Good morning, it is Friday, September 6th, 2024. 
On the program:
    • Two Nigerians sentenced in teen sextortion case in Marquette
    • FAA investigating drone flown into Green Day concert Wednesday night
    • NICU in west Michigan celebrating 50 years of service
    • Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw
Plus: New polling shows Catholics more likely to vote for Harris than Trump

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Good morning, it is Thursday, September 5th, 2024. On the program:

• Grand Rapids city leaders say the courts need to determine if they owe residents after water main break flooded homes in June
• Congresswoman Debbie Dingle (D) says bipartisan support is needed to stop radioactive waste from coming to Wayne County
• Tigers look to avoid sweep by Padres in San Diego
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Sr. Ann Shields, SGL shares why we ought to draw close to Jesus

ST. LEO THE GREAT SAYS: [W]hen [Jesus] says: Blessed are the poor in spirit, he shows that the kingdom of heaven is to be given to those who are distinguished by their humility of soul rather than by their lack of worldly goods

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, September 4th, 2024. On the program:

• Former Detroit Receiving Hospital technician sues for $10 million alleging she was fired for reporting a rape
• Oakland University and professors reach an agreement
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. must remain on the ballot in Michigan
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: An update on the state of the election

ORIGEN SAYS: For just as that physical body of Christ was crucified and buried, and afterwards raised up, so in the same way the whole body of Christ’s holy ones has been crucified and lives no longer with its own life.

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024. Today is the memorial of St. Gregory the Great. On the program:

• 14 year old boy killed in the State Fair parking lot identified as Darean Davis
• Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Detroit
• Thirty thousand people participate in annual Mackinac Bridge walk
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Dr. Ray answers the question “does discipline break spirits?”


ST GREGORY THE GREAT SAYS: Whoever is appointed watchman to a people should live a life on the heights so that he can help them by taking a wide survey.

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Good morning, it is Monday, September 2nd, 2024.  This is a special edition of Michigan Mornings.
On the program Matthew reads the Parable of the Talents from the Gospel of Matthew and shares a 2020 homily by Pope Francis on the dignity of work.

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Good morning, it is Friday, August 30th, 2024. On the program:

• Former president Donald Trump says in vitro fertilization will be covered by Medicare and insurance if he is elected president
• Plan to help lower income parents cover the costs of having a child expanding to Kalamazoo
• Labor Day survey finds that most Americans feel inflation is erasing their hard work
• Reminder: Mackinac Bridge will be closed until noon on Labor Day
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

ST JOHN CRHYSOSTOM SAYS: Let us learn, therefore, to be men of wisdom and to honour Christ as he desires

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Good morning, it is Thursday, August 29th, 2024. Today is the memorial of the beheading of John the Baptist. On the program:

• Ford announces it is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will still be on the ballot in Michigan despite dropping out of the race
• Construction projects will be paused and orange barrels moved tomorrow afternoon in MI
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Discerning God’s plan

ST BEDE THE VENERABLE SAYS: [T]o endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather it was easily borne and even desirable, for he knew eternal joy would be his reward.

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, August 28th, 2024. Today is the memorial of St. Augustine. On the program:

• DTE and Consumers Energy say hundreds of thousands are without power after storms
• EPA will begin clean up at Clinton Township explosion site
• 1000 now participating in Detroit’s Green Light program
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: An update on the presidential and senate races here in Michigan

ST AUGUSTINE SAYS:  Accordingly I looked for a way to gain the strength I needed to enjoy [God], but I did not find it until I embraced the mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, August 27th, 2024. Today is the memorial of St. Monica. On the program:

• Former Michigan State Police Officer to be tried in federal court for death of Samuel Sterling
• Detroit public schools having half day today; Southfield schools cancelled
• Village of St. Charles violating first amendment rights lawsuit alleges
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: How to talk to adult children who have left the faith

ST JEROME SAYS: Patient and generous in his mercy, [God] does not give in to human impatience but is willing to wait a long time for our repentance

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Good morning, it is Monday, August 26th, 2024. On the program:

• United Auto Workers warn Stellantis of a potential strike
• Wayne County holding public discussions on nuclear waste from 1940s being dumped in Van Buren Township
• Trade association says one in five restaurants could close in Michigan with new minimum wage ruling
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Headlines from around the world

ST THOMAS AQUINAS SAYS: Every spiritual shepherd must endure the loss of his bodily life for the salvation of the flock, since the spiritual good of the flock is more important than the bodily life of the shepherd, when danger threatens the salvation of the flock.

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