Phil Hendrie – Speaking for the Voices in His Head
by Brian Troutman on May.17, 2009, under Odds and Ends
The setting is a typically mundane AM talk radio station in the late evening hours approaching midnight. Mavis, an elderly African-American woman, calls into a national talk program outraged that her recently deceased nephew was given a Roman Catholic funeral, a ceremony in which Holy Communion is celebrated. To a listening audience of millions, Mavis charges that the flesh and blood offered during the eucharistic celebration were taken from her nephew’s corpse. A Catholic priest calls in, attempting to explain the truth. (continue reading…)
