No surprises

What does it mean to be really, really Catholic? Someone actually asked me that. It means no surprises. By that, I don't mean every Catholic who is full-on Catholic knows all there is to know. I mean that it prevents saying the Catholic Church teaches one thing when it doesn't or saying it doesn't teach something when it does. If people really want to know the Catholic Church's real teachings on salvation, redemption, grace, baptism, communion, etc., they can check it out at a Catholic website instead of reading the lies (or, at best, the occasional half-truths) that non-Catholic websites often have. If you wanted to know about the Baltimore Orioles, you wouldn't go to the website of Yankees fans, would you? Common sense, people. I think lots of people who only want to read what anti-Catholics say about Catholics don't really want the truth. Truth is tough. Truth is raw. Truth isn't comforting. If you want to be comfortable, you stay where you are.