Did You Get Your Eucharistic Revival Swag Yet?

Some had hoped the emphasis on eucharistic adoration in the congress' material — monstrances abound on the website — might mean the gathering in Indianapolis would be a source of unity between those who prefer the pre-Vatican II liturgy and those who like the novus ordo. Nope. It is hard to believe traditional Catholics, however, will approve of the "Adoration Throw Pillow" ($41.99). Dad leaning against a pillow with a symbolic image of a monstrance, while throwing back a beer and watching the game seems incongruous, even if the words "O Salutaris Hostia" are stitched into it. ...

The fleecing, however, is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that it should be obvious to all that participating in consumer culture comes at a cost. Consumerism is the enemy of the very spiritual interiority that is the objective of eucharistic adoration. It is the enemy of all interiority. It lulls people into thinking that their value consists in what they possess, not in who they are. It depersonalized the self, reducing us from children of God to consumers in the marketplace. 

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