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So often, even when we stop to say a blessing before a meal, we__e mentally preparing to spoon some pasta or potatoes onto our plates. We__e not usually focused on the present moment, simply placing ourselves before our food and entering into the still, slow space where eating is done for eating__ sake and not something we do simply to get to the next thing on our list.
Mary DeTurris Poust Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
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So often, even when we stop to say a blessing before a meal, we__e mentally preparing to spoon some pasta or potatoes onto our plates. We__e not usually focused on the present moment, simply placing ourselves before our food and entering into the still, slow space where eating is done for eating__ sake and not something we do simply to get to the next thing on our list.
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Mary DeTurris Poust

Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

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