Bishop Schneider offers prayer of reparation for blasphemous Olympic opening ceremony
Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Archbishop Tomasz Peta joined Catholics from around the world to pray for sins against blasphemy in response to a parody of the Last Supper.
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s diocese offered prayers of reparation for the blasphemous opening ceremony at the Olympics.
On August 11, Bishop Schneider and Archbishop Tomasz Peta called for prayers of reparation throughout the Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana, Kazakhstan, after the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony that saw drag performers carry out a grotesque parody of the Last Supper.
“As you know, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26 this year contained blasphemous elements that offend God, especially a parody of the ‘Last Supper,’ which is the center of the entire life of the Church,” a translated version of the prelates’ message read.
“Christians, as well as representatives of other religions and people of good will around the world, are protesting against this,” it continued.
“We Catholics in Kazakhstan also want to offer God a prayer of reparation for the sin of blasphemy,” the prelates declared.
Accordingly, after Sunday Mass, parishes within the diocese prayed the Iesu dulcissime, translated from Latin to “most sweet Jesus,” before the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
“Most sweet Jesus, whose overflowing charity for men is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold us prostrate before you, eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries to which your loving Heart is everywhere subject,” the prayer begins.
Schneider is one of many Catholics to offer reparation after the blasphemous opening ceremony.
As LifeSiteNews previously reported, Canadian Catholics planned a number of prayer rallies in downtown Ottawa to atone for the sins committed at the Olympics.
Indeed, the ceremony is being roundly condemned on social media by Christians and non-believers alike, with many pointing to it as a “new low.”
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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said the ceremony reflected “secular fundamentalism” having “infiltrated the Olympics, even to the point of blaspheming the religion of over a billion people,” and Bishop Joseph Strickland called it a “new low for our human community.”
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