The minute you walk outside of your church on Sunday you're in mission territory. — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
Again, I hear almost everyday from atheists who write off religion as primitive, premodern nonsense. I summon Aquinas, Augustine, Paul [of Tarsus], Teresa of Avila, Joseph Ratzinger, and Edith Stein-in all their intellectual rigor-as allies in the the struggle against this dismissive atheism. — Robert Barron Copy Share
The slightest cooperation with God's grace can provoke a massive spiritual change. — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
“Who had the biggest army in the ancient world? Caesar Augustus in Rome, and that is precisely how he was able to dominate that world. Nevertheless, his army is nothing compared to this angelic stratias that has lined up behind the new emperor. Remember Isaiah's prophesy that Yahweh would one day bare his mighty arm before all the nations. N.T.… — Robert Barron Copy Share
“Barron is convinced that the moral teachings of Catholicism are true, and that people who strive to practice them will live healthier, happier, more fulfilled lives. At the same time, he knows that in a postmodern, secular world, “rule-talk” often comes off as an attempt to limit people’s freedom, not to free them to become the persons God intends them… — Robert Barron Copy Share
The cross is Jesus going into the very lair of death. He goes to meet head-on that which frightens us the most. And what… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
“who can stand toe-to-toe with the best and brightest of the secular world, either in person or online, and swell Catholic hearts everywhere by making the faith appear not only plausible but more convincing, more humane, and ultimately more loving than its cultured despisers are. Here’s one clear sign of his success: In the English language, after Pope Francis, Barron… — Robert Barron Copy Share
By far the most dangerous people in the world are optimists (those who believe that all can be made well here below). If you… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
The great danger of the new media is that it seems to relish the superficial. There has been an ethos within the Church for… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to the truth. — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
