And I can't give into cynicism first for metaphysical reasons, secondly for theological reasons.

Metaphysically, evil is parasitic upon the good, so good will always be greater.

Theologically, the resurrection triumphs over the cross.

And so with those two things in mind, it's really incoherent to be cynical.

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.

I'm Brandon Vaat, the host and the senior publishing director at Word on Fire.

Cynicism is on the rise, but why are we becoming so cynical and more importantly, how can we

escape its power?

That's what we'll be discussing today with Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop.

It is always good to see you.

Hey, thanks, Brandon.

Good to see you too.

You just returned back home to Santa Barbara from a trip to New Orleans.

You did a couple cool things there.

Tell us how that went.

I love that trip.

Is there to speak to the abbots of America, so the Benedictine abbots, about 30 of them gathered

at St. Joseph's Abbey, which is just north of New Orleans across Lake Pontchentrain, and

you can take from the airport, you take the longest bridge in the world.

It's the longest bridge over water in the world.

It goes right over Lake Pontchentrain.

It's like 27 miles or something.

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