That our bodies are so deeply configured in ways antithetical to the body of Christ could be a cause for despair. But Christian resistance entails not despair but repentance, a repentance we enact within the wider eucharistic context of Christ’s presence as we kneel or bow our heads and confess our sins. We repent rather than despair because we learn to embody the truth that God has not abandoned us but remains present, a material presence celebrated and welcomed as we gather around the Lord’s Table.