Ten Things Not to Say to a Convert<\/a>, by Abby Johnson. This one, for example:<\/p>\n\u201cIsn\u2019t sex just so much better as a Catholic???\u201d said with much enthusiasm<\/em><\/p>\nYears ago I head that one. From women. And this one:<\/p>\n
\u201cLife is so much better as a Catholic.\u201d<\/p>\n
About which Johnson writes:<\/p>\n
Okay, let\u2019s try not go all \u201cprosperity gospel\u201d on new Catholics. Life is great as a Catholic. I can receive the real Body and Blood of Christ every day. Nothing could be better than that. But let\u2019s be honest. Life as a Catholic is hard. And that\u2019s one of the things that we embrace about our Catholic faith: suffering. And it\u2019s beautiful. Though, if we act like all of your problems are going to go away now that you are Catholic, then we might as well join up with the Osteens. In the past 3 years, I have been challenged more than I ever was in the 31 years before that.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An accurate list of\u00a0Ten Things Not to Say to a Convert, by Abby Johnson. This one, for example: \u201cIsn\u2019t sex just so much better as a Catholic???\u201d said with much enthusiasm Years ago I head that one. From women. And this one: \u201cLife is so much better as a Catholic.\u201d About which Johnson writes: Okay, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1863,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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