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Run to Win: The Olympics in Scripture

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August 12, 2012 Deacon Rick Bauer (note: the following images were used as slides during this homily)   Today we will take a break from fires and shootings and the election, and talk about what everyone else in the world is talking about—the Olympic Games. Our own parish of Our Lady of the Pines is no stranger to the Olympics. Zeke Jones, a member here, is a coach of the Greco-Roman wrestling team at the London Olympic Games. He won a silver in wrestling in the Barcelona Games 8 years ago. His protege, Jordan Burroughs, just won a gold medal in wrestling in London. Jordan was given some grief because a few days before he left for London, Jordan posted, "all I see is gold." You may be criticized for being arrogant, but I'm told that it was all about Jordan's focus, the radical focus an Olympic athlete has to have in order to succeed. We'll talk about that later today. History tells us that the Olympic Games began in the 7th century before Ch