Hoc Est Enim Corpus Meum: What's the Fuss?

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Geez Louise! Jesus has been depicted in the most grotesque manner since time immemorial. Lest we forget the plastic Jesus adorning dash boards. Or the gross Sacred Heart with his heart's blood literally flowing from a crown of thorns around it. It was Seder when the man himself said "Take and eat, for this is my body." Christians of the Eucharistic and Apostolic traditions believe in either consubstantiation or transubstantiation. Religion doesn't get more goofy than that -- eating a piece of bread believing it to be God. Okay, so maybe Cavallaro took it a step further and with a bit of wry humour -- a chocolate Jesus at Easter time. OK, forget about the antioxidants, it's a tastier treat that goes a little deeper than Cadbury and all that.

Yes, and it's a Jesus with genitals. He is the Son of God and is both God and Man according to many -- men have genitals -- just in case no one noticed, the good artist put them on display and made them edible.

When a communicant receives the sacrament are they not eating the entire Christ? It's not just cheese and crackers.




From the New York Daily News:

A controversial artist outraged city Catholics yesterday with plans to display a nude 6-foot chocolate Jesus during Holy Week.

Cosimo Cavallaro's anatomically-correct candy Christ, titled "My Sweet Lord," was made from almost 200 pounds of dark chocolate. The sculpture is to be displayed in a street-level window at the Roger Smith Hotel's Lab Gallery on E. 47th St. starting Monday.

Go here for the complete article.

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