ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY YATES A CAREER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN SERVANT REFUSES TO DEFEND THE TRUMP MUSLIM BAN AND IS FIRED BY THE PRESIDENT AND IS REPLACED BY HIS IMMEDIATELY SWORN IN CHOICE DANA J. BOENTE IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE 'MONDAY NIGHT MASSACRE' AKIN TO WATERGATE.................

FUNERAL RITES FOR 59 YEAR NATIVE SACRAMENTO DIOCESAN PRIEST CATHOLIC EDUCATOR AND PASTOR REVEREND MONSIGNOR JAMES FRANCIS CHURCH Jr. January 26, 1932 - January 22, 2017.................

ONLY SEVEN OUT OF FORTY SIX MUSLIM NATIONS TARGETED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MUSLIM BAN WHILE OTHER SUCH COUNTRIES AMONG THEM LIKE SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT AND PAKISTAN WHERE THE TRUMP CORPORATION HAS BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE NOT BANNED.................

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME : THE WISDOM OF THE BEATITUDES ARE COUNTER CULTURAL TO WORLDLY WAYS AS THEY BELONG TO THE KINGDOM JESUS BRINGS..................

PRESIDENT TRUMP's PARTIAL MUSLIM BAN EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED YESTERDAY STAYED IN PART BY A FEDERAL JUDGE TONIGHT FOLLOWING DAY LONG DETENTIONS AND PROTESTS AT AIRPORTS FROM COAST TO COAST.................

DEVELOPING AN ONGOING UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH IN GOD AS A VITAL SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND ENDURANCE AS COMPANIONS OF JESUS THE CHRIST.................

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY MEETS PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING...PRESIDENT OF MEXICO DeNIETO CANCELS HIS MEETING WITH POTUS 45 NEXT WEEK OVER PAYING FOR THE PROPOSED TRUMP BORDER WALL.................

THE GOOD NEWS OF TWO PARABLES OF THE HARVEST IN CULTIVATING THE SPIRITUAL FRUITS OF GOD's EVERLASTING KINGDOM.................

IN THIS 500th ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION EUCHARISTIC RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC AND LUTHERAN CHURCHES US NEARING.................

STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS - COMPANIONS OF ST.PAUL...FIRST CENTURY BISHOPS WHO MINISTERED IN OUTREACH TO JEWS AND GENTILES.................

REVEREND MONSIGNOR JAMES CHURCH SACRAMENTO BORN NATIVE VOCATION PRIEST ORDAINED IN 1958 REST IN PEACE...WAS PASTOR OF 4 PARISHES ST. PETER, ST. PHILOMENE, ST, CHARLES, ST. ROSE AND WAS ALSO DIOCESAN SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.................

ON THIS FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL - FROM PERSECUTOR TO PROPONENT OF JESUS THE CHRIST OF SALVATION ALL WHO ANSWER ALMIGHTY GOD's PERVASIVE CALL POSSESS THE POWER TO RADICALLY CHANGE.................

OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY DAY 7 - DIVINELY COMPELLED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE IS "THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION" (2 COR.5:18-19).................

MARK's GOSPEL EVANGELIZES FOCUSING ON THE CHURCH AS A FAMILY IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH JESUS THAT CREATES FOR BELIEVERS A NEW RELATIONHIP WITH GOD.................

ST. FRANCIS de SALES BISHOP and DOCTOR of the CHURCH - A 16th CENTURY GIANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPIRITUALITY DURING THE 16th CENTURY CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN REFORMATION.................

UPDATE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE - ROCKY START TO THE INAUGURAL WEEKEND AS PRESS SECRETARY SEAN SPICER DISEMBLES AND KELLY ANNE CONWAY CIRCUMVENTS THE TRUTH WITH "ALTERNATIVE FACTS".................

ED ROBERTS DAY 2017 - REMEMBERING AND CHANNELING THE DISABILITY RIGHTS ICON WHOSE LIFE CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO THE INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY.................

