Part 1
            Good morning everyone; thank you for joining us this 29^th day of the 8^th month of the year 2010—the hot month of August, just about to turn into September!  Welcome to “Message at the Top.”  Get set for the top 10 songs of our area right now as determined by the research from your requests, as well as our own research by Mediabase 24-7 for the reporting date of today, and get ready for some pretty good songs of the past as well.  Some of our songs this morning include the music of artists like Pink, Colbie Caillat and Avril Lavigne, including the latest music from Lifehouse, and many more.  Among those many more are the only five songs of the top 10 over the past 30+ years that have begun with the word “fall” or a variation of it, and they are on our show today.  Our motto as always is to enjoy the music AND listen to the message so that the message can help you live a little bit better.  I am Fr. Mike Scully, and you have your dial set to Mix 103, number one in Central Kansas.
            One of the songs in the top 10 right now at number 6 is the latest song from Sara Bareilles.  It is a song that I think sounds like a very happy song, but the message is a direct statement and not very happy.  The lady in the relationship is telling her boyfriend exactly what she thinks of his behavior, and she doesn’t think very highly of it, to say the least.  “So many things I’d say if only I were able,” she sings, “but I just keep quiet.  You got opinions, man, we’re all entitled to them, but I never asked.  So let me thank you for your time, and try to not waste any more of mine; get out of here fast.  I hate to break it to you, but I’m not drowning: there’s no one here to save.  Who cares if you disagree.  You are not me.  Who made you king of anything?  So, you dare tell me who to be?  Who died, and made you king of anything?”  And she goes on to make it perfectly clear that he hasn’t done real well in the relationship, and he has to get out of her life. 
            The song lends itself to some talk about what I consider to be the most important part of any relationship—communication.  Those of you who listen to this show regularly know that I believe that it is one of the leadership principles that everyone of us should know, and I phrase it in the talks that I give this way: “Develop the ability to communicate and listen to others.”  I always say that this principle is even more important than acceptance of God in our lives—and I feel that that is pretty important—obviously, given my line of work.  But I look at communication as even more important, and the reason is very simple—most American people choose to be married, something like 96% of us or so, but a tragic lesson of our lives is that 50%+ of us also get divorced.  I know there is good reason for divorce, and I have counseled many a person who should have obtained the divorce, but I know—and every counselor knows—that if both parties of the marriage relationship really want to communicate with the other, there will be less necessity for any divorce or separation.  Simply put, marriages will be saved and marriages will be better if both people in the relationship learn to talk to one another directly.
            This is an extremely important topic today, and let’s call our show “Direct Communication.”  Our lead song is a statement of direct communication—one is led to believe that the lady in the relationship is leaving this relationship because there’s no hope for it.  We also have a song from Kelly Clarkson as part of this double play which has exactly the same message as this one, our lead song today, from Sara Bareilles, at number 6 on our top 10 list, “King of Anything” on MATT.
(double)     KING OF ANYTHING / Sara Bareilles
                                    NEVER AGAIN / Kelly Clarkson
 
Part 2
            From three years ago, Kelly Clarkson, “Never Again” from her album “My December”.  It is quite a statement to the man who has left the relationship.  The man has indeed left, but all he did was simply write a letter to tell the woman in the song that it was all over.  That is not smart at all.  If we are going to break up with someone, we have to say it.  “I hope the ring you gave to her turns her finger green,” she sings from her hurt.  “I would never wish bad things, but I don’t wish you well.  I never read your letter ‘cause I knew what you’d say, give me that Sunday school answer, try and make it all okay.  Does it hurt to know I’ll never be there for you.  It was you, who just ended like you did.  I was the last to know you knew exactly what you would do.  She may believe you, but I never will.  Never again.”  She has some very bitter feelings, and rightly so.  He should have told her directly, and when he didn’t, it sealed the end of the relationship.  We will be talking about this thought throughout our show today: we must have direct communication with the people that we love.
            Our first triple play of the day is directly in front of you right now involving the talents of Lifehouse, John Mellencamp with a great 80’s song, and Rob Thomas.  First, let’s go to the latest release from Lifehouse from their album "Smoke and Mirrors.”  “All night staring at the ceiling, counting for minutes I’ve been feeling this way, so far away and so alone.  But you know it’s alright, I came to my senses, letting go of my defenses.  There’s no way I’m giving up this time.  Yeah, you know I’m right here, I’m not losing you this time.  And I’m all in, nothing left to hide.  I’m falling harder than a landslide.  I spent a week away from you last night, and now I’m calling out your name.  Even if I lose the game, I’m all in, I’m all in for life.”  The man in the relationship has learned a valuable lesson, it would seem, and is not going to make the mistake again.  He is communicating to her directly, our theme today, and is telling her just like it is, exactly what he should do.  This is Lifehouse, a “should be top 10” this week, “All In” on MATT.
