRUMP CAMPAIGN FINANCE CHAIRMAN GOLDMAN SACHS BANKER AND HOLLYWOOD MOVIE FIANACIER EXPECTED TO BE APPOINTED TREASURY SECRETARY BY THE PRESIDENT-ELECT................

ADVENT WEEK 1 AND THE FEAST OF ST, ANDREW APOSTLE...FOLLOWERS OF THE CHRIST ARE CALLED TO RESPOND NOW WITHOUT DELAY................

GIVING TUESDAY 2016 : HELPING NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH YOUR SUPPORT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON................

REPRESENTATIVE TOM PRICE REPUBLICAN OF GEORGIA FIERCE OPPONENT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TO BE NOMINATED AS THE TRUMP CABINET SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADVENT's 1st TUESDAY - COMING TO KNOW AND BELIEVE IN THE CHRIST OF THE COSMOS (Lk. 10:22)................

THE TRUMP TRANSITION CONFRONTED WITH INFIGHTING AND A POWER STRUGGLE AS CONWAY SEEMINGLY GOES ROGUE OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND QUESTIONING THE SUITABILITY OF MITT ROMNEY AS A PROSPECTIVE SECRETARY OF STATE PICK / YET SHE COMMUNICATES FOR THE PRESIDENT-ELECT................

THE 1st MONDAY OF ADVENT CALLS US BEYOND OUR UNWORTHINESS TO MAKING ROOM WITHIN FOR THE MESSIAH's COMING (Mt. 8:8)................

ENCOUNTERING JESUS CHRIST AS ADVENT PEOPLE OF CHRISTMAS INCARNATION................

ST. MATTHEW's GOSPEL PREDOMINATELY PROCLAIMED DURING THIS 2017 YEAR 'A' HEARKENS US TO, "KEEP AWAKE FOR WE DO NOT KNOW THE DAY THE LORD IS COMING" (Mt. 24:42)................

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THE BEGINNING OF LITURGICAL YEAR 2017 : THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT................

FIDEL CASTRO DIES AT 90 -FOR 47 YEARS OF THE LAST 57 YEARS THE DICTATOR/PRESIDENT OF CUBA................

THE OBSERVANCE OF THANKSGIVING IS MUCH MORE THAN A DAY OR LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND IT IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF LIVING WITH GRATITUDE AS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR................

WILBUR ROSS ARCHTECT OF TRUMP's TAX AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS EXPECTED TO BE THE NOMINEE FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY................

THANKSGIVING DAY USA 2016 : REFOCUSING OUR LIVES AFTER A BITTER POLITICAL ELECTION YEAR ON MATTERS THAT MEAN MOST - FAMILY, FAITH, FELLOWSHIP AND FIDELITY TO VALUES AND VISIONS THAT PROMOTE UNITY AND THE COMMON GOOD................

MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN MEGA DONOR BETSY DEVOS CHOSEN FOR SECRETARY OF EDUCATION BY PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP................

PRESIDENT-ELECT PICKS SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY AS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR...RETIRED GENERAL MATHIS BEING TOUTED AS THE LIKELY CHOICE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY...MORE CABINET APPOINTMENTS EXPECTED TODAY................

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP ANNOUNCES IN A YOU TUBE VIDEO ONE OF THE ACTION FOCUS OF HIS FIRST DAY IN THE OVAL WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING FOR EVERY 1 NEW FERERAL REGULATION 2 EXISTING REGULATIONS WILL BE ABOLISHED................

POTUS 35 SAID, "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY"; POTUS 45, "I WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT GREAT AGAIN"; -AMERICA STANDS AT THE CROSSROADS OF CONVICTION : TOGETHERNESS OR INDIVIDUALITY IN SERVING THE GREATNESS OF THE USA IN THE WORLD................

WITH THE CLOSE OF THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY POPE +FRANCIS EXTENDS THE PENITENTIAL ABSOLUTION FOR ABORTION TO ALL PRIESTS UNIVERSALLY...NOT ONLY RESERVED TO BISHOPS ONLY................

NEARING THE END OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR TODAY CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANS COMMEMORATE THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY's PRESENTATION IN TEMPLE................

THE SPIRIT AND VISION OF THE LATE GREAT IMPRESARIO DICK CLARK ROCKS ON @ THE 2016 43rd ANNUAL 'AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS'................

'TIS THE SEASON ONCE AGAIN FOR THE HALLMARK CHANNEL HOLIDAY AND CHRISTMAS MOVIES 24/7 MARATHON UNDERWAY CURRENTLY AND THROUGH DECEMBER................

