Along with everyone else, I am rather miffed by the impact on London especially (though I hear that there are draconian restrictions on some people elsewhere) and Boris's voice shouting at us over the loudspeakers on the tube ordering us to "geddahed of the gaaaames" does not really help.
This sort of thing motivates me to look up things on the internet such confirmation of the story that the Olympic torch was invented by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics (it's true); and to giggle at the front cover of this week's Private Eye which shows two Police service personnel holding what I think must be Heckler and Koch submachine guns from the MP5 range ("Probably the most popular series of submachine guns in the world, it functions according to the proven roller-delayed blowback principle.") The speech bubble reads
Just put down the Pepsi can and no one will get hurtThere, well I didn't try very hard really. So let me give news of an event which might give consolation to Catholic bloggers. The official C2012 Press Release reports that:
On the evening of Wednesday 25th July, as the first Olympic football matches take place across Britain, a Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) in the Extraordinary Form will be offered in Bow for Olympic Peace.The parish Church of Our Lady and St Catherine of Siena in Bow is at the epicentre of the whole shebang so kudos to Fr Michael Dunne for arranging this and for keeping his Church open until midnight each day so that people can visit.
And yes, I do hope that the Olympics foster peace between nations, that the athletes stick firm to the principle that taking part is more important than winning, and that everyone has a lovely time. Just remember: "Every Pepsi Refreshes The World"
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We're all Pepsists round here...
We're all Pepsists round here.
I do think that it is sad that this event meant to bring people together in peace and friendship should now show by the London militarised zone that there has never been a time in history where there was so little peace and friendship. That is the trouble. If a bomb goes off and kills people there will be hysteria and the government must demonstrate it did everytning possible to avoid the situarion. This demands an over the top approach. I will watch the games and I will pray for the3 athletes who worked so hard to achieve their prowess. Perhaps a sermon on why we should work as hard on our souls as these people do on their game or sport would not be amiss.
There will be a day of prayer with Blessed Sacrament exposed at Our Ladye Star of the Sea on Crooms Hill in Greenwich on Monday (30th), to coincide with Cross-Country horse event. Starts at 9 with Morning Prayer and finishes at 6 with Mass.
Well, it's nice to see Bishop Williamson getting in the London 2012 mood.
When I heard back in 2005 that London had won the dubious honour of hosting this four-yearly drug-fest with the taxpayer footing the bill (which could have easily paid for an aircraft carrier) my heart sank. The opening ceremony based on Dr Goebbels's 1936 plan is bad enough, but it now known that sport is bad for you - athletes get awful problems in later life and the rest of us become couch-potatoes watching something which is not worth watching in the first place.
I shall except cricket, the proper game at least, not the limited over version which is the OF of cricket.
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