(triple)        ALL IN / Lifehouse
                                    ROCK IN THE USA / John Mellencamp
                                    MOCKINGBIRD / Rob Thomas
 
Part 3
            That was the song “Mockingbird” by Mr. Rob Thomas from his album “Cradlesong” at number 4 in our top 10, on MATT.  He began with this thought: “Here we stand somewhere in between this moment and the end.  Will we bend or will we open up and take this whole thing in?”  One is led to believe that the relationship really could work out, but you’re not sure that it will.  “Maybe you and me got lost somewhere,” he sings, “we can’t move on; we can’t stay here.  Maybe we’ve just had enough, well, maybe we ain’t meant for this love.  You and me tried everything, but still that mockingbird won’t sing.  I don’t wanna love you now if you’ll just leave some day.  I don’t wanna turn around if you’ll just walk away.”  Up to that point in time, the love had not worked out, and the man in the relationship is ready to move on in life because his fiancée has not been true to him in the past.  He is saying it to her directly, which is a good thing, but you don’t know the ending because you don’t know how each of them will respond to the situation.  But in terms of our theme, at least he is giving his thoughts to her—opening up as he says, and direct communication is a precious gift if you are trying to establish a relationship.
            Before him, we heard a former number 1 song of the 80’s from John Mellencamp, “R.O.C.K in the U.S.A.”  It is a happy song that extols the days of early rock and roll, one would presume.  “They come from the cities, and they come from the smaller towns,” he sings, “Beat up cars with guitars and drummers, going crack, boom, bam, said goodbye to their families, to their friends.  With pipe dreams in their heads and very little money in their hands.”  And he mentions some early greats—Mitch Ryder, Jackie Wilson, the Young Rascals, James Brown.  His message?  They established the music which we call rock and it got us singing and dancing and feeling good about ourselves.  Music does have a way of touching our souls and often speaks of our hopes and dreams.  And listening to that music and letting it inspire us—as we do here on this show, by the way—is definitely a way communicating, and often it is direct communication from the writers and singers to you and me.
            Our theme song this week is Sara Bareilles’ top 10 song right now, “King of Anything.”  I’m Fr. Mike Scully inviting you to stay with us.  Let me take you to break with a thought about communication from Harry S. Truman, one of our great presidents, and here talking about the principal problem of our world and why communication is so important: “We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.”  THE problem in our world is lack of communication.  Your dial is set for Mix 103 and you are listening to “Message at the Top”.
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Part 4
            You are in tune with “Message at the Top,” your top 10 show on Mix 103.  Thank you for joining us this morning.  We welcome you back to the songs that have been the most popular in this area during this past week.  We take the top 10 and study their messages, and then call our show MATT.  I’m your host Fr. Mike Scully.  It’s great to have you here.  We began our show with a theme and title setting song from our current top 10 from Sara Bareilles, as we meditate on some thoughts concerning simply the most important thing that we can do as individuals—learn to talk to one another.
            As I mentioned at the top of the show, there are only five top 10 songs over the past 30+ years that have begun with the word “fall” or a variation of the word, and that 5-pack is up for you during this segment.  They come from Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Alicia Keys, Colbie Caillat, and the group Fuel.  Let’s begin that 5-pack with Avril Lavigne.  “I don’t want to fall to pieces,” she sings, “I just want to sit and stare at you.  I don’t want to talk about it and I don’t want a conversation.  I just want to cry in front of you; I don’t want to talk about it ‘cause I’m in love with you.  You’re the only one I’d be with till the end.  When I come undone, you bring me back again, back under the stars, back into your arms.”  We’ve heard this type of dedication a number of times in our love songs—here, she is the one who is totally dedicated to him and places all her faith in him.  That’s fine, of course, if he feels the same way.  And if he does, then their lives will make sense, and they will be happy.  And she is doing what our theme is all about today—she is talking directly to him, which is exactly what she should do if she wants the relationship to work.  This is Ms. Avril Lavigne, as she sounded in 2004 from her album “Under My Skin” and her song “Fall To Pieces” on MATT.
