Thomas Griffin 7/30/24 (For National Catholic Register)
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The entire globe has become aware of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics in Paris on Friday. The rampant over-sexualization and the overt mockery of the Last Supper has created an enormous amount of commentary.
Catholics are enraged and saddened.
Catholics are upset and baffled.
As Catholics, however, our fundamental response should be rooted in the heart of Jesus, which is revealed in the True Presence of the Eucharist.
The scandalous images from the Opening Ceremony were made possible because of the dismantling of the religious sense of our culture; that is undeniable. However, it is also made possible because of who Christ is and because of the nature of the Eucharist. Jesus came to redeem humanity. He came because we are broken and we are in need of his sacrifice. Some accepted this truth when he presented it, and some rejected it. Some mocked him, and others spat on him as he gave his life so that we could live.
Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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