The Irish standard., 1911-05-27
THE TOADY CATHOLIC
FIuttering, Like the Moth Around the
Gas liuht.


whose every word and action is an
abject apology for belonging to the
Church at all. He is constantly flut-
tering on the edge of Protestant So
ciety like moth around the gas
light, says the Toronto Catholic Regis
er. His incessant regret is that he
was not born outside the church, and
born in the bosom of some rich and
really stylish" community He would
leave the church today, but he has not
sufficient courage or backbone, and the
church would be better without him.
AS an exchange says:
He is, in his own manner of think
ing, always better than the church. He
is never to be found among his own
people, but ever and eternally linger-
ing about the outer circle Of those who
have no faith, or at least no Catholic
faith. His mental attitude is con-
stantly that of one who is always
wondering how his Protestant friends
will look at this or that action Of his
church-never that of one who, know
ing his church to be always right, is
fearless and needless Of what others,
in their ignorance, may think. He is
always wishing that the Pope would
not condemn Modernism, or that his
Bishop would not speak strongly
against heresy, or that his pastor
would not denounce mixed marriages.
His mind is forever in mortal fear of
hurting the enemy-never upon the
church's defense. He habitually
shuns his own parish church, where
the plain, true-hearted Catholics go to
be nurtured with the strong bread of
straight Catholic truth"
He tells you unctuously: II think it's
a mistake, you know, to be forever
condemning and exposing the faults
of other religions. The best friends 1
have are all Professionals, and, as to
my Catholic neighbors, you know, 1
find them terribly crude and ignorant,
mostly Irish and Germans, and that
sort Of people, don't you know,-no
class whatever to them-and no Gull
ture or society whatever amongst
Them" And these good Catholic peo-
pie, whom he SO lightly condemns, are
really the very salt OF the earth, the
people who support and keep the
church alive, and who are the right
hand and mainstay Of the priest in all
his endeavors-for God help the
church If she had to depend on the
toady or h-society" Catholic.
The toady will never read Cath
Ole paper. 1t speaks too plainly and
strongly, and has not the requisite
dated breath and whispering humble
ness" when dealing with the common
enemy. If possible at all, he will send
his children to Protestant school, so
that his Protestant friends may note
1t. and approve. He looks with half
plying contempt upon his Catholic
olics, first, last, and all the time and
who do not care straw what non-
Catholic society will say about them.
He thinks he knows ever 80 much
more than they do whereas, the truth
of the matter Is, he has not the brain
or perception Of mudhole, or he
would not be ashamed of the Ancient
Church, the most magnificent and
most wonderful institution in all the
worlds history. The toady Catholic
Is ashamed of his people, ashamed of
his church, and OF her teaching; but,
when he stands before the Judgment
Seat, he will be much more ashamed
of his own shrinking, miserable and
utterly contemplate little soul
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