AS HUMANS...DISCIPLES...CHRISTIANS...BELIEVERS...WE ARE ENABLED TO BEAR GOOD AND LASTING FRUIT.................

DAY 5 IN THE OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY : BORN IN THE SPIRIT FILLED WITH JOY AND RENEWED IN CHRIST - 'EVERYTHING HAS BECOME NEW' (2 Cor. 5:14).................

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - OPENING WIDE THE NEW HORIZONS OF ECUMENISM IN BUILDING GOD's KINGDOM OF LOVE.................

AS CREATURES OF THE BENEVOLENT UNIVERSAL GOD WE ARE OUR OUR BEST SELVES WHEN WE ARE UNSELFISH.................

TODAY's INAUGURAL SATURDAY WOMEN's MARCH IN WASHINGTON TURNOUT GUESTIMATED TO BE 500,000 PEOPLE...SOLIDARITY MARCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THEHUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AND WORLDWIDE TOTALING A REPORTED 3 MILLION PERSONS.................

UPDATE INAUGURATION 2017 - SECOND DAY STARTS WITH THE 58th NATIONAL INAUGURAL PRAYER SERVICE ATTENDED BY THE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON NORTHWEST.................

ST. AGNES VIRGIN AND MARTYR OF THE 3rd/4th CHRISTIAN CENTURIES RESILIENTLY AFFIRMED CHRIST IN A BRIEF 13 YEAR LIFE.................

NEWLY INAUGURATED POTUS 45 DONALD JOHN TRUMP GIVES MORE OF A CAMPAIGN SPEECH THAN INAUGURAL ADDRESS THAT DOUBLES DOWN DISAPPOINTEDLY RATHER THAN REACHING OUT EXPANSIVELY IN NEO ISOLATIONIST NATIONALISM.................

DAY 3 OF THE ECUMENICAL WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY - UNITED IN PRAYER AND ACTION WE DO NOT VIEW OTHERS JUST FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW (2 Cor. 5:16).................

UPDATE INAUGURATION 2017 : HIGH NOON ON THE POTOMAC AND THE CEREMONIES OF THE 58th QUADRENNIAL FESTIVITIES IN SUCCESSION TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.................

AN ESTIMATED 800,000 PERSONS EXPECTED ON THE NATIONAL MALL SURROUNDING THE U.S. CAPITOL TODAY FOR THE ORDERLY TRANSFER OF POWER SWEARING IN AND INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF POTUS 45 TRUMP 3 HOURS FROM NOW.................

THE PRESIDENT ELECT AND INCOMING FIRST LADY WITH THEIR FAMILY DEPART BLAIR HOUSE FOR THE ONE BLOCK DRIVE TO THE 'CHURCH OF THE PRESIDENTS ST, JOHN's EPISCOPAL - FOR INAUGURAL DAY WORSHIP SERVICE.................'

CURRENT UNITY HEARTED CHRISTIANS LIKE THE TWELVE APOSTLES ARE CALLED AND CHOSEN TO BE DEPENDABLE CO-WORKERS IN BUILDING GOD's KINGDOM..................

UPDATE INAUGURATION 2017 : THE ASCENDENCY OF DONALD JOHN TRUMP AS THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES @ 12 NOON IN WASSHINGTON D.C. .................

INAUGURAL EVE AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH THE PRESIDENT ELECT AND THE TRUMP FAMILY LIKE THE OBAMAS DID EIGHT YEARS AGO TONIGHT.................

228 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AND THE TRIUMVIRATE OF NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN ONE PERSON AT A TIME WHO IS - CHIEF EXECUTIVE / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / HEAD OF STATE.................

CONTINUING PROGRESS IN CHRISTIAN UNITY REQUIRES A MUTUALLY "WILLING SPIRIT" TO SHARE AND SPREAD GOSPEL VALUES.................

UPDATE INAUGURATION 2017 : 36 HOURS TO THE SWEARING IN OF POTUS 45 THE TRUMP TRANSITION TEAM IS SAYING IT WILL BE THE MOST "LAVISH" INAUGURAL IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.................

