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> [“I believe baseball and the Church are deeply kindred spirits—both feature obscure rules that make sense only to initiates, both have communions of saints, both reward patience, and in both, casual fans can dip in and out, but for serious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-barron/i-believe-baseball-and-the-church-are-deeply-kindred-spirits-both/)

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## More by Robert E. Barron

> [“result, he’s firmly persuaded that the Catholic Church must always speak its truths to the surrounding culture, without adjusting those teachings to make them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-barron/result-he-s-firmly-persuaded-that-the-catholic-church-must-always/)

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> [“I believe baseball and the Church are deeply kindred spirits—both feature obscure rules that make sense only to initiates, both have communions of saints,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-barron/i-believe-baseball-and-the-church-are-deeply-kindred-spirits-both/)

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> [“love the life of the mind, and I’ve spent my whole life studying and reading. Yet because of where we are now, the ‘true’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-barron/love-the-life-of-the-mind-and-i-ve-spent-my-whole-life-studying-and/)

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> [“The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments,” Ratzinger said, “namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-barron/the-only-really-effective-apologia-for-christianity-comes-down-to-two/)

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> [“Thomas Aquinas was asked, “What must I do to be a saint?” and he said, “Will it.” Be a saint, and you’ll unleash the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-barron/thomas-aquinas-was-asked-what-must-i-do-to-be-a-saint-and-he-said/)

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