¡atención! ¡atención!

saturday may 2nd i will b recording all day in the upper room...
and i will b streaming live the tracks it will produce...
so tune in 4 a bit if u can...
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Squeeky Chair = BRILLIANT!

update people, update!

4 those of u following the Catholic Soul Revolution, we r here recording some new tracks with old and new friends alike...i'm trying 2 find a balance with family and music now that spring has sprung in the "Upper Room"...i'm gonna call Chris Padgett and c how he does it...pray 4 us

a release of the long-awaited D-major/manuel3 colab is in the works...possibly being picked up by Pauline Books & Media...more news later

also been recording some drum tracks 4 a Blueskillet album...original blues from the midwest...with a few songs written by manuel3...pray 4 Monica (will give birth on May 5)

i am also ordering more hard copies of all the manuel3 cds 2 date...so if u haven't checked out any m3 music, please feel free 2 browse the official m3 website

now that Easter is here, i'm trying 2 get work on a new album...songs r coming from every direction and genre...i can't push record fast enough!!! i will try and stream more of the recording process on the m3tv stream page and have also embedded a small player on the homepage of the blog...check it out, if u dig that type of thing

keep praying every1...God is Love

Me and my sister Jacqueline on an Easter Sunday...i was mayb 4ish?

ALLELUIA!!!

Holy Thursday

To be immersed in the Truth, in Christ – part of this process is prayer, in which we exercise our friendship with him and we come to know him: his way of being, of thinking, of acting. Praying is a journey in personal communion with Christ, setting before him our daily life, our successes and failures, our struggles and our joys – in a word, it is to stand in front of him. But if this is not to become a form of self-contemplation, it is important that we constantly learn to pray by praying with the Church. Celebrating the Eucharist means praying. We celebrate the Eucharist rightly if with our thoughts and our being we enter into the words which the Church sets before us. There we find the prayer of all generations, which accompany us along the way towards the Lord.

- Pope Benedict XVI

1 Peter 5.6-9
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world.

back 2 gigs and recording some songs in the upper room...planning on getting jams down this Lent 4 Lent 2010...

until then peep this about St. Joseph...

In the course of that pilgrimage of faith which was his life, Joseph, like Mary, remained faithful to God's call until the end. While Mary's life was the bringing to fullness of that fiat first spoken at the Annunciation, at the moment of Joseph's own "annunciation" he said nothing; instead he simply "did as the angel of the Lord commanded him" (Mt 1:24). And this first "doing" became the beginning of "Joseph's way." The Gospels do not record any word ever spoken by Joseph along that way. But the silence of Joseph has its own special eloquence, for thanks to that silence we can understand the truth of the Gospel's judgment that he was "a just man" (Mt 1:19).

this excerpt is from an Apostolic Exhortation given by John Paul II on August 15th 1989 entitled Redemptoris Custos...translates 2 "Guardian of the Redeemer"

if u wanna do something special 4 the Feast of St. Joseph (March 19)...u can read it

St. Joseph, Faithful guardian of Christ...pray 4 us

From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things. . . and be killed, and on the third day be raised." Peter scorns this prediction, nor do the others understand it any better than he. In this context the mysterious episode of Jesus' Transfiguration takes place on a high mountain, before three witnesses chosen by himself: Peter, James and John. Jesus' face and clothes become dazzling with light, and Moses and Elijah appear, speaking "of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem". A cloud covers him and a voice from heaven says: "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" (CCC 554)

The Transfiguration is one of my wife's favorite days in the church...so this post is 4 her...i love u lovies

The Lord continually calls us closer through the liturgical year as u all know, so this Lent let us rock!


Here is the Vatican transcript of the B16 Message For Lent 2009

As 4 the m3 ministry, we've been recently turning on the power in the "Upper Room" here at m3 studio's despite the 12 gigs i've had this Feb. Whew!!!...I thank my wife and children 4 their patience...

new music 4 Lent coming...

Pray, Pray, Pray...

Happy B-Day 2 my Grandma Vallejo..."Friend or Foe"

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Fr. Stan lost his mother Constantina Sarabales Fortuna 2 cancer yesterday evening. In an email sent out he wrote, "Her passing was as smooth as the most amazing sunrise you have ever seen - thanks be to God Who is Love."

Please remember "Connie" and the Fortuna's in ur prayers on this Our Lady of Lourdes day...

Feb very busy with gigs...Thanks b 2 God

Have some cool vid 2 post with a band i've been jamming with when i can...news @ 11

St. Blaise pray 4 us and my throat so i can sing 2morrow...