A Runner's Thoughts: “Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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A Runner's Thoughts: “You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.” (Charlie Chaplin)
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. Pope John XXIII)
A Runner's Thoughts: “God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner's Thoughts: “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.” (Thomas Merton)
A Runner's Thoughts: “Instead of imposing new obligations, (Christians) should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner's Thoughts:
God of love, help us to always remember That Christ has no body now on earth but ours No hands but ours, No feet but ours Ours are the eyes to see the needs of the world. Ours are the hands with which to bless everyone now. Ours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Amen. (Adapted from Prayer by Saint Teresa of Avila) A Runner's Thoughts: “Fear is something I try not to absorb.” (Mark E. Smith) And remember love casts out fear! (1 John 4:18)
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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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