THE ELEVATION TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS OF CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP +BLAISE CUPICH SIGNALS PAVING THE PATHH TOWARD A MODERATE MAINSTREAM 3rd MILLENNIUM CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE AMERICAN AND UNIVERSAL CHURCH................

THE FULLNESS OF THE CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING IS THE PINNACLE OF 18 WEEKS OF HIGH SEASONS AND 34 WEEKS OF ORDINARY TIME THAT COMPRISE THE CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN LITURGICAL YEAR CONCLUDING THIS WEEK................

AMERICANS AND THE WORLD SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED OR FOOLED - CALLING THEMSELVES THE NATIONALIST PARTY IS JUST A EUPHEMISM FOR TRYING TO REGULARIZE WHITE SUPREMACY................

IN THE ETERNAL CITY THIS SATURDAY MORNING POPE FRANCIS ADDS 17 NEW RED HATS TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINAL AT A CONSISTORY................

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP NOMINATES ALABAMA REPUBLICAN SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS AS ATTORNEY OF THE UNITED STATES-REPRESENTATIVE MIKE POMPEO OF KANSAS FOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DIRECTOR - AS THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION APPOINTEES START TO BECOME APPARENT................

REVEREND JERRY FALWELL JR. ATTACKS POPE FRANCIS OVER HIS POST ELECTION 2016 COMMENTS...LIKE HIS LATE FATHER WHO AFTER CULTIVATING CATHOLIC VOTES IN THE 1980 ELECTION WAS THE FIRST VOCAL CRITIC OF THE U.S. BISHOPS PASTORAL LETTER ON THE ECONOMY................

LOS ANGELES ARCHBISHOP + JOSE GOMEZ ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS SIGNALLING A CONTINUING FOCUS BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON SEEKING IMMIGRATION REFORM IN AMERICA................

CHUCK SCHUMER IS OF NEW YORK ELECTED SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER AS HARRY REID's SUCCESSOR...NOW IT IS TIME FOR NANCY PELOSI TO RETIRE AS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND FOR REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN OF OHIO TO BE CHOSEN ASS THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER...A FRESH START TO CONTENDING WITH A TRUMP PRESIDENCY................

HILLARY CLINTON's FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH SINCE HER PRESIDENTIAL CONCESSION IS A POIGNANT AND RESOLUTE RE-COMMITMENT TO VALUES SUCH AS THE NATIONAL CHILDREN's DEFENSE FUND HER FIRST EMPLOYER AS A COLLEGE GRADUATE AND TO THE WORK SHE SHARED WITH CDF FOUNDER-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN................

FOUR ARCH CONSERVATIVE CARDINALS OF THE CHURCH 2 GERMANS, 1 ITALIAN AND 1 AMERICAN, STRONGLY CRITICIZE AND OPPOSE POPE FRANCIS' CHOSEN DEFINITION OF THE FAMILY AS CULTIVATED FROM THE RECENT 2 YEAR SYNOD ON THE FAMILY FOR ITS PROGRESSIVE AND MORE INCLUSIVE NATURE................

INFIGHTING AND JOCKEYING ON TH TRUMP TRANSITION TEAM LEADING TO PURGES AND RESIGNATIONS AS PICKS FOR TOP CABINET AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS ARE BEING DECIDED................

AT THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS MEETING IN BALTIMORE CARDINAL+ DANIEL DINARDO - ARCHBISOP OF GALVESTON-HOUSTON TEXAS IS ELECTED USCCB PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS................

THE TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PROCEEDS - RUDY GIULIANI AND JOHN BOLTEN BEING MENTIONED AS THE MOST FAVORED AND LIKELY CHOICES FOR SECRETARY OF STATE................

LOSS OF AN AMERICAN JOURNALISM GREAT - GWEN IFILL NEWS REPORTER AND ANCHOR AND AUTHOR ,WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, NBC NEWS AND THE PBS NEWSHOUR DIES OF CANCER AT AGE 61................

IN HIS FIRST MAJOR APPOINTMENT IN TRANSITION TO THE TAKING OFFICE AS POTUS 45 PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP CHOOSES RNC CHAIRMAN REINCE PRIEBUS AS WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF - A REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT CHOICE................

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP AND FAMILY's "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW WITH LESLEY STAHL OF CBS NEWS PRESENTS HIM AS STRONG AND PERSISTENT YET AMBIVALENT TO MOVE FROM VITRIOLIC CAMPAIGN RHETORIC TO POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF SOUND AND STABLE GOVERNANCE................

THE 33rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME : PLACING OUR FOCUS ON THE ESCATHOLOGY OF THE SECOND COMING OF THE CHRIST OF ALLCREATION................

VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT PENCE IS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION AS GOVERNOR CHRISTIE IS DEMOTED TO VICE CHAIR JOINING SEVERAL OTHERS IN SUBORDINATE ROLES................

'NOT MY PRESIDENT' PROTEST MARCHES IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP's ELECTION AS POTUS 45 INCREASING IN AMERICAN CITIES................

THE MUTUAL REMARKS IN THE OVAL OFFICE AT THE END OF THIS MORNING's TRANSITION MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP COMING FACE TO FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WERE CIVIL AND CORDIAL................

THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE BETWEEN POTUS 44 AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING................

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AN AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ANOMALY - FOR THE SECOND TIME IN SIXTEEN YEARS THE POPULAR VOTE MAY BE WON BY THE CANDIDATE NOT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - AS WITH MICHIGAN, ARIZONA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTE TOTALS NOT YET COMPLETE CLINTON LEADS TRUMP NATIONWIDE BY 234,000 VOTES OUT OF MORE THAN 119 MILLION CAST A MAARGIN OF .02% 47.7% -47.5%................

IN A STUNNING ELECTORAL UPHEAVAL DONALD JOHN TRUMP WILL BE THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES................

DONALD TRUMP DECLARES VICTORY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE BEFORE WINNING THE 270 ELECTORAL VOTES REQUIRED LEADING HILLARY CLINTON 266-218 WITH SOME SWING STATES YET CALLED AND 54 ELECTORAL VOTES UNALLOCATED................

WITH TRUMP 26 ELECTORAL VOTES AWAY AND CLINTON 61 ELECTORAL VOTES SHORT OF THE 270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN - PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN ARE AS YET UNCALLED............

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE DECIDED IS NOW TRUMP 168 CLINTON 131 > 239 STILL UNDECIDED................

TOO EARLY AND TOO CLOSE TO CALL CONTINUING IN KEY SWING STATES...BUT OHIO CALLED FOR TRUMP AND VIRGINIA GOES TO CLINTON................

NONE OF THE 13 BATTLEGROUND STATES YET CALLED AT THIS HOUR................

CLINTON WINS ILLINOIS NEW JERSEY MASSACHUSETTS MARYLAND RHODE ISLAND DELAWARE AND DISTRIC OF COLUMBIA...TRUMP WINS IN OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI /ELECTORAL VOTES WON - CLINTON 68 TRUMP 48................

CLINTON NOW LEADING TRUMP IN BOTH FLORIDA AND NORTH CAROLINA................

POLLS NOW CLOSED IN OHIO AND NORTH CAROLINA - BOTH STATES TOO CLOSE TO CALL................

IN FLORIDA AFTER A SUBSTANTIAL TRUMP LEAD WITH 12% OF THE VOTES COUNTED - CLINTON TAKES THE LEAD WITH 30% COUNTED................

UPDATE ELECTION DAY 2016 : THE FIRST STATES CLOSING AND REPORTING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE TRUMP THE PROJECTED WINNER IN INDIANA AND KENTUCKY / CLINTON THE WINNER IN VERMONT...ELECTORAL VOTES THUS FAR TRUMP 19 CLINTON 3............

FIRST EXIT POLLS OF ELECTION 2016 USA FINDS ONLY 12% OF TODAY's VOTERS DECIDED WHOM TO VOTE FOR IN THE PAST WEEK -87% IN OCT. SEPT. OR BEFORE................

WHAT AFFECT WILL REPORTED VOTER SUPPRESSION EFFORTS HAVE ON THE OUTCOME OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ?................

ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES NOW OPEN TO AMERICAN VOTERS ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY................

GENERAL ELECTION DAY USA 2016 : AMERICAN VOTERS CHOOSE THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - EITHER THE FIRST WOMAN IN OUR HISTORY WITH 35 YEARS + GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE OR A BUSINESSMAN OUTSIDER WITH NO PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE................

CLINTON's CLOSING DAY ARGUMENT FOR HER ELECTION AS PRESIDENT INCLUDES A 2 MMINUTE AD TONIGHT IN PRIME TIME ON THE CBS AND NBC TELEVISION NETWORKS................

TRUMP's CLOSING DAY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAS HIM IN 5 STATES CONCLUDING IN BLUE STATE MICHIGAN HE HOPES TO FLIP................

THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION 2016 USA TRUMP AND CLINTON MAKING THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS ON THIS FINAL CAMPAIGN DAY TOPPED OFF BY A TRUMP RALLY IN MICHIGAN AND A CLINTON GATHERING TONIGHT IN PENNSYLVANIA................

