In my circles, I probably take Communion more seriously than most.  This post, from PZ Myers, who according to Nature magazine has the No. 1 science blog on the net, should cause anyone to pause and reflect on just what the Lord's Supper means to them.

Myers, a famous (or is it infamous) atheist describes his desecration of the Eucharist (communion wafer) stolen from a Catholic church:

I thought of a simple, quick thing to do: I pierced it with a rusty nail (I hope Jesus's tetanus shots are up to date). And then I simply threw it in the trash, followed by the classic, decorative items of trash cans everywhere, old coffeegrounds and a banana peel. My apologies to those who hoped for more, but the worst I can do is show my unconcerned contempt.

Like looking at a car accident, I could not quit reading, despite the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.  I'm still can't shake the uneasy feeling I have hours later.  How does one respond to something like this?

Rod Dreher posts his opinion of the issue:

If you think about it, P.Z. Myers has done far more to damage himself than anything any of us might do. With his Satanic pride and diabolical act, he has put himself in serious danger of hell — and that's far worse than any worldly sanction we might (justly) see applied to him.

Dreher goes on to suggest that rather than responding with anger and outrage....Love might be a better witness:

There can be no doubt that Myers is an enemy of God, and of Christians. He wants to be. But from a Christian point of view, there can also be no doubt that he is a creature of the Most High, Who loves him, and that God's heart would be grieved to lose this self-tortured man to eternity. St. Silouan teaches that we must take care not to do anything that interferes with a man's salvation.

It's plain that the raging of Christians only feeds Myers' hatred. But what would he do if the response to his hideous blasphemy is ... love? What would he do if Catholics and other Christians, and even sympathetic members of other faiths, turned up en masse on his campus simply to pray quietly for him? What kind of witness would that be to the wider culture? How might that make straight the path to salvation for P.Z. Myers, and many who now admire him? Wouldn't that be blessing those who persecute you, as Christ commands us to do?

P.Z. Myers has provided quite a witness for what militant atheism is capable of. Let's provide a counterwitness for what faithful Christianity is capable of. God may work a miracle in that man's life yet (consider the example of Saul). Let's not get in the way of the work of redemption in this lost man's life. As much as we can, let's answer hate with love.

That really is our only response isn't it.  As Jesus explaine about the sheep, the coin and the young son (Luke 15), the lost matter to God.