The is some amusement to be had looking up film with commentators trying to make sense of the displays of Christian prayer at the Olympics. Meseret Defar (Orthodox) carried an icon of Our Lady and the child Jesus with her on the 5000m race that she won. After the finish, she took it out, knelt down and prayed, then kissed it and showed it to the cameras several times.
The commentary was like a clip from Alan Partridge
Commentator 1 [as if she were kissing a teddy bear] Look! Aaah!You can watch it on the video at this page at 1.49.
[on seeing that it is an icon] There's obviously a message in there somewhere isn't there?
Commentator 2 Well there's a strong Christian community in Ethiopia.
Commentator 1 [haltingly] Yes.. Yes.. and I think that was the ... err ... what we saw there. [livening up again] 15.04 25 Meseret Defar...
God bless Meseret Defar! Congratulations on winning the gold medal! Thank you for your witness to our Christian faith.
3 comments:
I wonder what she made of 'Imagine' during the closing ceremony.
And I also wonder what she made of George Michael in the guise of the Ant-Christ with his deaths head belt.
Dear Father: While this is a beautiful image, it seems she is also an ambassador for the UN Population Fund, not a very Marian enterprise. I am sure her faith is strong but perhaps confused??
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