A Runner's Thoughts: “Training is principally an act of faith.” (Franz Stampfl) Judge the quality of your run by the steadfastness of your movement towards the presence of God. Run strong because you are not alone!
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A Runner's Thoughts: “God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.” (Billy Mills) Remember every run has the potential to become a quest for life's meaning in the midst of the unexciting!
A Runner's Thoughts: I know I can run a marathon, ironically something I couldn’t do in my younger years. This aging thing isn’t so bad after all. (Jim Miller)
A Runner's Thoughts: “Running defines me. It is a euphoric feeling I look forward to every day. It keeps me connected to life.” (Allan Steinfield) So run without fear today, breathe, run and permit the spirit of God's loving presence to be in each stride you take!
A Runner's Thoughts: As you run today let your run become a sacred act in which you run through pain, tiredness, aches and cold not alone but with God.
A Runner's Thoughts: Running is a lot like life, sometimes it is energizing and sometimes it isn't but it always has meaning!
Today's Runner's Thoughts: “To get to the finish line, you’ll have to try lots of different paths.” (Amby Burfoot) So to in the spiritual life…
Running By Faith: “For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.” (Dean Karnazes). So to in the spiritual life…there are no days off from faith, a formal prayer might end, Sunday mass might be finished, but our faith and friendship with God never ends.
Running By Faith Today: “God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.” (Billy Mills) Happy New Year runners, may the wind always be at your back and may you run each day with purpose, meaning and the presence of God!
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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
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