SACRAMENTO OPENS DAY 1 OF THIS WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY TODAY WITH A THREE-FOLD OBSERVANCE - 1 PM AN ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE @ WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ; 5 PM AN INTERDEMOMINATION DINNER @ THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ; 7 PM AN INTERFAITH WORSHIP SERVICE AT ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH

CHRISTIAN AND HUMAN RECONCILIATION OBLIGES US TO BE FORGIVING AND FORGIVEN PEOPLE OF GOD.................

The 2017 WEEK Of PRAYER For CHRISTIAN UNITY : "RECONCILIATION - The LOVE Of CHRIST COMPELS US" (2 Corinthians 5:14-20).................

THREE DAYS BEFORE THE INAUGURATION OF POTUS 45 PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP PERSISTS IN TWITTER BOMBING CRITICISM OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS NATO AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL.................

FORTITUDE AND FERVENCY BELIEVING AND PRACTICING DISCIPLESHIP IN CHRIST JESUS AMIDST ADVERSITY AND OPPOSITION.................

THE NEW TESTAMENT's LETTER TO THE HEBREWS PRESENTS JESUS CHRIST AS THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST OF CREATION.................

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY - THE CIVIL EQUAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLES HE ADVOCATED AND SACRIFICED FOR ARE A LIVING MEMORIAL OF ACTION AND SERVICE OF ANNUAL OBSERVANCE.................

"HERE I AM LORD" - THE RESPONSE OF CATHOLIC-CHRISTIAN DISSCIPLES TO DEVELOPING A CLOSER DEEPER DAILY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIVINE.................

THE GALLUP POLL FINDS PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP PRE-INAUGURAL APPROVAL RATING AT A HISTORIC LOW 44% / with 51% DISAPPROVAL.................

THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME : WHO IS THE SERVANT OF THE LORD GOD SPOKEN OF IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES ?.................

FROM THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN HISTORY GOOD PARENTS HAVE REFLECTED AND IMPARTED JOY HOPE AND LOVE TO THEIR FAMILIES.................

BEING FAMILY WE ARE WELCOME TO GOD's TABLE OF PLENTY.................

GOD THE CREATOR THE REDEEMER AND THE SANCTIFIER OF HUMANKIND CALLS FAMILIES TO HOLINESS EVERYDAY.................

THE U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR REX TILLERMAN EXXON MOBIL OIL CEO THE TRUMP NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE A TENSE EXCHAGE OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT HIS WORLDVIEW ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.................

PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP ANNOUNCES A STRUCTURED SEPARATION FROM HIS TRUMP ORGANIZATION BOLDLY PROCLAIMING HE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS WHILE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUT WILL HE AVOID CONSTITUTIONAL EMOLUMENTS IN NOT SETTING UP A BLIND TRUST ?.................

HOW MORAL ETHICAL AND HONEST A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL AMERICA AND THE WORLD GET BASED ON HIS PERSONAL AND BUSINESS PRACTICES AND INHERENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ?.................

TRUMP CABINET NOMINEES CONFIRMATION HEARINGS BEGIN TODAY WITH ALABAMA U.S. SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS AS ATTORNEY GENERAL DESIGNATE AND RETIRED GENERAL JOHN KELLEY AS HOMELAND SECURITY DESIGNATE.................

MAKING THE JOURNEY OF LIFE AND FAITH INTO ORDINARY TIME 2017.................

OUR CHRISTMAS INCARNATION CELEBRATION CONCLUDES WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD FEAST DAY OUR PORTAL TO INITIATION IN CHRIST JESUS OUR REDEEMER.................

THE CHRISTMAS INCARNATION OF JESUS THE CHRIST AND THE EPIPHANY OF THE MESSIAH OF GOD's PEOPLE.................

THE 2 WEEKS OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON HAVE EMPOWERED US TO MORE WIDELY EMBRACE THE EVERYDAY OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING THROUGH THE NARROW GATE................

AS CHRISTMAS DAYS CONTINUE IN THE NEW YEAR 2017 THE JOY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE CHRIST CHILD CRESCENDOS WITH THE EPIPHANY.................

