INSIGHTS INTO LIFE AND FAITH BY FATHER TROY DAVID POWERS

A sharing of pastoral, priestly, personal, spiritual, social, and political, insights and commentary on contemporary, and historical, life, and faith, experiences. Anonymous Comments to any of my blog posts will not be published, or acknowledged; only deleted. 'Come out of the darkness and into the sunshine'. I put my name to what I blog, be honest,and "fear not", and do the same yourself...........fr.tdp

Sunday, April 30, 2017

SUNDAY MORNING 9:30 AM MASS @ ESKATON MONROE LODGE...APRIL HANDICAPABLES 1:00 PM MASS @ ST, NARY's PARISH IN EAST SACRAMENTO.................

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THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER : THE ROAD TO EMMAUS AND SOME OF HIS THE DISCIPLES MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTER AND 'FIRST SUPPEER' WITH THE RISEN JESUS.................

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Saturday, April 29, 2017

CALLED UPON TO CELEBRATE SATURDAY MORNING MASS IN ANTHONY PARISH CHURCH THE GREENHAVEN /POCKET AREA.................


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EXTRA ORDINARY EASTER SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA - VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.................

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Friday, April 28, 2017

HAVING LIFE ABUNDANTLY IN THE RESURRECTED LORD JESUS AND HAVING IT TO THE FULL.................

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POPE +FRANCIS' PASTORAL PILGRIMAGE TO EGYPT BEGINS.................

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

DELINEATING BETWEEN THE EARTHLY AND THE HEAVENLY AS AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD'S TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SHARING THE KINGDOM OF ETERNAL LIFE WITH US.................

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THE PASCHAL POWER IN SPIRITUALLY WALKING WITH THE RISEN JESUS ON THEE ROAD TO THE ETERNAL EASTER.................

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IN ANTIOCH CA FOR THE FUNERAL MEMORIAL MASS CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR WADE WILLIAM HALEY MY SACRAMENTO STATE LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY BROTHER.................

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

BEING SEEKERS OF THE SACRED TRUTH EXPOUND WHO FOLLOWERS OF THE RISEN CHRIST ARE AS PASCHAL PEOPLE.................

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THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE 50 GLORIOUS DAYS OF EASTER : "GOD SO LOVES THE WORLD" HE GIVES US HIS REDEEMING SON THAT WE MAY BE LIGHT FOR THE TRUTH OF SALVATION.................

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

LED BY THE SPIRIT TO ARISE THROUGH THE NEW AND EVERLASTING LIFE ATTAINED FOR US BY JESUS THE CHRIST OF SALVATION.................

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TUESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER : THE FEAST OF ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST.................

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Monday, April 24, 2017

PASCHAL PEOPLE ARE NEVER ALONE AS WE ABIDE IN GOD's SPIRIT FOR COMMUNITY.................

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MONDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER : JESUS ENCOUNTERS SANHEDRIN OFFICIAL NICODEMUS ALLUDING TO BAPTISM BY TELLING THIS PHARISEE OF THE NEED TO BE "BORN FROM ABOVE OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT".................

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Sunday, April 23, 2017

TAKING RISKS AS EASTER PEOPLE TO HOPE IN THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF CHRIST BY ENDURING THE HARDSHIPS ACCOMPANYING OUR TRUST IN THE RISEN LORD.................

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THE OCTAVE DAY OF EASTER :DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY - THOMAS THE APOSTLE IS FORGIVEN FOR HIS DOUBT AND UNBELIEF BY THE RISEN CHRIST.................

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Saturday, April 22, 2017

REVERENCING OUR BODIES HOLINESS AS TEMPLES OF GOD's SPIRIT................E

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THE SEVENTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF EASTER : SOME OF HIS DISCIPLES INITIAL UNWILLINGNESS TO BELIEVE CHRIST HAS THE RISEN JESUS REBUKE THEM FOR THEIR UNBELIEF.................

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Friday, April 21, 2017

INCREASING THE POWER OF PRAYER IN YOUR LIFE FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH.................

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THE SIXTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF EASTER : THE RESURRECTED JESUS REASSURES THE APOSTLES TO BE FAITHFUL TO BELIEVING IN AND EMBRACING HIS NEWLY RETAINED ETERNAL LIFE.................



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Thursday, April 20, 2017

I INVITE MY FAMILY FRIENDS FORMER PARISHIONERS FELLOW BELIEVERS AND ALL PEOPLE OF GOD WHO KNOW ME AND MY MINISTRY TO ATTEND MY 30th ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF JESUS CHRIST MASS OF THANKSGIVING - TUESDAY MAY 2, 2017 @ 11 AM IN ESKATON MONROE LODGE 3225 FREEPORT BLVD. SACRAMENTO 95818.................

