(LifeSiteNews) — U.K. Catholics created a new film highlighting the sacredness of the Last Supper in reparation for the blasphemy of the Olympics’ opening ceremony.
On August 11, Catholic film company House of Gold produced a short video entitled The Last Supper, which aims to showcase the beauty of the Last Supper and its continuation through the Holy Mass, following the blasphemous opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“The idea was to recreate the image of The Last Supper painting in a beautiful and reverent way and to express the sacredness and significance of this historical event as the summit of faith,” director of House of Gold Marco Eastwood said in a statement sent to LifeSiteNews.
“It was an act of reparation for the mockery of the Olympics opening ceremony, and it was incredible to see how generously volunteers came forward to sacrifice their time, talents and resources to make this happen for the glory of God,” he revealed.
The one-minute video was produced in under 36 hours by a team of faithful volunteers “who rallied round at the very last minute to help this worthy cause.”
“There was a calm, quiet excitement amongst the volunteers on set, and I was moved to see young people through to the elderly rising to the challenge of doing justice to the image of Our Lord at The Last Supper with such dignity,” Eastwood said.
“I want this depiction shared far and wide and to reach as many souls as possible for the glory of God and in reparation,” he declared.
The video depicts Christ and His Apostles as they share their last meal together before Christ’s Crucifixion. The Last Supper is also the first Mass, as Jesus turns the bread and wine into His Body and Blood, which He shares with His Apostles.
After showing Christ and His Apostles, the film switches to a current-day Mass, which is the same sacrifice as was offered by Christ 2,000 years earlier. During the video, the priest reverently says the words of the Consecration, which are the same words said by Christ during the Last Supper.
“This is My Body,” Christ and the priest say nearly 2,000 years apart while holding up the sacred Host, before next elevating the chalice of wine and declaring, “This is My Blood.”
The video captures the beauty and solemnity of the Last Supper, which was so grotesquely mocked by the Olympic opening ceremony.
The Olympic ceremony was roundly condemned by Christians and non-believers alike, with many pointing to it as a “new low.” As LifeSiteNews previously reported, Canadian Catholics planned a number of prayer rallies in downtown Ottawa to atone for the sins committed at the Olympics.
Additionally, Kazakhstan’s Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Archbishop Tomasz Peta have called for Catholics to offer prayers of reparation throughout the Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana, Kazakhstan.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said that the ceremony reflected “secular fundamentalism” having “infiltrated the Olympics, even to the point of blaspheming the religion of over a billion people,” while Bishop Joseph Strickland called it a “new low for our human community.”
Secular fundamentalism has now infiltrated the Olympics, even to the point of blaspheming the religion of over a billion people. Would they do that with any other religion? I ask all of our people to pray for a restoration of good will and respect. https://t.co/gO8PK0gBcB
— Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) July 27, 2024
The bigotry toward Christians and the blasphemy of Jesus Christ, God’s Divine Son on display at the Olympics is a new low for our human community. Shame on those who produced this mockery, shame on the Olympic Committee and the nation of France for allowing it. This tarnishes… pic.twitter.com/NLQuARKHyu
— Bishop J. Strickland (@BishStrickland) July 27, 2024