The Marmite Messiah
05/29/09 - Odd Articles
“The Lord manifests himself in many ways – on the bottom of a frying pan, in a baby scan and on a burnt fish finger, for instance. His latest appearance is equally unlikely – on a Marmite jar lid. At least that’s how the Allen family have interpreted the gooey residue on the inside of it. Mother-of-three Claire Allen, 36, saw the image when she was preparing toast for her youngest boy Robbie, four. ‘I opened the Marmite jar and the lid caught my eye,’ she said. ‘Immediately I thought, that’s Jesus. ‘It wasn’t a new jar, but I’d never noticed that before.’ She showed the lid to her older boys Jamie, 14, and Tomas, 11. ‘They both thought it looked like the images of Jesus you see in paintings and on stained glass windows.” w/ photos
