A Runner’s Thoughts: Let us think about the way that we live life as having two distinct parts. I will call them the outward journey, and the inward journey. The outward is what we encounter as we live life, creation, people, sounds, experiences, how we feel, the places we go, the things we do, the people we meet. The inward is what we encounter about ourselves. How we are feeling. What struggles we have physically, emotionally and spiritually. What we bring to the living of life that is within us, good and bad. Both parts of our journey through life are physical, emotional and spiritual. So, let us be aware, let us listen, and let us focus outwardly and inwardly because each part can bring us to God.
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A Runner’s Thoughts: As we live life today let us consider the unknown and known God that we worship and then ask ourselves, How can we make this day a time for rediscovering the grace of the God – in whom “we live and move and have our being?”
A Runner’s Thoughts: Let us remember in the midst of life when things get harder, when we get tired, when we are climbing a steep hill, when we don’t feel like continuing, when it just don’t seem worth it, that these are reminders to come home to our breath, to the awareness that God is with us! (Adapted from Roger Joslin)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator.” (Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” (Michael Jordan) This is certainly good advice for all of us on our spiritual journey…
A Runner’s Thoughts: “I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God, who loves us and who wants to save us.” (St. Oscar A. Romero)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don’t have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.” (Amby Burfoot) This is true in whatever we are doing, this is true in the living of life…
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.” (Meister Eckhart)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.” (Mahatma Gandhi) |
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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