A Runner’s Thoughts: “Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.” (Jimmy Buffett) Thus, as we run let us look at our run in this way today, everywhere we put our foot today we will feel the presence of God. God is our friend and our closeness to our friend God is in the placement of our foot with each stride we take during our run. We run today knowing that God is underneath us, beside us, with and within us!
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A Runner’s Thoughts: “Succeeding in running should be seen as an allegory for succeeding in every aspect of life. Set goals, plan out how to achieve them, then stick to the plan.” (Kim Griffin)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “That's the thing about running: Your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is.” (Kara Goucher) And so to in the spiritual life our best days are when we realize just how much God loves us!
A Runner’s Thoughts: “For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.” (George Sheehan) So to in the spiritual life…
A Runner's Thoughts: “Endurance comes to those who put in the time, the effort, and the heart.” (Kristin Armstrong) So to in the spiritual life…faith comes to those who put in the time, the effort and the heart when it come to a relationship with God. Happy Easter to all runners, walkers and those who move through life in other way. A specially shout out to all who will run the Boston Marathon tomorrow, especially Mark Monahan! Relax today and have a great race tomorrow, enjoy and be safe!
A Runner's Thoughts: As runners, walker or movers through life in faith we always need to persevere. Perseverance requires faith that the path we have chosen is the right path. Wherever it takes us we will grow in the presence of God if we are willing to persevere.
A Runner's Thoughts: If we truly want to be a spiritual runner then we must remember that with every time we run we embark on a path where we can expect surprises, missteps, little jumps and sometimes great leaps toward a personal understanding of God.
A Runner’s Thoughts: Run in the presence of God. In order to do this, as you run, simply imagine God is with you constantly on the run. It does not matter how you image God. Just take whatever image of God you have and allow that image to accompany you on your run.
A Runner’s Thoughts: If, in running we desire is to connect with God, to pray, then that is what we are doing. Keeping that desire at the forefront of our thoughts and remaining conscious of our intent is very important. Remember seek God and you will find God in every good thing!
A Runner’s Thoughts: Let us run with a spirit of gratefulness. Before we begin our run let us declare our intentions to look upon all we encounter with the freshness of the unexpected. The let us run with a sense of miraculous expectation and allow our feelings of gratitude for the extraordinary and the ordinary to flow through our beings. (Adapted from Running the Spiritual Path by Roger Joslin)
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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
May 2023
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