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THE FIFTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF EASTER : THE RESURRECTED LORD JESUS IMPARTS HIS DESIRE FOR PEACE UPON THE APOSTLES.................

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

THE 31st ANNIVERSRY OF ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE TODAY SETS IN MOTION A 13 DAY COUNTDOWN TO MY 30th ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND PPUTTING TOGETHER A MAY 2nd MASS OF THANKSIVING @ EML.................

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THE FOURTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF EASTER : BEING DISCIPLES OF THE RISEN CHRIST WE TAKE OUR OWN SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS.................

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

LOOKING BEYOND OURSELVES AND OUR COMFORT ZONE SO AS TO ENCOUNTER THE HOPEFULNESS OF THE RESURRECTED LIFE IN JESUS THE CHRIST.................

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THE THIRD DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF THE SOLENITY OF EASTER : MARY MAGDALENE's EASTER MORNING ENCOUNTER OF THE RRISEN JESUS IS ASSURANCE IN LIVING FAITH BELIEVERS IN HIS RESURRECTION WILL INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE.................

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Monday, April 17, 2017

JOINED WITH POPE +FRANCIS IN EXPERIENCING EASTER AS A SEASON OF HOPE AS THE SUPREME PONTIFF DESCRIBES THE VIRTUE OF HOPE.................

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THE PASCHAL SEASON OF THE RISEN JESUS THE CHRIST : EASTER MONDAY.................

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Sunday, April 16, 2017

"HE IS RISEN...ALLELUIA ! - EASTER SUNDAY : THE SOLEMNITY OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR HUMANKIND's SALVATION.................

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

EASTER SUNDAY @ ESKATON MONROE WILL HAVE ME PRESIDING AT A COMBINED CATHOLIC MASS OF THE RESURRECTION AND ECUMENICAL INTERFAITH EASTER WORSHIP SERVICE.................

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THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM ON THIS HOLY SATURDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON : A SOLEMN DAY OF MEDITATION ANTICIPATION REFLECTION AND PREPARATION FOR THE EASTER VIGIL AND THE SONRISE OF THE SAVIOR.................

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Friday, April 14, 2017

GOOD FRIDAY LITURGY @ ESKATON MONROE LODGE 1:30 PM : THE PASSION OF CHRIST INTERCESSORY PRAYERS VENERATION OF THE CROSS CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION.................

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THE SECOND DAY OF THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM : THE PASSION AND DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST - "SUFFERING SERVANT" FOR OUR SINS "HIGH PRIEST" OF SACRIFICE FOR HUMANKIND THE GREAT "I AM" OF GOD's PEOPLE.................

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

RITES OF THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM : 1. MASS OF THE LORD's SUPPER AND THE MANDATE OF SERVICE IM JESUS' WASHING OF THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES.................

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PROXIMATE PREPARATIONS FOR THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM BEGINNING WITH HOLY THIRSDAY.................

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY LAVROV BUT NOT YET SCHEDULED TO SEE PRESIDENT PUTIN TODAY ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO RUSSIA AS OUR CHIEF DIPLOMAT.................

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WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK : MATTHEW's GOSPEL VERSION OF THE BETRAYAL OF JESUS IS FOCUSED ON THE "THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER" AND THE "APPOINTED TIME OF FULFILLMENT".................

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

WAYWARD DISCIPLESHIP DURING HOLY WEEK - TWO TREACHERIES TWO TRAJECTORIES IN THE DISLOYALTY OF JUDAS ISCARIOT AND SIMON PETER TOWARDS JESUS.................

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TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK : AS THE APEX OF JESUS' PASSION RAPIDLY APPROACHES HE REMAINS IN CHARGE RESPONDING TO THE BETRAYAL OF HIS APOSTLE JUDAS.................

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Monday, April 10, 2017

REVEREND FATHER THOMAS DELAHUNTY AGE 86, 62 YEAR PRIEST OF THE SACRAMENTO DIOCESE KILKENNY IRELAND NATIVE ST. KIERAN'S SEMINARY ALUMNUS AND CLASSMATE OF REVEREND FATHER CHARLES BRADY HAS DIED...MAY ETERNAL LIFE SHINE UPON HIM.................

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NEWLY CONFIRMED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT NEIL GORSUCH SWORN IN TWICE THIS MORNING FIRST BY CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS @ THE SCOTUS THEN AGAIN @ THE WHITE HOUSE BY ASSOCIATE JUSTICE KENNEDY.................

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ISIS DESECRATES THE SACREDNESS OF PALM SUNDAY IN EGYPT BY BOMBING TWO WORSHIP SERVICES KILLING 43 PERSON WOUNDING 100.................

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MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK : THE ANOINTING OF JESUS' FEET BY MARY OF BETHANY PROVIDES FORESIGHT INTO HIS APPROACHING SACRIFICIAL DEATH AND BURIAL.................

