"So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." - MATT. 5:23

well, Disney is over and the rehearsals will begin this week 4 chitown...
but 1st here is a pic from the morning breakfast with the Princesses @ Epcot...
from left to right is my son Manuel IV, my daughter Mia, my daughter Cela, and my nephew Brooklyn...

and we spent Father's Day @ Sea World and here is a vid of us @ the Shark Water Grill...


the kids were awesome...thank u 2 my mother and father-in-law 4 this great adventure...and thank U 4 ur prayers!

i will b streaming a rehearsal on monday july 5th...more later

live long and prosper

well, we r off 2 Disney World 2morrow...
we r planning on hitting Animal Kingdom, Breakfast with the Princesses, Magic Kingdom, Sea World, Fireworks by the Castle, the Pool, and i'm sure much more...

we will catch Mass on Sunday @ the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe...that's what i'm excited about!!!!

please pray 4 us...

when i get back...it's time 2 get the show ready 4 Chicago and the Shine Catholic Work Camp Concert!!!

Pope John Paul II musical goes on stage in Rome then on tour...

The musical was written by Father Joseph Spedicato and will be performed in Rome. Playing the Pope is actor Simone Sibillano. The musical features 18 songs, including some rap numbers. -

link 2 NCR article right here

The one priesthood of Christ

Everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured finds its fulfillment in Christ Jesus, the "one mediator between God and men."15 The Christian tradition considers Melchizedek, "priest of God Most High," as a prefiguration of the priesthood of Christ, the unique "high priest after the order of Melchizedek";16 "holy, blameless, unstained,"17 "by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified,"18 that is, by the unique sacrifice of the cross.

CCC 1544

things going well...Praise God
gigs coming and going ...
Disney World trip with fam in 2 weeks...
pray 4 us...

Spirit Juice Studios called, they said, "Can you sing rock n' roll music?"
I said "Yes!"
...the rest will b history...film @ 11

also, just in...got a call from Augie Leal whom i met via NCYC's...remember this?...his ministry is the SHINE CATHOLIC WORK CAMP...he asked if manuel3 and the fellas could play 4 the Chicago camp on July 9th...just like the rock n' roll question, I said "Yes!"...more film @ 11

God Bless U all

me and my boys from this same weekend

HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN...

This final stage stays closely linked to the first, that is, to his descent from heaven in the Incarnation. Only the one who "came from the Father" can return to the Father: Christ Jesus. "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man." Left to its own natural powers humanity does not have access to the "Father's house", to God's life and happiness. Only Christ can open to man such access that we, his members, might have confidence that we too shall go where he, our Head and our Source, has preceded us. - CCC 661

real number 4 texting B16
+39 335 18 63 091


not real number 4 texting Hurley
+4 8 15 16 23 42

RIP Lena Horne

got this yesterday afternoon via email ...

Mannie...hope all is well...copies of new cd is en route to you...hope all is well...fs+...
"In work we have the most vital contact with the goodness of God and with his love, which purifies and elevates us." Cardinal Stefan Wyszenski

can't wait Father!!!

everybody check this new album out here @ Francesco Productions

Pope Benedict XVI and his love for music has emerged yet again in these words and video...

"Music is capable of opening minds and hearts to the dimension of the spirit and of leading persons to raise their gaze on High, to open to absolute Goodness and Beauty, which have their ultimate source in God."

Zenit text...
Benedict XVI Praises the Value of Music