I just love the Olympics! I know I'm not alone in my eager anticipation of the summer games in less than a week. I am always amazed at the stories of courage and perseverance that get featured about the athletes; I really enjoy those. There are some true champions that emerge to inspire all ages. On the flip side, I have also read about some disturbing activities that go on in the Olympic Village among the athletes. It leaves me disappointed and wondering about what it really takes to make a balanced champion in this day, taking into account both body and soul. Ultimately, we must take care of our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit,
(1 Corinthians 6:19) also keeping in mind what it takes to nourish our souls. As the old saying goes...You are what you eat.
I can't help but be grateful for our Catholic Christian faith that teaches us the truth about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In the spirit of thanksgiving, we must not forget our beloved priests who, in Persona Christi, bring us the Eucharist. Without them, there would be no Eucharist, no Church. God bless their hands that bring us the bread of life, fuel for our body and soul. In the gift of the Mass, they stand with Jesus all around the world, 365 days a year. Each and every day, with no exceptions, He, the Savior of the world, waits on the altar to give us fuel for our bodies and souls.
Each day, He invites us to the greatest love story ever told.
Each day, He is there for us and there is no greater joy than to receive Him...The perfect and selfless gift. As His body and blood permeates our own bodies as vessels of His love, He sustains us like no other food can or ever will. He is the ultimate "super food," designed to help us gain heaven. Using the Olympics as an analogy, our gold medal lies waiting for us in the victory of heaven. As we train our bodies and souls for this ultimate goal, we have the perfect fuel to get us there... Jesus...Breakfast of champions.
This was one of those Holy Spirit moments that came to me on a recent morning prayer walk. I had been suffering from an overload of whining from the children for having to get up "early" during summer vacation for daily Mass a few days a week. (7 AM is our only daily Mass) I started questioning myself for being the "mean parent" who makes their kids go to church while other neighbor kids get to sleep in. Well, question no more, this epiphany was an answer to prayer. As a parent who desires that my children be champions of the Lord, I've just found our new motto for daily Mass...Jesus, breakfast of champions. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, there can be nothing better than breakfast with Jesus. Now that's a physical regimen sure to produce better results than the Olympic games...Off to convince my sleepy heads that we are a Team in Training!
"LIVE on Him that you may live for Him."
+St. John Vianney+
I love that! We don't go every morning, but mine also have been known to whine on the mornings we do. No matter, I know our day goes better when it starts with that "breakfast of champions"!!
ReplyDeleteNice post...what a wonderful way to see morning Mass!
ReplyDeleteAnother grand slam post, Tiffany! I loved the phrase "you are what you eat!" So absolutely true. And the "breakfast of champions" will be heard inside my house from now on as well! God bless!
ReplyDeleteLove this post Tiffany! "Breakfast of Champions"-what a great analogy and I will never look at a box of Wheaties the same again...:) That's a Wheaties phrase right? :)
ReplyDeletePS: I'm pinning your post here to my "Catholic Kid Stuff" Pinterest board hoping to come back to your post on my board at the start of the Olympics or when my children complain about morning mass :)
ReplyDeleteTiffany, I always get nourished here at your little corner of the blog world. I love how you tied Christ into the Olympic games. Jesus is truly everywhere. he can be seen in every aspect of our lives. And what better way to put our best foot forward every day than to start off with Christ as our breakfast of champions!! thanks for a lovely post.
ReplyDeleteThis is a timely post for me. I'm really struggling with getting to daily Mass and always seem to find some excuse. My goal is to get there one day a week. Thanks for this. I'm going to talk to the bigger kids and get our daily Mass day picked and on the calendar. We'll start with one day and see where that goes.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless you!
Thank you, ladies, for always visiting me and leaving such kind and supportive words of encouragement...Love you all:)
ReplyDeleteI love it Tiffany! Jesus is the breakfast of champions!! I'm impressed too, 7am is very early to get kids up for mass. Well done, mama!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this wonderful post Tiffany! God bless you, dear!
ReplyDeleteFabulous post, Tiffany! Good for you getting your crew to Mass each day for the perfect breakfast to fuel their bodies, minds and souls :-) He truly is the breakfast of champions! Love that!
ReplyDeleteLovely post, Tiffany! You always come up with inspiring ways to look at things.
ReplyDeleteTiffany, I love this idea! What a great, easy, and most importantly, memorable way to instill in your children about the importance of the mass. Really beautiful. And big kudos to you for getting everybody up and out the door for 7:00am mass. As always, you inspire me!
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