Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy: The Parisian Blasphemy and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap., The Catholic Thing, July 30, 2024

Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, a prolific writer and one of the most prominent living theologians, is a former member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission. His newest book is the third volume of Jesus Becoming Jesus: A Theological Interpretation of the Gospel of John: The Book of Glory and the Passion and Resurrection Narratives.

Many people, including Catholic bishops and numerous Christians throughout the world, have condemned the blasphemous event that took place during the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Paris.  As almost everyone now knows, there was a mocking display of the Last Supper where Jesus was portrayed as an obese female dressed in white.  She was surrounded by a gaggle of drag queen “apostles,” and a young girl was also – we should worry why? – included in this hypersexualized and sacrilegious depiction.

Amidst all the condemnations and claims of the display’s offensiveness, what has not been stated, even by Christians, is that those who planned, orchestrated, and perpetrated such a blasphemous portrayal, unless they repent, will not die a happy death. At the very moment of their death, they will be about to face the very one that they blasphemously mocked and demeaned.  And contrary to the sentimentalized Christianity of many today, Scripture itself tells us that He will be their judge – the holy and risen Lord Jesus Christ. …

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