A Runner's Thoughts: “Situations can change; people can change. Be the first to seek to bring good. Do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it with good.” (Pope Francis)
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A Runner's Thoughts: “St. Catherine of Siena once write to a young friend, discerning his life’s course, that if he was who he was created to be, he could set the world on fire.” (Taken from Daily Reflections for Lent – Michelle Francl-Donnay) Might this not be good advice for all of us?
A Runner's Thoughts: “Let us meet at the foot of the cross, where we will find strength and courage.” (St. Bernadette Soubirous)
A Runner's Thoughts: “Let us never tire, therefore, of seeking the Lord—of letting ourselves be sought by him—of tending over our relationship with him in silence and prayerful listening. Let us keep our gaze fixed on him, the center of time and history; let us make room for his presence within us.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner's Thoughts: “We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
A Runner's Thoughts: “Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” (St. John XXIII)
A Runner's Thoughts: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
A Runner’s Thoughts: Remember the little miracles of God that we encounter during the living of life are not because we are finished growing but are because we find the courage each day to begin anew!
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” (St. Francis Of Assisi)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what keeps us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, and all of those voices that tell you what you can and cannot do and can and cannot be.” (John "The Penguin" Bingham)
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Fr. Paul R. Fagan, C.P. "Preacher on the Run!"A thought from time to time about Running and Life! Archives
April 2024
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