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nourishment. What is nourishment?. Noun The substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition. Food. What ways can we be Nourished?. Body: Our bodies need a healthy balanced diet to keep us fit and well. Mind: Our minds need to be fed an interesting, stimulating diet. Soul.
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What is nourishment? • Noun • The substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition. • Food.
What ways can we be Nourished? • Body: Our bodies need a healthy balanced diet to keep us fit and well. • Mind: Our minds need to be fed an interesting, stimulating diet. • Soul
Way to Nourish our Body • Fresh food and vegetables • Lean proteins • Take it easy on the fat, salt, sugar, preservatives, processed foods. • These all feed our physical health, growth, fitness and energy levels.
Way to Nourish our Mind • Reading good quality literature provokes our minds to think, create pictures, construct scenes in our imaginations. • We construct in thoughts and in imagery the scenes that we have read, perhaps playing them out in our minds, revisiting them later, exploring alternative storylines. • Quizzes • Jig-saw puzzles • Challenging games like chess or bridge
Way to Nourish our Soul • Bonding and friendship • Time spent with nature, children and animals often feed a persons’ spirit and inner core. • Finding an inner sense of peace, quiet and comfort is very healing and supportive. • Meditation, prayer, time in nature and complete stillness or quiet are ways to feed our spirit. • Religion
How does the Eucharist Nourish us? • The Eucharist nourishes our soul and out lives. • The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion is "given up for us," and the blood we drink "shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins.” • The Eucharist nourishes us for our Christian journey