Patron Saint of Running
by Is there a patron saint of runners? Anyone who knows anything at all about Catholicism knows that there is a patron saint for anything and everything. YES, this means that there’s even a patron saint for us runners.
Category: spirit
“Beloved Athletes…” Saint John Paul II’s Address to Italian Olympic Medal Winners
Saint John Paul II: Sports offers opportunity for Spiritual Elevation
Note: A copy of this address was published in the newspaper L’Osservatore Romano Weekly English Edition It was given during the 1984 Olympic Games. Abbreviated copies are available all over …
The Runner’s Prayer
“Run By My Side”
This delightful prayer has been floating around the interwebs for some time, in posts and images shared to blogs and social media. It’s usually under the title “Runner’s Prayer” or “Run By My Side.”
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5 Short Prayers for Your Next Run
It’s well-known that mantras work for runners. A mantra, used in this sense, is “a statement or slogan repeated frequently.” They act as an abbreviated version of positive self-talk, and we runners need all the positivity we can get …
