Christ also told the woman at the well that he would give her “living water” so that she would never go thirsty and she would have eternal life.
So perhaps churches should start the ritual of “the living water” so that such consecrated waters also convey saving grace just in case the living presence in the “bread and cup” is working.
I mean no disrespect to our Lord...but these were all metaphors our Lord was using to describe the transactions of life and grace transmitted to the inner man by the Holy Spirit “day by day” as Paul describes. You read the Bible, you pray and commune in the Spirit and you get life transmitted to you. Christ said “it wasn’t by BREAD ALONE” we live but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Father”
Your comment: “So perhaps churches should start the ritual of “the living water”
The Catholic Church has the Sacrament of Baptism with water.
Perhaps you shouldn’t mock the words of Jesus in promising us “the living water”.