In today's Gospel reading Jesus meets His disciples on troubled waters:
When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified.
But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.---John 6:16-21
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| Top: Paris tableaux. Bottom Da Vinci's Last Supper |
In the 2024 version Jesus and the Disciples are
re-imagined on the Seine River at the opening of the Paris Olympics:
DJ and producer Barbara Butch, an LGBTQ+ icon who calls herself a “love activist,” wore a silver headdress that looked like a halo as she got a party going on a footbridge across the Seine, above parading athletes — including those from countries that criminalize LGBTQ+ people. Drag artists, dancers and others flanked Butch on both sides.
Interviews with the participants after the ceremony showed that the show wasn't just about "joy" and "artistic vision" but also the desire to mock Christianity. Unlike other religions, no one expects defenders of the faith to exact physical retribution upon the alleged blasphemers. God will judge, and God will give them reward.
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