This is a recording from the sermon preached at St. David's Episcopal Church on Saturday, April 4th, at the Celtic Easter Vigil. Rev. Daniel Bentley reflects on the phrase “Easter is what God does with things that are buried,” connecting Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection to the image in John 12 of a grain of wheat that must fall into the earth and die to bear fruit. Speaking to the congregation gathered in darkness and candlelight, he emphasizes that baptism is not only ritual washing but a real participation in Christ’s death and resurrection, as described in Romans: being “buried with him” so as to “walk in newness of life.” He addresses the baptismal candidate, Declan, and invites the parishioners to remember their own baptisms as God’s ongoing work of raising new creation from what has been buried.01:12 Grain of Wheat Promise01:48 Vigil in the Darkness02:37 Baptism as Burial04:51 Seed Must Break Open06:11 Declan at the Font07:39 Remember Your Baptism08:13 Easter for All Stories
