Clergy and laity alike must be a voice for the voiceless— signs of contradiction— sentinels for Christ. There can be no compromise with evil. Like the saints before us, our hearts should be moved by this staunch conviction. But as with the Eucharistic Christians and martyrs of old, a price will be paid. The Eucharist is the ultimate expression of the paschal mystery from the depths of the passion to the heights of the resurrection. We must be disposed so as to be transformed and to become what we receive. We must die with Christ if we hope to live with him. While we have endured much noise about a weaponization of the Eucharist, in truth it is the pacification of the sacrament that most distorts what it signifies and goes hand-in-hand with surrender to the challenges of secular modernity. We must not allow this.
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