A true Roman Catholic is neither Conservative nor Liberal

A true Roman Catholic is neither Conservative nor Liberal.  The characteristic, coming out of the commitment and acceptance of Jesus Christ is to be “in the world but not of it”.  This is expressed in being counter-cultural to whatever moment or whatever age a Catholic lives in.

If a Catholic is to be true to his or he beliefs, the commitment, the personal relationship with Jesus Christ,  he or she MUST throw off all elements that identify him or her as being C or L.

Most Catholic pro-lifers have id’d with the Conservative tag in terms of social justice, economics and the social order. However, by being pro-life, they already committed to Christ and carry within their hearts, minds and souls, the ability, to be “in the world not of it” aka truly counter-cultural. They are, most eminently  orthodox in their beliefs with regard to the faith itself. The problem is - they adamantly will not go beyond the counter-cultural elements that makes them pro-life. In terms of social justice, economics and the social order, they tend toward the bourgeois way - whether they have bourgeois wealth or not. When they choose with their wills to abandon the bourgeois way they will be able to go all the way at being "in the world and not of it". 

Liberal Catholics, on the other hand, are naturally anti-bourgeois and practice with vigor the Church's teachings on social justice. However, I believe they will have a harder time trying to be “in the world not of it” than Conservatives because they are not orthodox in terms of their beliefs on the faith. Instead they cherry-pick what they choose to believe which makes them engage in a base heterodoxy which, beyond their “L” proclivities, they must shed first if they are to have any hope at living out a life in Jesus Christ.

“Ego delustro sic non tu poteris nutu”. 

I disabuse so you can’t snooze.