Just received this email from someone who participated the Eucharistic Congress in Atlanta. Some 35,000 people were there to share in the one faith that brings people together around Eucharist - the Food!

Hello Father Leo! I am so grateful that I was able to attend your Saturday, general track talk at the Eucharistic Conference in Atlanta this past weekend. I now have a better understanding of the sacred nature of the family meal, and enormous insight into my own life-long struggles with food. I’ve been taught that the devil attacks what is most sacred and perverts it. You hear this concept frequently in the theology of the body regarding eroticism. I sat DUMB-STRUCK in my chair when I realized this is how I’ve been fooled regarding food my entire life. Food is always the enemy for me - everyday, and every family gathering is intensely uncomfortable because of the emphasis on food. I know this is disordered, and I know how to control it for the most part (although I fall into the extremes more often that I’d like). What I never knew before was why, and figuring this out has brought me IMMENSE PEACE! So many people suffer from eating disorders, and it makes family meals so stressful because you don’t want others to see how little or how much you are eating. Knowing in some sense that this is a divisive trick to separate me from my loved ones, and then being able to willfully say, “No - I will enjoy this meal with my family” is so liberating! Thank you so much, Father, for bringing me to this realization. God bless your ministry!

-M-

Great to hear that our message truly does feed the body, mind and soul!

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