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A Runner’s Thoughts: “Faith begins when we realize we are in need of salvation. We are not self-sufficient; by ourselves we flounder we need the Lord, like ancient navigators needed the stars. Let us invite Jesus into the boats of our lives. Let us hand over our fears to him so that he can conquer them.” (Pope Francis)
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A Runner’s Thoughts: “Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.” (William Barclay, Scottish Theologian)
A Runner's Thoughts: “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” (Aristotle
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: “I can’t change the world but I can change the world in me. if I rejoice.” (From the Song “Rejoice” by U2)
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) Perhaps the best example that St. Joseph gives us!
A Runner’s Thoughts: “For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) A Runner's Thoughts: "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice." (See Hosea 6:6)
“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” (Roy T. Bennett)
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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
February 2023
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