(triple)        FALL TO PIECES / Avril Lavigne
                                    FALLEN / Sarah McLachlan
 
Part 5
            From her album “Afterglow,” a former top 10 from Sarah McLachlan from the year 2004 and her song “Fallen” on MATT, the second of a 5-pack dedicated to the word “fall”, a song that was one of the songs close to a Grammy award in 2003.  “Truth be told,” she sings, “I’ve tried my best, but somewhere along the way, I got caught up in all there was to offer, and the cost was so much more than I could bear.”  And so, as a result—“Though I’ve tried,” she sings, “I’ve fallen.  I have sunk so low, I have messed up.”  She messed up with that love that she is singing about, and how ever you defined “messed up,” she is admitting that she has made a mistake, which is probably exactly what we all should learn to do, and in doing so, she must speak her apology directly to the person that she has hurt, as she is doing in the song.
            Let’s close off a 5-pack of all the songs connected with the word “fall” of the top 10 over the past 30+ years with this triple play that begins with Alicia Keys and her song of 2001: “I keep on falling in and out of love with you,” she begins her song, “Sometimes I love you, sometimes you make me blue, sometimes I feel good, at times I feel used; loving you makes me so confused.  I keep on falling in and out of love with you.  I never loved someone the way that I love you.”  That’s a pretty good description of every beginning love relationship.  My reflection on it is that the way to discover whether it is real love or not is to give it time to develop.  And in time, the love will develop because the communication will be more direct, our theme today.  This is another “fall” song from 2001 from Alicia Keys, “Fallin’” on MATT.
(triple)        FALLIN’ / Alicia Keys
                                    FALLIN’ FOR YOU / Colbie Caillat
                                    FALLS ON ME / Fuel
 
Part 6
            The close of a 5-pack of “fall” songs, this time a song from the top 10 of 2005 from the group Fuel, called “Falls On Me” on MATT.  They sang about the man in a relationship wanting someone to help him out: “And all your weight and all your dream falls on me, it falls on me.  And your beautiful sky, the light you bring falls on me, it falls on me.  She washes all my wounds for me.”  We all need someone else to talk to us, or as they sing, to wash our wounds for us.  That is part of the definition of what it means to talk directly to someone, our theme today.  When we do that—talk directly, it washes our wounds for us.
            Before them, we heard from Colbie Caillat, a number 1 song from last year from her album “Breakthrough,” and her song “Fallin’ For You”.  It is a love song of someone who is on the verge of loving someone else.  “I don’t know,” the lady in the relationship begins, “but I think I may be fallin’ for you, dropping so quickly.  Maybe I should keep this to myself waiting till I know you better.  I am trying not to tell you, but I want to.  I’m scared of what you’ll say, so I’m hiding what I’m feeling, but I’m tired of holding this inside my head.  I think I’m fallin’ for you.  I’ve been waiting all my life, and now I’ve found you.”  Her emotions have taken over, and even if it is too soon—and it may be—she is about to allow herself to fall in love.  One of the things that we must learn, as we work with our emotions concerning love, is that the emotions of love must always be interpreted with our communication, and how well we are talking to the one we are emotionally involved with.
            We will continue MATT in just a few moments and hear the music in order of appearance of the Goo Goo Dolls, Falco, Nickelback, John Mayer, Daughtry and Colbie Caillat again.  Let me take you to break with this thought about communication.  It comes from Robert Frost: “Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”  A little cynical, but probably more true than not.  I’m Fr. Mike Scully, this show is “Message at the Top” and your dial is set at Mix 103.
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Part 7
            We are back for “Message at the Top” and we welcome you to the top 10 songs of our area as determined by the research of Mediabase 24-7 and your requests.  We call our show MATT because we take those top 10 songs and analyze their meanings and messages in the light of how we can live better in this complicated world.  Our motto is very simply to enjoy the music, and to listen to the message so that the message can help you in your lives.  I am Fr. Mike Scully, your host for the top 10 show of Mix 103, and we are pursuing a theme from Sara Bareilles and her song “King of Anything.”  The theme that comes from it is the thought of direct communication.  And let me repeat the thought of Robert Frost that we closed the last segment with—it’s really good: “Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”  Now, think about that.
