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Disclaimer: I am not impressed with piety. I don't care too much for religious objects. I am impressed with power that has the ability to change a life. I am impressed with Christ, the hope of glory, in the believer. My faith is not in the church. I don't look to the church to affirm or confirm my faith in Christ. My faith is in Jesus the Anointed One. He is my Savior, the Messiah, the soon coming King of Kings. My relationship with Christ needs no priest or pastor. Jesus is my high priest.

I have no problem believing that God has the power to make Jesus physically present in Communion. However, I'm not convinced by the Word or the Holy Spirit in me - that He does. I believe that Jesus explains to His confused disciples the deeper meaning of His unpalatable statement "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you..." , when he concludes His John 6 discourse with this statement: “It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63). Regarding the early church fathers. They were not unanimous on many subjects including the real presence. In John 6, Christ taught that eternal life is through believing in Him, not through eating His flesh.

I have a question for you. Experientially, what does Communion do for you beyond what the Word and the Holy Spiritis doing in you? I.e., How does Communion make a difference in your life beyond what the the Word and the Holy Spirit are currently doing in you?

I have a question for you. Experientially, what does Communion do for you beyond what the Word and the Holy Spiritis doing in you? I.e., How does Communion make a difference in your life beyond what the the Word and the Holy Spirit are currently doing in you?

You sound like you have a strong faith already, so I can see why you may not see the value in receiving the Eucharistic Lord, but what difference does Holy Communion make in my life? There's no real way to explain it in a few words. But for an example, someone who had known me for years and years as a teen and young adult, met up with me when I was 33 or so, and she said, "You don't even seem like the same person. You were always so cynical, inappropriate, and harsh. (I had to stop her!) *smiles* But there's a big huge world of difference between partaking in His *daily* Flesh and not.