THE 12th DAY OF THE SEASON IN CHRISTMAS JOY - ANSWERING THE CALL TO HOLINESS AS MUCH MORE THAN A GIFT LIMITED TO JUST ANNUAL HOLIDAYS.................

CHRISTMAS DAY 11 - MOTHER ELIZABETH ANN SETON AMERICAN SAINT TEACHER RELIGIOUS FOUNDRESS.................

THE 10th DAY OF THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS JOY - SOLITUDE IS A SPIRITUAL GIFT THAT TRANSCENDS AND TRANSFORMS HUMAN LONELINESS.................

SPENDING THE OPENING DAYS OF 2017 ON CHRISTMAS DAYS IN RENO NEVADA................

9th DAY IN THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS JOY ILLUMINATED BY THE CHARITABLE MINISTRY OF SAINTS BASIL AND GREGORY, BISHOPS.................

PRAYING THAT THE NEW YEAR BRINGS YOU 17 BLESSINGS OF LOVE JOY AND PEACE.................

THE 8TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS - NEW YEAR's DAY 2017 : CELEBRATING MARY MOTHER OF GOD AND WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE................

THE CONSOLATION OF CHRISTMAS AS WE COME TO THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2016 AND ITS TUMULTUOUS AFFECTS ON HUMANKIND AND THE WORLD................

THE 7th DAY OF THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS JOY - 2016 : THE YEAR IN REVIEW IN THE USA AND AROUND THE WORLD.................

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN PIZZA WITH FRANK & JOE MCNAMARA................

COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM "BILL" RICHARDS FATHER OF MY FRIEND CURTIS AND JUDY FORMER OLOL PARISHIONER -TODAY AT FUNERAL SERVICES @ THE SUNSET LAWN CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES

THE 6th DAY OF CHRISTMAS JOY - CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH AS OUR FAMILY IN THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION FOR HUMANKIND................

THE CHRISTMAS SEASON OF JOY DAY 5 - THE NAME OF JESUS BRINGS REDEMPTION FOR GOD's PEOPLE AS IT MEANS, "GOD SAVES"................

THE 4th DAY OF THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS JOY - FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS PAST AND PRESENT MARTYRED FOR JESUS THE CHRIST OF SALVATION.................

MY GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO TED AND IRENE DAHLBERG FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL BREAKFAST OUTING MARKING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON................

THE 3rd DAY OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON OF JOY - SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST BELOVED APOSTLE AND FAITHFUL WITNESS OF THE WORD MADE FLESH................

MY APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THE GEACH-MORAN-BRATT FAMILIES FOR INCLUDING ME IN THEIR CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER CELEBRATION AGAIN THIS YEAR................

CHRISTMAS DAY 11 AM MASS @ ESKATON MONROE LODGE ATTENDED BY 16 RESIDENTS................

BEING FAMILY WE ARE WELCOMED TO THE LORD's TABLE OF PLENTY................

THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS JOY DAY 2 - THE FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN DEACON AND MARTYR................

CHRISTMAS DAY : THE WORD MADE FLESH WHO DWELLS AMONG US WANT US TO SHARE THE JOY AND SERENITY OF HIS HOLY BIRTH WITH FAMILY FRIENDS FELLOW BELIEVERS AND OTHERS................

CHRISTMAS MORNING : AS WE EXCHANGE AND OPEN GIFTS COMES THE DAWNING OF THE GREATEST OF ALL GIFTS - JESUS GOD's SAVING SON WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD OF ALL CREATION................

CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT : INTO THE DARKNESS OF SIN AND DEATH OF THE WORLD IS BORN THE GREATEST LIGHT THE COMING OF THE LONG EXPECTED MESSIAH GOD;s VERY SON JESUS THE CHRIST................

TOUCHING THE WHOLE OF GOD'S CREATION WITH THE LIGHT OF SALVATION CHRISTMAS TRANSFORMS HUMANKIND................

