Good morning, it is Friday, June 14th, 2024. On the program:

• Ascension Michigan healthcare system says some systems are back online following cyber attack
• Representative Rashida Tlaib calls for impeachment of Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas
• SCOTUS rules that mifepristone can remain on market
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

SAINT AMBROSE SAYS:   History instructs us, the law teaches us, prophecy foretells, correction punishes, morality persuades; but the book of psalms goes further than all these. It is medicine for our spiritual health.


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Good morning, it is Wednesday, June 13th, 2024. Today is the memorial of St. Antony of Padua. On the program:

• The state Board of Education calls on the legislature to investigate Oxford High School shooting
• Detroit residents can now get free estate planning services
• Michigan’s second oldest person turns 109
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: An update on Al Kresta

SAINT ANTONY OF PADUA SAYS: We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfilment. 

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, June 12th, 2024.  
Steve Clarke guest hosts.
On the program:
•    Jury seated in Samantha Woll murder trial
•    Coast Guard no longer believes the Michipicoten struck something underwater
•    Wayne-Westland schools facing enormous budget cut
•    Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw
Plus:  Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak share what it means to parent with grace

ORIGEN SAYS:  You have recently abandoned the darkness of idolatry, and you now desire to come and hear the divine law. This is your departure from Egypt.

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Good morning, it is Tuesday, June 11th, 2024. Today is the memorial of St. Barnabas. On the program:

• One dead, one injured in small plane crash in Washtenaw County
• United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain under investigation by court-appointed watchdog
• Murder trial of Jewish leader Samantha Woll begins
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Details on a new movie about Flannery O’Connor

SAINT CHROMATIUS SAYS: Since he is the Sun of Justice, [Jesus] fittingly calls his disciples the light of the world. ... For by manifesting the light of truth, they have dispelled the darkness of error from the hearts of men. .

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Good morning, it is Monday, June 10th, 2024. On the program:

• Ethan Crumbley asking to withdraw guilty plea and appeals life sentence
• Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she has “some concern” about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. being on the Michigan ballot in November
• Freighter crashes into underwater object, begins to flood in Lake Superior
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Janice Kizy discusses some of the potential dangers of “sharenting”

SAINT IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH SAYS: Do what pleases [God] now and not what pleases men.

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Good morning, it is Friday, June 7th, 2024. Today is the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

 On the program:

• Thousands without power in east Michigan
• More lane closures coming to the Southfield Freeway
• Ford Motor Company shows sales increases year over year
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Dr. Ray Guarendi shares new stats on opinions on marriage

SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT SAYS:  The Church of the elect will be fully day only when the darkness of sin is no longer mixed in with it.

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Good morning, it is Thursday, June 6th, 2024. Today is the memorial of Saint Norbert.

On the program:

• Tornado in Livonia kills a two year old and injures others
• Detroit Conservancy confirms CFO stole nearly $40 million
• Two teens jailed in Grand Rapids after showing up to high school graduation with guns
• US Senate fails to ban bans on contraceptives
• Case against fake electors in Michigan falling apart
• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT SAYS: Since the dawn goes from darkness into light, it is right that the Church of the elect should be called “dawn” or “first light.” As it is led from the night of disbelief into the light of faith, it is opened up to the splendour of heavenly brightness just as the dawn bursts into day after darkness.

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Good morning, it is Wednesday, June 5th, 2024.  Today is the memorial of Saint Boniface.

 On the program:

• Detroit Police Chief James White addresses shootings over the weekend; says violent crime numbers are on the right track
• Police investigate vandalism at University of Michigan regent’s law firm as a hate crime
• Warren based contractor forbidden from doing business with city of Detroit

• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Dr. Ray Guarendi shares how to handle disrespect

SAINT BONIFACE SAYS:
In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course.


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Good morning, it is Monday, June 4th, 2024. On the program:

• Jaylin Brazier gets 38-90 years in prison for murder of his cousin
• Ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage will not be put to vote this year
• Area Catholic high school athletes recognized for their achievements

• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: Dr. Greg Popcak has advice to help couples affirm each other’s interests

SAINT DOROTHEUS SAYS: The man who finds fault with himself accepts all things cheerfully – misfortune, loss, disgrace, dishonour and any other kind of adversity. He believes that he is deserving of all these things and nothing can disturb him. No one could be more at peace than this man.

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Good morning, it is Monday, June 3rd, 2024. Today is the memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions. On the program:

• Rollover crash involving an ambulance sends several to hospital
• Detroit Riverfront Conservancy fires CFO; CEO resigns
• Former owner of Negro League's Detroit Stars thrilled that MLB is honoring league’s players
• Adam Hollier suspends campaign for US Senate

• Local weather for Detroit and Saginaw

Plus: An election update

SAINT PAUL THE SIXTH SAYS: [The] African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not towards persecutions and religious conflicts but towards a rebirth of Christianity and civilisation!

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