            We have two triple plays for you this segment, and the first one involves the talents of the group Goo Goo Dolls, the group Falco, and the group Nickelback.  First to the group Goo Goo Dolls and a “should be top 10”.  It is a song of missing someone and the desire to be with that someone, in a place the man in the relationship calls “home,” the name of the song.  “Crowded rooms full of empty faces,” they begin their song, “our deepest conversation full of lies, another night with all my friends, the kind you’ll never see again.  I wonder if they’ll see through my disguise.  And I want to say that I can’t hold back, and it might be wrong, but it’s all I have.  Come take me home tonight.  Oh, I need you now.  I’m lost without you.  A million miles but I will find you, so take me home.”  The person in the song is opening up to another, and you really don’t know whether the other person responds or not.  But whether she responds or not, he is doing exactly what he needs to do—direct communication, our theme today.  This is a “should be top 10” from the Goo Goo Dolls, from an album yet to be released, “Home” on MATT.
(triple)        HOME / Goo Goo Dolls
                                    ROCK ME AMADEUS / Falco
                                    THIS AFTERNOON / Nickelback
 
Part 8
            Former number 1, now just leaving the top 10, the Canadian group Nickelback, and the latest from their album “Dark Horse”, and their song “This Afternoon” on MATT.  They sing of having a good time with friends, and as I have been saying, in my opinion, too much of a good time.  “I’m down with hangin’ out this afternoon,” they sing the thoughts of a man, “I’m out on the couch this afternoon.  Beer bottles layin’ on the kitchen floor.  If we take them all back we can buy some more, so I doubt we’ll go without this afternoon.  You better hang on if you’re taggin’ along, ‘cause we’ll be doing this till 6 in the morning.  Nothing’s wrong with goin’ all night long, tough to put the brakes on, doesn’t matter when you’d rather get up, and go out.  Me and all my friends, we drink up, we fall down, and then we do it all again, just sittin’ around hangin’ out this afternoon.  I just love being with my friends.”  And there is nothing wrong with having a good time, of course, but one of the things we should learn is something I have been saying with this song—too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing.  As we consider our theme this morning, when we are involved in too much of a good thing, we may think that we are communicating, but the chances are that we are not really, since our fun usually takes us away from communicating about the important things in life.
            Before them, we heard a song of the past that I just love: “Rock Me Amadeus” from the group Falco.  Not a whole lot of meaning—in fact, none, really.  But it has a great sound.  It was an 80’s “get out on the dance floor and rock” song—and I remember doing it in the 80’s.  Now, I’m not much of a dancer—to say the least—but this song makes one just jump and enjoy life.  And again my caution when we put fun and communication together, fun may take away from the communicating that we should be doing.
            As promised, another triple play now, this one beginning with John Mayer assisted by Taylor Swift.  He begins his song: “I was born in the arms of imaginary friends, free to roam, then you come crashing in, like the realest thing, trying my best to understand all that your love can bring.  Half of my heart’s got a grip on the situation, half of my heart’s got a right mind to tell you that I can’t keep loving you with half of my heart.”  The person in the song is not loving his current fiancée because of something that has happened in his past and he sings correctly that he can’t love with only half of his heart.  Later on, he correctly sings: “You will hate that I never gave more to you than half of my heart.”  He is right on with those words—she will hate that she was never given more than half of his heart because my prediction is that this love is doomed to failure because very simply, one cannot love with only half of one’s heart.  In terms of our theme today, it is only when a person loves completely that there will be any giving completely to each other, and it is only then that the two will be communicating, that which is required for true love. / Chris Daughtry and Colbie Caillat will join him in this triple play, and starting us off is John Mayer with the help of Taylor Swift at number 5 this week on our top 10 list, and his song “Half of My Heart” from his album “Battle Studies” on MATT.
(triple)        HALF OF MY HEART / John Mayer
                                    SEPTEMBER / Daughtry
                                    I NEVER TOLD YOU / Colbie Caillat
 
Part 9
            Singing the opposite of what our theme is, namely direct communication, Colbie Caillat admits that she is not doing it, from her album “Breakthrough” and her song, “I Never Told You” on MATT, just leaving our top 10 this week.  It is a love song, and a love song of what could have been.  “I miss those blue eyes,” she begins her song, “how you kissed me at night.  I miss the way we see, I miss the way we breathe.  But I never told you what I should have said.  No, I never told you; I just held it in and now I miss everything about you.  I can’t believe I still want you after all the things we’ve been through.”  She misses everything about him, because she did not tell him exactly how she felt.  The phrase to concentrate on, I believe, is that thought of “I never told you what I should have said.”  As I said, she knows what she should have done—direct communication, and she didn’t do it, and consequently, the relationship is doomed.