THE FOURTH SATURDAY AND FINAL DAY OF ADVENT : FROM THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSE OF KING DAVID IS COMING THE MESSIAH WHO IS THE KING OF SALVATION JESUS THE CHRIST................

THE PUTIN-TRUMP RIVALRY TO RULE THE WORLD - A VERY DANGEROUS TURN THREATENING THE POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR WAR ON DAY 2 PUTIN SEEMS TO SOFTEN HIS STANCE WHILE TRUMP SEEMING BOXED IN DOUBLES DOWN ON RACHETTING THEIR NUMBER AND NEWNESS UP................

FRIDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT : CONVERTING OUR HEARTS CONFRONTING OUR SELFISHNESS AND CONSOLING THE FEARFUL AS PEOPLE OF GOD PREPARED TO WITNESS TO THE INCARNATE WORD THIS CHRISTMAS................

RETURNING TO THE COLD WAR - VLADIMIR PUTIN AND DONALD TRUMP COMMIT THEMSELVES TO PROMOTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION REVERSING MORE THAN 4 DECADES OF MUTUAL AGREEMENTS AND POLICIES THAT NOW WILL INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR WAR................

FUNERAL MEMORIAL MASS FOR MARY BERNADETTE SHERIE FRIEDRICH THIS MORNING AT ST. MEL's IN SUBURBAN FAIR OAKS................

THURSDAY OF THE 4th WEEK OF ADVENT : ARE YOU PREPARED TO ENTER THE SACRED CENTER OF CHRISTMAS AND ITS REAL MEANING - THE INCARNATION OF "THE WORD MADE FLESH" ?................

ADVENT WEDNESDAY WEEK 4 : ANTICIPATION INTENSIFIES FOR DOING GOD's WILL AS OBSERVANCE OF THE MESSIAH's HOLY BIRTH DRAWS NEAR THIS YEAR................

"INSIGHTS INTO LIFE AND FAITH BY FATHER TROY DAVID POWERS" BLOG SURPASSES 750,000 PAGE VIEWS SINCE BEGINNING APRIL 19, 2009................

ADVENT TUESDAY WEEK 4 : THE MYSTICAL MORAL MANDATE TO CHRISTIANS AND HUMANKIND IN THE DIGNITY OF LIFE INHERENT IN THE CHRISTMAS INCARNATION................

THE CLOSING DAYS OF ADVENT ON THIS 4th MONDAY OFFER AN INVITATION TO BREAK OPEN GOD's PROPHETIC WORD AS WE PREPARE FOR THE CELEBRATION

OUR MESSIAH ARRIVAL WATCH AWAITS THE SON OF MAN WHO IS SUPREMELY THE REDEMPTIVE SON OF GOD................

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT : OUR7 DAY COUNTDOWN TO THE CHRISTMAS INCARNATION ANNIVERSARY OF LITURGICAL YEAR 2017................

SATURDAY OF THE 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT : OUR IMMEDIATE READINESS FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR AND THE "O" ANTIPHONS OF MESSIANIC EXPECTATION................

FRIDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT : ENTERING INTO ECUMENICAL INTERACTION TO PUT FAITH BELIEFS INTO PRACTICES, METHODS. EXPERIENCES AND EXERCISES INTO OUR DAILY LIVES................

THURSDAY OF THE 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT : IN JOY AND HAPPINESS EVEN THROUGH SUFFERING THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH PROVIDES US HOPE.................

WEDNESDAY OF THE 3rd WEEK OF ADVENT : THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND STRENGTH OUR COMING LORD BRINGS PROVIDES GOD'S PEOPLE WITH TRIUMPH AND GLOR IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM................

THE FIVE YEARS OF CHAOS IN SYRIA AND THE GENOCIDE OF ITS PEOPLE IS NOW SCREAMING OUT FOR A WHOLISTIC HUMANITARIAN CONCENTRATION AND RESOLUTION................

REX TILLERMAN -EXXON-MOBIL OIL CHAIRMAN -CEO NOMINATED FOR SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION................

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PATRONESS OF THE AMERICAS AND OF THE PRO-LIFE CAUSE................