Here is a jam entitled "Little Drummer Boy goes 2 New Orleans" on the m3 SoundClick page
This track is from Christmas 2006 with the fellas...

Our Lady Of Guadalupe...pray 4 us

some people r saying i blog 2 much about Popple...
absolutely false...i happen 2 love these 2 men and they've been very good 2 me...we've worked on singles, albums, compilations, and videos 2gether...so naturally r ministries r intertwined alot...4 example, this past weekend

this was almost a month ago...can ya'll believe it?

Redstone Room
Davenport, Ia
11.16.08

Lois Deloatch - v
Willie Pickens - p
Ron Wilson - b
Manuel Lopez III - d

manuel3 attended the NCCYM 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio on Dec. 6th...

It was fantastic...met alot of my Catholic Music Contemporaries...my set was good...spent quality time with Popple...had marriage conversation with Kate...shook hands with Sarah, Noelle, Aaron, and DJ Bill...saw incredible musicianship and talent...Thank U Jesus and my wife

Kyle of Popple fame hooked me up with Fr. Dave Dwyer on The Busted Halo Show 2nite via The Catholic Channel via Sirius Radio...

peep the podcast on the home page
or download the interview here

much love 2 AfterMass Records and the fine people @ Halo 4 this blessing

Pope Benedict XVI on St Paul and Justification

"It is precisely because of this personal experience of the relationship with Jesus that Paul places at the center of his Gospel an irreducible opposition between two alternative paths to justice: one based on the works of the law, the other founded on the grace of faith in Christ."

We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone.
– St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Vatican Hopes Obama Will Promote Human Dignity



Sam Cooke was right, a change IS gonna come...

Belief in the Eucharist is a treasure we must seek by submissiveness, preserve by piety, and defend at any cost. Not to believe in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest of misfortunes.

– St. Narcissus

Final Message of Word of God Synod

Here is the concluding message of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which was approved this past weekend at the 21st general congregation.
"Let Us Approach the Table of the Word of God"

Read it, it's awesome!

Louie Bellson the Legend
Photo by Patrick Taylor

Louie Louie...
84 years old and still swinging!!! Another Louie Bellson meeting went down @ the Redstone Room in Davenport, Ia. on October 15th. U can download 'Flying Home' on the manuel3 SoundClick page.

Also here is a vid shot by Laura Hozak and audio by Neal Smith of "The Davenport All Out Blues" written by Louie.