The Jesus Ball
Well, it was close, but everything is now going to be okay come this summer.
The South African Bishops have issued a World Cup prayer.
“Almighty God, creator of all, as people from every nation gather with excitement and enthusiasm for the 2010 World Cup may South Africans be good hosts, our visitors welcomed guests and the players from every team be blessed with good sportsmanship and health.”
This must be a blow to those planning on assaulting Whitey in payback for the decades of Apartheid rule in South Africa. The bishops have summoned God. Now they will unable to rob, rape and maim.
Curiously, managers have been left out of the prayer. We assume this means that Maradona has carte blanche to make an ass of himself. That’s smart thinking from the Bishops, wouldn’t want to rob the World Cup of all its entertainment value by having everyone behaving like altar boys. Then again, I’m sure the Bishops would be way more excited about this if there country was about to be run over by actual altar boys.
Full prayer text here.
