we r Losties here @ the Lopez household...if u saw this Lost post u'll remember...my wife and i really don't watch TV at all...when we do, besides Project Runway, this is a show we dig...bcuz of my brother Macario

the final season has come...

manuel3 live @ the redstone room 1.9.10

MILESTONES
m3 - keys
jamie h - drums
spencer z - bass
ian j - gtr
manny l - trpt
eddie m - sax

Blessed 2 b featured in a local paper...thanks b 2 God!!!

read the article here

thank u 2 Stephanie 4 the opp...LOST fans unite!!!

"Touch is the greatest thing on earth, Amen...thank the Lord 4 some sense of touch."
- Ray Charles

Merry Christmas Ya'll!!!

like Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here", this has become a staple during the Christmas Season...recorded the day after Christmas back in 07 with D-Major @ m3studios...

Jesus Is Coming

the beginning 4 the Church ya’ll
the new year starts 2day
it’s like the times square ball
when the baby Jesus lay

tis the month of the Feasts
so many I can’t keep count
Our Lady Of Guadalupe
Juan Diego there no doubt

my baby’s baking cookies
my children runnin round
Advent candle burning
Guaraldi getting down

keep ur eye on Jesus
like u keep ur eye on the star
the 3 kings r coming
Epiphany ain’t 2 far

get ur soul all ready
2 receive the Lord of Lords
practice all ur carols
better check out all the chords

Jesus is coming won’t u rejoice with me
an angel done told me in Bethelehem we’ll c
a brand new baby, the Prince of Peace He’ll b
everybody gaze upon the Lord, get down on ur knees!!!

written back in 04 on a cold iowa city nite, but oh so warm every Advent Season...

Advent

The coming of Christ
Is found in a girl
Not just any girl
chosen from this world

Hail full of grace
But how could this b
The Lord is with u
2 me let it b

Beautiful Mother Mary
God would ask u 2 carry
The Word in the womb
And power would bloom
4 all, the call

a women’s in need
no time 2 b queen
a leap from a man
baptism 4seen

u hold in urself
the creator of u
but no room in this world
a manger would do

Do not b afraid
He will b so great
And of his kingdom
There will b no end

some jams i always post this time of year...

here is an mp3 of Do U Hear

i originally wrote this demo 4 Lynn Cooper as possible inclusion on a Christmas album she released back in 2006...

if i remember correctly all the songs had already been chosen 4 her project, but she promised she would b singing the chorus around the house 4 the rest of the season :)

Do U Hear

do u hear what i hear
tis the season of cheer
this is when Bethlehem shines
and the Savior is born
in the fullness of time

snow on the ground
Nativity bound
we r just grateful 2 believe

in the still of the night
a babe would light
4 all of the nations 2 receive

a virgin is how
the kings knew 2 bow
a manger would hold His only Son

the Word of God
truly the way
and i feel the love on Christmas Day

and oh how long
did prophets long
2 c the Christ

In the Gospel for the Fourth Sunday in Advent, the angel Gabriel greets Mary in an unusual way: “Hail, favored one” (see Luke 1:28).

Kecharitomene, the Greek word translated as “favored one,” is very rare, used in only one other place in the New Testament. It comes from charis, the Greek word for “grace” and basically means “made full of grace” or “transformed by grace.”

This is how the word is used in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, where he describes how God “granted” His grace to all of us in Jesus (see Ephesians 1:6-7). This sheds light on what the angel means - Mary has been “transformed by God’s grace.”

Notice that the angel doesn’t mention Mary’s name. That’s odd, too. There’s no other angelic greeting like this in Scripture. It’s as if Mary’s name is “favored one” or “made full of grace.”

In Scripture, when God gives a person a new name, it reveals the person’s role in His saving plan. Think of Abraham - the father of all nations (see Genesis 17:5), or Peter, the Church’s “rock” (see Matthew 16:18). Mary is God’s favored one, transformed by God’s grace to be the sinless mother of His only-begotten Son.

That’s why the angel’s greeting is one of the biblical foundations for Mary’s Immaculate Conception, which we celebrate December 8.

- Dr. Scott Hahn
St. Paul Center For Biblical Theology

well, let's reflect 1 more once on NCYC 2009 b4 Jesus comes...

FRIDAY NOV. 20th 2009

as far as i know, no vid has surfaced of the Popple/m3 colab during Popple's set @ NCYC...we performed "T-Fig" and "Papal Disco" w Kyle and Dan...it was dope!

6pm...here r some pics...


8-11pmish...and after the Popple set...the m3 trio headed over 2 the Hotel Phillips 2 play club "12 Baltimore"...the Phatmass crew and Popple and company along with other NCYC adults came over and partied with us...it was super-fun...wish i had some vid...but this collage will have 2 do


SATURDAY NOV. 21st 2009

12:30pm...m3 trio @ The Oasis Cafe stage


1:15pm...here is a vid of Jamie, Curtis, and manuel3 jamming @ the "In Jesus Name I Play" booth on 11.21...featuring founder and guitarist Augie Leal...


1:30pm...and moments later this went down...an unplugged video shoot of 'Hope4thenew' 4 Spirit Juice Studios...thank u 2 Rob Kaczmark 4 including us in his ministry...1st is behind the scenes, then the official released vid...more info about NCYC Unplugged 2009 project can b found here


5pm...Phatmass and m3...2gether @ last


BONUS:
11.14...here is a bonus vid from a rehearsal 4 the show...


the full rehearsal mp3 can b listened 2 here

special love and gratitude go 2 my wife and family, Jamie Hopkins and his family, and the one and only Curtis Hawkins...

Advent Week 1
the waiting begins...

WOW!!!

a week ago 2day about this time, Fr. Stan visited m3 studios once again 2 mix and record some new material 4 his new album...it's gonna be fantastico!!! this vid of my daughter and Father is the only proof i have...she made the "what's up window" over at the Francesco Productions site...

Wis 7:22b–8:1

In Wisdom is a spirit
intelligent, holy, unique,
Manifold, subtle, agile,
clear, unstained, certain,
Not baneful, loving the good, keen,
unhampered, beneficent, kindly,
Firm, secure, tranquil,
all-powerful, all-seeing,
And pervading all spirits,
though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.