(LifeSiteNews) — I have been very reluctant to comment on the blasphemous depiction of the Last Supper in the unfortunately already familiar LGBTQ self-presentation, which also harms these people themselves.
Firstly, very high-profile and well-known people and institutions, who should also be taken very seriously, have strongly condemned this provocation and insult to Christianity, especially to the absolutely singular and incomparable person of Jesus Christ, and this misuse of the Olympic Games and their idea.
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And they are right, artistic freedom or not. Invoking it is part of the unconvincing ritual of deflection that follows every intended scandal. And those who claim to understand art, the enlightened and liberal, the tolerant, cannot comprehend that anyone feels provoked or confuses a “meal of the gods” with the deadly serious Last Supper: There must be something wrong in his perception because of his fundamentalist mindset. Perhaps he will find the right psychologist. But we are not as stupid and as sick as you think.
I’m always happy when the truth is told, no matter by whom. It’s enough for me when people understand the message. I don’t speak out just to make a name for myself. That also applies to this statement. But over time, I got the impression that people could accuse me of being silent as a bishop. So here is my statement:
The criticism of the opening ceremony remains justified. We are all in favor of freedom of expression, and we do not want politics to speak in the name of God or to punish artistic and cultural manifestations. This does not mean that the freedom granted justifies every immorality and insult. These people should be reminded that they will one day die in the long shadow of their misdeeds and will not be able to get past God. Of course, they hope that He does not exist. But who knows. That is why we should pray for them and for us, who are no better.
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Our yes to the secular equal treatment of all religious and non-religious people also does not mean that Macron and other authorities are not partly responsible for this scandal because they knew exactly who they had chosen with the homosexual Thomas Jolly.
I am not here to praise his “artistic achievement.” Those responsible were regularly briefed on what this show would look like. What was to be expected came to pass. I also asked myself in consternation what a child dancing with a man was doing in the scene. We are all familiar with the pedophile entanglements of the elite. I remember the unsolved Epstein scandal and so on. Insiders and dissidents in the film and culture industry and political elite circles are certainly talking about it. We are not discussing the sins in the Church here, which also exist. But that is not the issue here.
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What hypocrisy on Macron’s part when he voiced his dismay at the burning of Notre Dame and promised to rebuild this monumental Christian sanctuary, whose destruction was capable of moving the whole world as quickly as possible, but now tolerates – and approves of – the alienation of the Last Supper: “C’est la France!” [“This is France”] were his words. Really?
Yes, it was clearly Leonardo [da Vinci’s] Last Supper that served primarily as a model, you hypocrites and liars, and not the Dionysian banquet of the gods by the Dutch painter Jan van Bijlert, whose painting (1635-1640; Musée Magnin in Dijon), visible also to the layman, was already inspired by Da Vinci (just as provocatively). Moreover, the performers themselves testified that it was about the Last Supper.
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I will not be silent about the cynical representation of the beheaded Marie Antoinette singing the revolutionary song “ça ira,” another incomprehensibility of this republican secularism that still celebrates the criminal, unscrupulous, and horrific slaughter of thousands and thousands of people, among them countless steadfast priests, including the mutilation and mockery of their corpses, as a timeless cultural event of the Enlightenment and as a manifestation of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The opening ceremony added “diversity” to the triad. At the same time, people are horrified by current theaters of war where the same things are happening and forget their own history.
Question: How does the recognition of Notre Dame as a monument to France’s cultural high form of Christian art and history go together with this degradation of the Last Supper through flaunted “queerness” in the same city and at the same time?
How much longer do we have to put up with this obsessive homo-, trans- and “queer” activism, which – “tolerant” as we are – is constantly and ruthlessly thrust upon us everywhere and at every opportunity that presents itself? Do we have to approve of it? No, we don’t have to.
In the meantime, we have reached the point where we are forced to deny our everyday sense and common sense, indeed the irrefutable evidence of things, in order to accept a person with male genitalia and physique as a (“trans”) “woman” and see a real woman who cannot comprehend it defeated in the ring. Twice, her head guard came off due to her opponent’s hard punches. Who is surprised by his victory? Welcome to the 2024 Olympics in Paris! The outstanding athletes in all disciplines deserved better. They deserved to be talked about for their achievements and not for scandalizing sideshows.
Unfortunately, things turned out differently. Hours before or after the ceremony (I couldn’t find out) there was a power outage throughout Paris. The city was in darkness. Only the other landmark of Paris, the Sacré Coeur Basilica, remained brightly lit, lonely on the hill. That was not planned.
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