[ArrogantBustard]

Glorified body ...

Unless you eat (chew, gnaw on) the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His Blood, you have no life within you.

This IS my body ... this IS the cup of my blood ... do THIS in remembrance of me.

If you want to argue with Jesus about it, be my guest. I take Him at His word.

The Holy Eucharist is not denial of the incarnation. It's a worship of God, and a celebration of His resurrection.

[armydoc]

Glorified body ... Unless you eat (chew, gnaw on) the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His Blood, you have no life within you. This IS my body ... this IS the cup of my blood ... do THIS in remembrance of me. If you want to argue with Jesus about it, be my guest. I take Him at His word. The Holy Eucharist is not denial of the incarnation. It's a worship of God, and a celebration of His resurrection.

Will a consecrated host suffer decay?

Did the Good Thief fulfill the eucharist requirement?

Do you remember that old anti-drug commercial with the eggs in the frying pan: "This is your brain.... This is your brain on drugs"? A very clever visual device wasn't it? It wasn't meant to be literal and nobody took it that way. Jesus used the same imagery- showing how his body would be broken, his blood shed. Then doing a physical act (consuming) that represents the ONLY way we appropriate the Grace He provided- true belief. Faith. We "consume" Him, make Him part of us, by our faith. Jesus could have talked for hours about what real faith looks like- but this demonstration beautifully, concisely conveyed the meaning.