Mary Deturris Poust said this quote

“ We are always hungry and never satisfied because we don’t trust and won’t risk. Can we reach a place where we are satisfied with just enough? You are enough. You have enough. Do not worry about tomorrow. God will provide in our lives just as God provides in the Eucharist. ”

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When we infuse our actions with a focus on God and on the many blessings we receive in even the most mundane moments of our lives, we create sacred rituals that bring a sense of holiness, a sense of wholeness, to what we do and who we are. Like the Eucharistic feast that nourishes our heart and soul, every meal we eat with mindfulness[,] each bite we take with gratitude, has the power to transform us inside and out, for all time.

~ Mary Deturris Poust

Mary Deturris Poust Catholic Eating Food Mindful Eating Mindfulness Prayer Spiritual Life The Eucharist Transformation

When we link our eating and our prayer and begin to see food as part of a much bigger picture, rather than the focal point of our entire lives, we reshape the way we think, the way we act, and the way we interact.

~ Mary Deturris Poust

Mary Deturris Poust Eating Food Prayer

Even if you can’t be totally mindful at every meal, if you can say a blessing, silently if necessary, or offer up a prayer for someone, something beyond yourself and your food, the prayer helps to transform eating into something that affects not only our hunger at that moment but the greater world.

~ Mary Deturris Poust

Mary Deturris Poust Eating Faith Food Mindful Eating Mindfulness Prayer

Taken slowly, or mindfully, even eating an orange or a bowl of soup, or a small piece of dark chocolate for that matter, can take on the flavor or prayer.

~ Mary Deturris Poust

Mary Deturris Poust Faith Food Mindful Eating Mindfulness Prayer