Welcome to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot the host and we want to wish you a happy

Easter from all of us here at Word on Fire. Today, instead of one of our normal episodes,

we're going to be sharing an Easter homily from Bishop Baron. So sit back and enjoy.

Once again, a very happy Easter to everybody. This is the day the Lord has made, isn't it? This is the

central day of Christian faith. Everything in our faith revolves around Easter. If Christ has not

been raised from the dead, then we should all go home. If he hasn't raised from the dead, then he

must be the center of our lives. This is the standing or falling point of Christianity. Is this great day?

Here's my fear, everybody, that we tend to domesticate Easter. I don't just mean with Easter bunnies

and Easter eggs and all that. I mean seeing Easter as a charming myth or a legend or a symbol from

long ago. You know, one more story of a dying and rising God. C.S. Lewis said, those who think we're

dealing with a myth when talking about the resurrection have not read many myths. Now what do you mean? Well,

a myth. Mind you, I love the myths. I first read them, the Greek and Roman myths when I was a kid. I

love them to this day. Myths are great stories that tell general truths about ourselves, about our

psychology, about nature, etc. Wonderful, rich. But precisely because they're abstract, they tend to

begin in this sort of way. Once upon a time, they're not concerned about history. They're telling a

general story that you want to bring it up to date a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

But see, Star Wars is a contemporary myth and wonderfully told by the way, I love Star Wars.

But that's how myths begin. Listen now again to that story we just heard from the Acts of the

Apostles. St. Peter is giving one of his early abseurments. He said, I'm sure you've heard about the

things that happened in Judea and how they started up in Galilee with the baptism that John preached.

Now you know what that's like. If I were to start a story by saying, hey, you know what happened

up in Santa Maria? And then you know, down in Lampoke, I saw the same person and then I finally saw

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