            Before her, we heard from the group known as Daughtry with lead singer Chris Daughtry, and their song from the album inspired by the song “Leave This Town,” and the name of their song “September” at number 7 in our top 10 this week.  It is a song of reflecting on the past, a past that never did work out, but nonetheless was a good experience for the man in the relationship.  “How the time passed away, all the trouble that we gave,” he begins his song, “Has it all gone to waste?  All the promises we made one by one, they vanish just the same.  Of all the things I still remember, summer’s never looked the same; the years go by and time just seems to fly, but the memories remain.  In the middle of September we’d still play out in the rain—nothing to lose but everything to gain, reflecting now on how things could have been, it was worth it in the end.  Now it all seems so clear, there’s nothing left to fear, so we made our way by finding what was real.  We knew we had to leave this town, but we never knew when and we never knew how.”  Tying the song into our theme, memories or thinking of the past can help us communicate better, but we still have to take the time to directly talk about that past if we need to get it out in the open.
            Isn’t it interesting to hear the stories contained in these songs of rock music—and what great thoughts they lead us to.  “Direct Communication” is our theme today, that thought coming from Sara Bareilles’ song “King of Anything”.  Our next set of music and message will explore our theme with six more songs of our current top 10.  May I take you to break with this thought from Oliver Wendell Holmes: “Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”  That is, in your direct communication, be careful with your speech.  Great statement.  I’m Fr. Mike Scully, listen to these words of wisdom, and then I hope you come back for more.
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Part 10
            Good morning, everyone, this is “Message at the Top”, on Mix 103.  Thank you for joining us this morning.  I am Fr. Mike Scully, and our show gives you the top 10 songs of our area, as well as some top 10’s of the past.  And what is amazing about all of our songs is that with a little bit of help, they can actually teach us something about ourselves and about our behavior.  And so we say all the time: we invite you to enjoy the music AND listen to the message so that your lives can be a little bit better than they are now.  The topic of our show today concerns the important idea of direct communication, what I have called the single most important principle that everyone of us must learn.
            Our final triple play begins with the group The Script.  Their song is one of severe pain, pain that has been brought on by the man in the relationship.  "I’m still alive," they sing the thoughts of the man, "but I’m barely breathing, 'cause I got time while she got freedom, 'cause when a heart breaks it don’t break even.  Her best days will be some of my worst; she finally met a man that’s gonna put her first; while I’m wide awake she’s no trouble sleeping; what am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you.  I’m falling to pieces.  They say bad things happen for a reason, but no wise words gonna stop the bleeding."  Indeed, the bad things happened for a reason, namely, he did not put the other person first, and now he's paying the price.  As we work with our theme today, if we learn to communicate well, we will always be people who will put the other person first. / Joining them in the triple play is Pink and the group Neon Trees, and this is The Script from their album named after them at number 10 this week, and their former number 1 song “Breakeven” on MATT.
(triple)        BREAKEVEN / The Script
                                    GLITTER IN THE AIR / Pink
                                    ANIMAL / Neon Trees
 
Part 11
            That was a new group called Neon Trees, and their song “Animal” which is a “should be top 10” this week.  It comes from their first album named “Habits”, and their song is the song of presumably the man in the relationship who wants love to happen.  “Here we go again,” they began their song, “I kinda wanna be more than friends, so take it easy on me.  We’re sick like animals.  We play pretend.  You’re just a cannibal and I’m afraid I won’t get out alive.  I won’t sleep tonight.  Oh, oh, I want some more, what are you waiting for.  Take a bite of my heart tonight.  Say goodbye to my heart tonight.”  It is a love relationship that is just beginning, and neither party seems totally committed to the other.  In terms of our theme of direct communication, the couple seems to be ready for some communication, but they are not close enough to allow the other to know how they really feel all the time.
