Wednesday "2 do's"...

Tuesday "2 do's" w Father...

Fr. Stan is here once again...working on the 25th Anniversary CD...a collection of his fav tracks from the past albums...but REMIXED! here was Mondays "2 do" list...

"Dear Brothers and Sisters, 

Today the Church celebrates Ash Wednesday, the beginning of her Lenten journey towards Easter. The entire Christian community is invited to live this period of forty days as a pilgrimage of repentance, conversion and renewal. In the Bible, the number forty is rich in symbolism. It recalls Israel’s journey in the desert, a time of expectation, purification and closeness to the Lord, but also a time of temptation and testing. It also evokes Jesus’ own sojourn in the desert at the beginning of his public ministry, a time of profound closeness to the Father in prayer, but also of confrontation with the mystery of evil. The Church’s Lenten discipline is meant to help deepen our life of faith and our imitation of Christ in his paschal mystery. In these forty days may we draw nearer to the Lord by meditating on his word and example, and conquer the desert of our spiritual aridity, selfishness and materialism. For the whole Church may this Lent be a time of grace in which God leads us, in union with the crucified and risen Lord, through the experience of the desert to the joy and hope brought by Easter." 

- Pope Benedict XVI. Ash Wednesday 2012

 Full Text Here

This past Fall/Winter i had the wonderful experience of working with First Presbyterian Church here in Galesburg. Rev. David Parker had asked me to record and produce an album that would be part of his Doctorate of Ministry package. We recorded here at m3studios and also on location at First Presbyterian Church. The CD release will b held later this month. Below is a sample of the album. Thank u again to the fine musicians whom i had the pleasure of recording...peace b 2 u all!

This Is Our Song - Album Sampler
Worship Band of the First Presbyterian Church
Galesburg, IL

me and my wife loved listening 2 Etta James...she will b missed in this household...

Etta James : January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012

Happy New Year!

"Be particularly respectful to whoever is in charge, whenever he consults you and you have to contradict his opinions. And never contradict him in the presence of those who are subject to him, even if he is in the wrong."

– St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way, #954

Really St. Escriva?

Merry Christmas 2011

FLASHBACK MONDAY on Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day!

had been searching and finally came across some footage of Fr. Stan and I from back in October of last year...we played a little concert in LA...enjoy the loop...

My Mother-In-Law got me this book 4 Christmas a couple years ago...and i love her 4 it...check it out here





oh, and then there's this...

Part 2
Part 3

i hope & pray u all had a fantastic holy Immaculate Conception 2011...it's a rare delight 2 celebrate Mary with another holy person...yesterday a package came in the mail from my friend and contemporary Kyle from Popple Fame...

when u have a mail sticker like that, what is in the package must be super cool and hip...which led me 2 think of St. Anne as the sticker, and the Virgin Mary as the Alesis MultiMix 12 Firewire mixer...u c what i'm talking about??? Popple r SOOOOO deep...now go 2 their site and buy a "And With Your Spirit" T-shirt!

Saint of the Day
St. Cecilia (2nd century)

Cecilia was a virgin who was given in marriage against her wishes. She told her husband that she was accompanied by an angel, but in order to see it, he must be purified. After he was baptized, he found her in prayer accompanied by a praying angel. Her husband was killed in 117 for giving poper burials to Christians martyred by the Romans. Later, she too was killed when she refused to sacrifice to false gods.

in honor of St Cecilia i'd like 2 thank God 4 giving me so much work lately...both gigs and recording sessions...and 2 my wife and family 4 support...and 2 The Andrew Sisters for their harmonies...



Advent is upon us...pray!