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“Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.” (St. Pope John XXIII)
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A Runner’s Thoughts: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” (Albert Einstein)
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: “Love is the guarantee that the life of the Spirit is growing in us. Love is the sign of the Holy Spirit at work in the Church and in the world.” (Thomas Merton)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” (Bill Keane)
A Runner’s Thoughts: A few years ago on Trinity Sunday, Fr. Paul Ruttle, C.P. opened his homily on our televised mass, The Sunday Mass, by asking the congregation what 1+1+1 equals. One of the young high school students in the congregation yelled out 3! Fr. Paul said on any other day, at any other time you would be right but today you are wrong, because today 1+1+1=1. The person of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit equal one God.
You might say we are not using new math or old math; we are using Church math! Happy Trinity Sunday! A Runner’s Thoughts: You only ever grow as a human being if you’re outside your comfort zone. (Percy Cerutty) So to in the spiritual life…
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: “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” (William Shakespeare)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.” (Ronald Rook) So too in the spiritual life...
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