BREAKING NEWS : F.B.I. DIRECTOR COMEY SENDS A SECOND LETTER TO CONGRESS STATING THE CLINTON E-MAILS REVIEW IS OVER THAT HIS JULY CONCLUSIONS STAND................

UPDATE ELECTION 2016 : 2 DAYS TO GO - THE ABC NEWS-WASHINGTON POST TRACKER POLL HAS CLINTON LEADING TRUMP BY 5 POINTS 48%-43%................

THE 32nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - JESUS ENCOUNTERS THE SADUCCEES AND THEIR UNBELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD................

THIS MORNING's CNN POLL OF POLLS GIVES CLINTON A 5 POINT LEAD OVER TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT - 47%-42% THIS FINAL WEEKEND BEFORE OFTHE CAMPAIGN................

3 DAYS REMAINING BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED FRIDAY NIGHT MELANIA TRUMP ILLEGALLY WORKED ON 10 MODELING JOBS IN THE U.S.LACKING A WORK VISA CONTRADICTING HER HUSBAND's AGGRESSIVELY TOUTED IMMIGRATION POLICY................

THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH OF WALTER CRONKITE THE LATE GREAT NEWSPAPER, U.P.I.AND CBS NEWS BROADCAST ANCHORMAN NOVEMBER 4, 1916 - JULY 17, 2009................

THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT MONTHLY JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT SHOWS CREATION OF 161,000 NEW JOBS AND A .01 TICK DOWN IN UNEMPLOYMENT TO 4.9%................

THE ABC NEWS-WASHINGTON POST TRACKER POLL SHOWS CLINTON LEADING TRUMP 47%-44%...THE CBS NEWS-NEW YORK TIMES TRACKER POLL HAS IT - CLINTON 45% TRUMP 42%................

60 !!!!!! -ST. CHARLES BORROMEO MY PERSONAL AND PRIESTLY PATRON SAINT IS A CONTINUOUS REMINDER OF THE RIGHTEOUS NECESSITY OF REFORMIING AND RENEWING THE CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN CHURCH................

MSNBC NEWS REPORTING SURFACING THE POSSIBILITY RUDY GIULIANI IS IN COLLUSION WITH A GROUP OF PRO TRUMP ANTI CLINTON F.B.I. AGENTS TO BRING DOWN HER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY BY THEIR PORTRAYAL OF HER E-MAILS................

5 DAYS TO THE FINISH LINE OF ELECTION 2016 - CHARGES VERSUS COUNTER CHARGES TRYING TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY BY PORTRAYING ONE ANOTHER AS UNFIT FOR THE OVAL OFFICE................

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES AND HIS SOCIAL JUSTICE OUTREACH TO THE POOR AND THE MARGINALIZED CHALLENGES OUR CONSCIENCES TO SELFLESS CARING AND CHARITY................

THE 2016 BASEBALL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS ARE THE CHICAGO CUBS - THEIRS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1908...WINNING THE 7th AND FINAL GAME TONIGHT OVER THE CLEVELAND INDIANS 8-7................

CBS NEWS TRACKER POLL FINDS THAT 51% OF AMERICAN VOTERS BELIEVE HILLARY CLINTON HAS PRESIDENTIAL QUALITIES - 32% THINK DONALD TRUMP HAS PRESIDENTIAL QUALITIES................

POPE FRANCIS ABOARD HIS PLANE HEADING BACK TO THE VATICAN FROM SWEDEN ANSWERS A REPORTER's QUESTION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF WOMEN PRIESTS RESPONDS HE THAT HE THINKS WOMEN WILL NEVER BE PRIESTS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH................

THE CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN SACRED TRADITION OF COMMEMORATING THE FAITHFUL DEPARTURE IN NOVEMBER................

THE CHICAGO CUBS BEAT THE CLEVELAND INDIANS 9-3 IN THE 6th GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES TIEING @ 3 GAMES EACH LEADING TO THE DECISIVE SEVENTH GAME TONIGHT................

THE ABC NEWS-WASHINGTON POST TRACKING POLL NOW HAS TRUMP AHEAD OF CLINTON BY 1 POINT - 46%-45%................

NOVEMBER AND THE 7 DAY COUNTDOWN TO THE 2016 ELECTION WITH CLINTON E-MAILS UNDER RENEWED F.B.I. REVIEW AND SUSPECTED TRUMP TIES TO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CLOUDING THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS................

ALL SAINTS DAY -REVERING CHRISTIAN HEROES THROUGH 21 CENTURIES WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD WE ADMIRE AND INTERCEDE TO IN BLESSEDNESS OF THE KINGDOM................