Hey, this is Phil, we've got an odd podcast today.

You may say, gee Phil, I find all your podcasts a little odd, and that may be true.

But this one will be odd or still.

We were supposed to record on Friday of last week, right before spring break for our school

district here in lovely Wheaton, Illinois.

We vissures weren't headed anywhere for spring break, but then at the last minute my wife

said, let's go to Florida.

And so we planned a last minute trip to Florida, which required us to fly out Friday morning

to get a decent airfare, which wiped out our podcast recording.

So I'm sitting here in Orlando on Disney property without sky or Christian giving you an odd

solo podcast.

Since we're on Disney property the week before Easter, I've got something a little bit special

in mind.

But before that, there's a little news worth covering.

Last last week, we talked about the new Pope, Pope Francis.

In the course of that conversation, Christian asked why Catholics believe in praying to saints

in neither sky nor I had a very good response to that question in the moment.

Well, numerous Catholic listeners in our audience did have responses, so I wanted to clarify

that question we left unanswered.

My brother responded by sending this, here's the conclusion of Pope Francis's inauguration

homily yesterday, and this is quoting Pope Francis.

I implore the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Paul, and

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