            Before them, we heard from Pink’s album, “Funhouse,” at number 9 this week, and her song “Glitter in the Air”. It was a song made popular on the Grammy awards, and a beautiful song of romantic poetry, I believe.  Some really good thoughts here: “Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?” she sings, “Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, ‘I just don’t care’?  It’s only half past the point of no return, the tip of the iceberg, the thunder before the lightning, the breath before the phrase, have you ever felt this way?  There you are, sitting in the garden, clutchin’ my coffee, calling me ‘sugar.’  Have you ever wished for an endless night?  Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight?”  As I say, beautiful poetry expressing love, and the feeling of love about to happen with joyful expectation.  And since it seems to be love that is real, no doubt the two will be communicating well, our theme today.  A beautiful song.
            And let’s go to the top 3 right now as we usually do at this time in our show.  They begin with former number 1, Katy Perry, “California Gurls”, spelled g-u-r-l-s.  As I have been saying with this song, I think that we are all called to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation, respecting at all times what God has done.  That is my premise as I listen to Katy Perry’s song.  She sings about a journey in her song: “I know a place where the grass is really greener, warm, wet and wild—there must be something in the water, laying underneath the palm trees.  You could travel the world, but nothing comes close to the golden coast.  Once you party with us, you’ll be falling in love.  California girls, we’re unforgettable, sun-kissed skin so hot.”  It is a journey to a California beach, and as you listen to it, it is a pleasant journey indeed.  It is a song dedicated to the beauty of the female body.  My fear all the time is that too many people use the beauty of the female body for their own enjoyment, and that is a misuse of something created by God.  Tying that thought into our theme today, sometimes people get so enamored with physical beauty that they forget that communication is the foundation of forever love, as we think about the importance of direct communication today.  Number 3 right now from Katy Perry, “California Gurls” on MATT.
(double)     3 CALIFORNIA GURLS / Katy Perry
                                    2 MISERY / Maroon 5
 
Part 12
            Falling to number 2 this week is the group Maroon 5, and their song “Misery” on MATT.  It is a song of begging the girlfriend in a relationship to respond to the man’s desires.  "So scared of breaking it," they sing, "but you won’t let it bend.  And I wrote two hundred letters I won’t ever send.  Somehow it cut so much deeper than they seem.  You’d rather cover up, I’d rather let them be, so let me be, and I’ll set you free.  I am in misery.  There ain’t no other who can comfort me.  Why won’t you answer me?  Your silence is slowly killing me.  Girl, you really got me bad; I’m gonna get you back.  I’m desperate and confused, so far away from you.  Why do you do what you do to me?"  The man in the relationship is in very bad straits, and his girlfriend is not responding.  Consequently, he is about to make matters worse--he is threatening revenge.  That is not the way to work with misery.  He is speaking directly to her in the song, our theme today, and that is necessary, but the relationship is about to end, one would think.
            And the new number 1 song this last Sunday of August, 2010, is from the group Train from their album “Save Me, San Francisco” and their song “If It’s Love”.  They sing: “While everybody else is getting out of bed, I’m usually getting in it.  I’m not in it to win it.  But I’m afraid when I hear stories about a husband and wife, there’s no happy endings, but you are the greatest thing about me.  If it’s love, and we decide that it’s forever, no one else could do it better.  If it’s love, and we’re two birds of a feather, then the rest is just ‘whenever’.  We can be two birds of a feather that flock together.  Got to have something to keep us together.  Love, that’s enough for me.”  And obviously, the two seem to love each other, and will do things for each other—at least, he will do things for her.  Tying it into our theme today, the couple are exemplifying exactly what has to be done with love—namely, talk directly. 
            Today we have spoken of the fact that in order to do well in life, we have to learn how to communicate with people in a direct manner—one of the most important things that we can learn in life.  My prayer for each and everyone of us is that we will learn to communicate better than we are right now.  If you would like to communicate with me, my e-mail address is: frmikescully@yahoo.com or the address at the radio station: KJLS-FM, Hays, 67601.  My website is www.frmikescully.com.  Thank you for being with us today.  My thanks to the producers of our show, especially Rachel, and to our sponsors, especially Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays, Hays Car and Truck Alignment, and Holy Family Elementary School in Hays.  My closing thought for you concerning direct communication comes from my favorite author, Mr. Mark Twain: “It is my custom to keep on talking until I get the audience cowed.”  Yes, and he could do it, but we have to watch useless talk between people who should be into meaningful talk.  As you listen to the new number 1 song in our land from Train from their album called “Save Me San Francisco” and “If It’s Love”, may I remind you to hold a good thought.  My name is Fr. Mike Scully.  Peace to you, and be good!
1 IF IT’S LOVE / Train