A Runner’s Thoughts: “O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.” (O Antiphon) “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” (Maya Angelou)
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A Runner’s Thoughts: “Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable.”
(Richard Rohr) 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, Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “And here the first word that I wish to say to you: joy! Do not be men and women of sadness: a Christian can never be sad! Never give way to discouragement! Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it.” (St. John of the Cross)
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. John XXIII) and “Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.” (St. Lucy)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “We ask Mary that, as the first disciple, she teach us to remain watching, that she accompany us in patience, strengthen us in hope; we ask that she lead us towards the meeting with her Risen Son; that she free us from fear, so that we cans hear the announcement of the angel... to announce it to others who need it so much.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner's Thoughts: “For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.” (Meister Eckhart)
A Runner's Thought: “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy” (Thomas Merton)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “You can run full speed into a door that is closed or you can pull back just a little and go through the open door.” (John Bingham) So let God help you find that open door… Feel the touch of God in your life today…
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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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