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So you believe that the ACTUAL AND LITERAL Body of Christ is sitting on a Supermarket shelf before the Church buys it and hands it out at Communion?
So average people who go into the store and buy the same crackers/wafers and eat them are ingesting the ACTUAL Body Christ as part of their dinner.

You actually believe this?

No.

Straw man.

The wafers used in the Catholic church are specially prepared for that purpose. They are never near a supermarket.

Moreover, the wafers do not become the Body of Christ until the priest celebrates the Mass. (Usually an altar boy rings a bell three times to call your attention to this event.)

I believe the Communion is a spiritual representation of Christ's flesh and blood.

And that is why you can't take communion in a Catholic church. You don't share the beliefs of the community, it would be contrary to your own beliefs, and discourteous as a guest as well.

I don't take communion in the Episcopal church any more, since when I joined the Catholic Church I subscribed to the Catholic view of the invalidity of Anglican Orders. Therefore, the consecration is not valid; therefore, I should not partake.