Jesus... Breakfast Of Champions

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+

Daily Divinity

I'm just the kind of person...

Always searching for signs, seeking the Divinity in every day life,

Looking for God in the little things, little ways, little sights and sounds.

I know He is there waiting for us to find him, if only we open our eyes.

My life depends on Him so I'm just that kind of person.

I was out for an evening walk the other day, it was dusk and the sun was setting.
For a winter's night, the sky was unusually clear and crisp.
As I rounded the corner, headed west on the final stretch towards home,

the sky lit up in glory and  "Light Up The Sky", by The Afters, came on my ipod.
I could hardly believe how the words fit perfectly to the glowing sky before me.  


I couldn't resist snapping some pictures with the camera on my phone while I walked. .Just had to share a few of the photos... I was amazed how beautiful they turned out, just using a phone camera!

"Light Up The Sky"

When I'm feeling all alone,

with so far to go,

The signs are nowhere on this road,

Guiding me home.

When the night is closing in,

Its falling on my skin,

Oh, God will You come close?

[Chorus]

Light, light, light up the sky,

You light up the sky to show me You are with me.

I, I, I can't deny,

No I can't deny that You are right here with me.

You've opened my eyes,

So I can see You all around me.

Light, light, light up the sky,

You light up the sky to show me, 

That You are with me.

When stars are hiding in the clouds, 

I don't feel them shining.

When I can't see beyond my doubt,

The silver lining.

When I've almost reached the end,

Like a flood You're rushing in,

Your love is rushing in.

[Chorus]

So I run straight into Your arms.

You're the bright and morning sun.

To show Your love, there's nothing You won't do.

[Chorus]

You are with me,

 You are with me.

He never fails to reveal himself, just when we need it the most!

"Every little glimpse that can be gained of God exceeds every pain

and every joy that man can conceive without it."

~St. Catherine of Genoa~