Mon Apr 24, 2023 – 4:47 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — If not for one man’s encounter with St. Padre Pio, a burgeoning pro-life apostolate might have never come to fruition.
Dr. Pat Castle, founder of the LIFE Runners apostolate, is my guest on today’s episode of The John-Henry Westen Show. He tells the incredible story of how his miraculous run up a mountain — with Padre Pio, no less — led to the creation of LIFE Runners.
In 2006, Castle was running a half marathon up a 14,000-foot mountain, aiming to finish with a time of no more than three hours. He narrates the story in terms of the prayers he offered up to God, and he remembers a loud, clear voice telling him how far he was from the top of the mountain.
“So my third prayer was a surrender prayer: ‘Lord, I surrender this desire of my heart to you and your glory. If you do not want me to break three hours racing up [the mountain], this little, small desire in my heart, no problem. May you be glorified,” he recounts.
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