Quotes by Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

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We are always hungry and never satisfied because we don’t trust and won’t risk. Can we reach a place where we are satisf — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
When we infuse our actions with a focus on God and on the many blessings we receive in even the most mundane moments of — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
When we link our eating and our prayer and begin to see food as part of a much bigger picture, rather than the focal poi — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Even if you can’t be totally mindful at every meal, if you can say a blessing, silently if necessary, or offer up a pray — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Taken slowly, or mindfully, even eating an orange or a bowl of soup, or a small piece of dark chocolate for that matter, — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
By becoming aware of God’s Spirit, by slowing down and paying attention to the tastes and sounds and smells of the food — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Food and eating often mask our pain, our inner longing for God, for acceptance. It is key to know our motivation for eat — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
We cling to the comfortable rather than step out into the possible. — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Jesus tells us: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ (Mk 12:31). How can we love our neighbor if we can’t or won’t love ours — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
We’re hungry for acceptance—from ourselves even more than from others—for love, for fulfillment, for peace. We’re hungry — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Our culture tries to convince us on just about every front that more is better. More is a sign of wealth, luxury, power. — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
So often, even when we stop to say a blessing before a meal, we’re mentally preparing to spoon some pasta or potatoes on — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
prepare your food in keeping with monastic traditions—simple, basic, healthy, balanced. — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Whether we are feasting or fasting or somewhere in between, food should have a sacred role in our lives. It can be somet — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Only by emptying ourselves out before God will we find fullness within ourselves. — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
not every breakfast needs to be something worthy of posting to a food blog. Sometimes food is simply fuel, something we — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
How we prepare our food, how we consume our food really makes a difference in how our food satisfies us and shapes the r — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
We can’t go from zero to sixty in a day or even a week when it comes to shifting our food-habit gears. We have to take b — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
yelling while eating was like swallowing anger. It’s simply not good for us. It leaves us unhappy and unsatisfied, as if — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
Just as the Eucharist fuels our soul and our spirit, good healthful meals fuel our bodies for the work God calls each of — Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God