***That sounds very Tolkein-ish :-P***
Tolkein was a good Catholic, by the accounts I have read. LOTR was written as a Catholic morality play.
At any rate, it is true. To those whom much is given, much is expected. We have been given the Church; it is up to us, with the grace and help of the Holy Spirit, to live up to that. We will fall short, yet much like Mithrandir, we must persevere but we must never, like Saruman, fall into despair. Despair and despite are the gifts of satan; love and faith are the gifts of God.
He absolutely was, and he fought to drag Lewis along with him.