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)
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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) A Runner’s Thoughts: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” (Oscar Wilde)
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: “Be not a whisper that is lost in the wind; be a voice that is heard above the storms of life.” (Maimonides)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” (Michelangelo)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Start being brave about everything, drive out darkness and spread light. Don’t look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.” (St. Catherine of Siena) “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” (Meister Eckhart, O.P.)
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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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