On Mar 28, in Kansas City, there was a planned Black Mass outside the Statehouse by a satanic group called Satanic Grotto led by Michael Stewart to desecrate, and mock Christ in the stolen consecrated host (which he denied later) and the Catholic Mass. This Black Mass was supposed to be held inside the building but was denied later and thus was done on the steps leading to a Statehouse. Their main planned programme went like this: (1) Denouncing the Word of God (2) Denouncing Christ (3) Desecration of the Eucharist and (4) Corruption of the Blood: a total inverse and mockery of our Catholic Mass.
I want to highlight what Michael Stewart said when he held up the host. He said,“ In my capacity as ‘priest’, I force “you” whether you like it or not to descend into this host.” Who is this “you” that he was referring? If he meant ‘Jesus’, he did not have to force him to descend into the consecrated host because Jesus is the host. Moreover, a demonic ritual cannot be calling on the name of Jesus, can it? If it was the demon that he was forcing, then he should know Jesus drives out demons every time in the scriptures.
Obviously, he recognized that our consecrated host is the Body and Blood of Christ and not just any piece of bread. Why would the demonic priest want to desecrate a piece of bread if he himself did not believe that it was the Body of Christ? The very fact that he did not go after the bread and wine consecrated in other types of churches besides the Catholic Church, just verify for us the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. This is a really good proof for those of us who still have doubts about the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Very often, we read in the scriptures that the devils are the ones who are most sensitive to Jesus, and they recognize Him immediately when they see Him.
Only a person filled with hatred for Jesus and consciously rejected Jesus would say things like” ..we would drive the nails deeper into your hands, we would press down the crown of thorns on your brow… impotent king, fugitive God, silent God!”, such awful description of our God and Jesus. But all was not lost that day. It stirred up in the hearts of a few hundred Catholics to come together to pray for the reparation of this sin against God Himself. The most outstanding incident was just when the demonic priest, Michael Stewart after mocking and profaning Jesus in the Eucharist, threw the host on the ground and was about to desecrate it by stomping on it, a heroic Catholic man named Randy (who did not want to go public) stopped the whole ceremony when he sprang forward, threw himself on the ground, consumed as many broken pieces of the host as he could.
After that, the same demonic priest wanted to consecrate Kansas City to Satan. This time another heroic man by name of Schroeder snatched the paper with the written ritual out of his hands and stopped the process before the police tackled, handcuffed and arrested Michael. Unfortunately, Schroeder was also arrested for disorderly conduct.
Apart from those two heroic acts, the Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City also stood up to the occasion when he called Catholics to pray and made reparation of sins for the offenders. He sued the Satanists over the theft of the host from a church.
My reflection is: How many of us will do what Randy did?
Nowadays we no longer receive the host on our tongues. Unless we are vigilant, hosts can be brought out of the Church without our knowledge quite easily. We really need our Altar servers and wardens to be vigilant especially during big feast days when there are lots of people and not enough wardens or altar servers. The communion ministers can also play a very important part in this, especially when the parishioners come up to receive the Eucharist. There are some gestures which can suggest that the recipients are not usual church goers: the way they hold up their hands or don’t say ‘Amen”, hesitant face expressions and the like. The rest of us can also play our part to inform the authority if we notice something unusual.
Although we do not wish to see others mocking or profaning our Eucharist, we, Catholic too should be more mindful of Him in the Eucharist. 1 Cor 11:27 says, “Therefore, whoever eats and drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.” We should be in a state of ‘grace’ when we want to receive the body of Christ. Just because everyone lines up for Holy Communion should not give us the pressure to go as well if we know we are not in the state of ‘grace’. Sinning against the Body of Christ is far more serious than our little embarrassment. Right?
