A Runner’s Thoughts: “Endurance comes to those who put in the time, the effort, and the heart.” (Kristin Armstrong) So to in the spiritual life…
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A Runner’s Thoughts: I know everything happens for a reason, but sometimes I wish I knew what the reason was.
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.” (Jimmy Buffett)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “There is no need to look for God here or there. He is no farther away than the door of your own heart.” (Meister Eckhart)
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)
A Runner's Thoughts: “We will be amazed how the greatness of God is revealed in littleness, how his beauty shines forth in the poor and simple.” (Pope Francis)
"Your expectations will not remain unfulfilled, your tears will be dried, your fears will be replaced by hope. For the Lord goes ahead of you, he walks before you. And, with him, life always begins anew." (Pope Francis) A Runner's Thoughts:
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all – (Emily Dickinson – First Stanza of her poem “Hope” is the thing with Feathers) A Runner's Thoughts: “St. Paul says that “the love of Christ compels us,” but this “compels us” can also be translated as “possesses us.” And so it is: love attracts us and sends us; it draws us in and gives us to others.” (Pope Francis)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Every day is a good day, not only Good Friday. Every day is a holy day, not only Holy Thursday. Be holy and do good every day.” (Maisie A. Smikle)
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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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