Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an

apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization using media both old and

new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an encounter with

Christ and His Church. The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring

the transformative power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today we invite

you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the

warmth and light of Christ with each one of us. Peace be with you and a very

happy Easter to everybody. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the

be all and the end all of the Christian faith. Friends, if Jesus didn't rise from

the dead, all of us priests and bishops should go home and get honest jobs. If

Jesus didn't rise from the dead, then all those who stand up from the

Christian faith are basically crazy. As Paul put it, remember this, Paul

himself said, if Jesus is not raised from the dead, our preaching is in vain and

we are the most pitiful of people. So think of, you know, pulsing his own

preaching, but by extension, the preaching of every great Christian over the

centuries. From Christ's tomb in Jerome and Augustine to Thomas Aquinas to

John Henry Newman to John Paul II, if Jesus not raised from the dead, all of

that is basically a waste of time. And all those who believe the Christian faith

are pitiful. That's what's at stake here in believing in the resurrection of

Jesus. And you know, it's no good trying to explain the resurrection away or

to rationalize it. That's what a lot of theologians in the 20th century tried to

do. Explaining away as a myth or as a symbol or as an inner subjective

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