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

MY ESKATON MONROE LODGE CATHOLIC AND CHRISTIAN INTERFAITH WORSHIP SERVICES TODAY - PASSION 'PALM' SUNDAY MASS @ 9:30 AM / PAL, SUNDAY ECUMENICAL VESPERS @ 4 PM.................

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PALM SUNDAY OF HOLY WEEK 2017 : THE 'PASSION' NARRATIVE IN MATTHEW's GOSPEL HAS JESUS IN CONTROL OF THE EVENT - HE IS MORE SERVANT THAN VICTIM ACCORDING TO GOD's PLAN FOR HUMANKIND's SALVATION.................

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Saturday, April 8, 2017

AFTER HIS TWO DAY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA PRESIDENT TRUMP REPORTEDLY TOLD HIM IF CHINA WILL NOT HELP RESOVE THE NORTH KOREAN DANGER HE WILL USING AMERICAN MIGHT.................

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SATURDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT : JESUS' RAISING OF LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD LEADS US TO INTO THE HOLIEST AND MOST SACRED DAYS EVER ENCOUNTERED IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY.................

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Friday, April 7, 2017

NEARLY UNIFIED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP's TOMAHAWK MISSILES DROP ON A SYRIAN AIR BASE LAST NIGHT.................

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FRIDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT : THE OPPONENTS OF JESUS WHO ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A BLASPHEMER HE COMES FROM GOD THE FATHER ARE OFFSET BY THE MANY MORE PERSONS WHO CAME TO BELIEVE AND FOLLOW AS A RESULT OF THIS DECLARATION HE IS ONE WITH GOD.................

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

"WORD PON FIRE" EVANGELIZER LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY BISHOP + ROBERT BARRON SPEAKS AT SACEAMENTO CHRISM MASS CONFERENCE.................

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CONGRESSMAN DEVIN NUNES STEPS DOWN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIAN TAMPERING IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION / SENATE DEMOCRATS SUCCESSFULLY FILIBUSTER JUDGE GORSUCH'S SUPREME COURT NOMINATION CAUSING THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO CHANGE THE SENATE RULES TO MAKECONFIRMATION OF A JUSTICE A SIMPLE MAJORITY REQUIRING ONLY 51 VOTES.................

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THURSDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT : IN THE HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YAHWEH AND HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE THE OLD COVENANT REPRESENTED BY ABRAHAM AND THE NEW COVENANT ACTUALIZED IN JESUS ARE PIVOTAL OCCURRENCES.................

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

TRUMP WHITE HOUSE CHIEF STRATEGIST STEVE BANNON REMOVED AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE BY RECOOMMENDATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER GENERAL MCMASTER.................

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WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT : JESUS THE CHRIST TELLS US THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM WHO LOVE HIM ACCEPT HIS HEAVENLY FATHER AS GOD OF THE UNIVERSE.................

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

THE CONTINUING TRAVESTY OF THE SYRIAN DICTATOR AND VLADIMIR PUTIN's SAVAGE ATTACKS ON THE CITZENS INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH CHEMICAL GASES WHILE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IMPLICITLY SUPPORTS THEE ATROCITIES WITH A BLINK A WINK AND A STINK UNWILLING TO OPPOSE OR OFFEND THE RUSSIANS AND PUTIN.................

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TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT :JESUS' APPROACHING PASSION AND DEATH IN JOHN's GOSPEL HAS HIM PROCLAIMING WHEN HE IS LIFTED UP WE WILL KNOW WHO HE IS.................

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Monday, April 3, 2017

MONDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT : FORGIVENESS OF SINNERS IS THE CORE VALUE OF JESUS' MISSION AND MINISTRY.................

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LOVE INSTEAD OF LUST DRIVES LENTEN PEOPLE NOT THE SUPERFICIALITY OF LUV THAT SUPPLANTS ITS AUTHENTICITY.................

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Sunday, April 2, 2017

LOVING LIKE THE LIVING AND TRUE GOD OF ALL CREATION NECESSITATES OUR COMMITMENT TO PRAYER AND ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF HUMANKIND IN JUSTICE AND PEACE.................

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SUNDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT : JESUS' RAISING PIERCES THE DARKNESS AND GRIEF OF DEATH BY RESUSITATING A VERY DEAD LAZARUS AND COMFORTING THE RAISED MAN's SISTERS MARY AND MARTHA.................

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Saturday, April 1, 2017

NEVER HAS ANOTHER HUMAN SPOKEN WITH THE POWER OF JESUS' WORDS TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD.................

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SATURDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF LENT : THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES OPPOSED JESUS NOT ONLY FOR WHO HE WAS BUT FROM WHERE HE CAME FROM.................

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