For fans of the sport, professional baseball is like a religious experience because it offers mystery—the visible with the invisible. Blazing speeds, graceful fielding, and blistering hitting occur amidst ever-changing strategies, signs, substitutions, and situations. One pitch builds on another, one out on another, one inning on another, and one game on another.
Watching players perform with wit, skill, and courage at the highest level satisfies the yearning of our hearts and minds to witness nobility in action. That is why we can “religiously” follow the sport. It speaks to our soul.
In The Doubleday Code, author Jim Pieczynski draws parallels between the sport we love—baseball—and the faith we embrace—Catholicism. Each chapter also provides prompts for prayer and personal reflection and can be used as a study guide for retreats.
Fans who appreciate baseball are students of the game. They understand the deeper mysteries and rewarded immensely. So, too, are committed Catholics who understand the teachings of the Faith and seek not an earthly Hall of Fame, but a heavenly one
Jim has created a masterpiece by using the greatest game ever played (baseball) to share the greatest story ever told; Jesus Christ and His Holy Catholic Church. As a daily mass communicant and 5X MLB All-Star, The Doubleday Code beautifully captures the mystery, depth, and beauty of two of my greatest loves in life… the Catholic Faith and baseball.
There’s no greater feeling as a MLB Player than hitting a home run in a “Cathedral” packed with 40,000 screaming fans and there is no greater feeling as a Catholic than receiving Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at Holy Mass. This book is an invitation to taste the sweetness of these euphoric joys! The Doubleday Code… a Home Run for Saints in the making!!!
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