Well, welcome back to Cathy Gantz's Live. I'm Si. I kill at your host. So glad to be back

here with you for this hour. We've got Ask a Priest this hour, and Father Matthew Spencer

will be our guest. You're welcome to call with any question that you might ask a priest could

be a theological question. It could be a pastoral question, a prayer question, a sacramental

question, whatever you'd like to ask, 888-318-7884, and you don't have to be Catholic to ask

anyone's welcome. 888-318-7884, Father Matthew Spencer is the provincial of the oblits

of St. Joseph here in the United States. He's also the former host of St. Joseph's workshop,

which aired on hundreds of Catholic radio stations all around the country. The oblits were

founded in 1878 by St. Joseph Morello, and the primary ministries are youth education,

care for the poor, assisting the local bishop in the needs of his diocese. Father Matthew

Spencer, thanks for being with us.

Sorry, it's a real joy. Thanks for having me. It's beard day here. Did you have the beard

last time I talked to you or is this a new thing? No. No, this started in October of last

year. So I guess it's been a few months since I've been with you, and I went on vacation

with my brother. We went camping and hanging out in the wild, and I loved not shaving.

So I loved it. You just stuck with it. Now I get it, you know.

And nobody can tell you you have to shave, because you're the provincial, right? You're

the most. I wish it worked like that. I wish I could just claim ultimate a thord. No,

it never works like that. It's like you have to be the servant of all Jesus says, and

that's what being provincial is. Well, Jesus had a beard, though. So at least from all the

pictures, all the pictures I've seen, he has, he has a beard. The number here is 8883187884.

I know there are many, many people who still remember St. Joseph's workshop and have great

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