Brian,
I agree with you but don’t forget your brothers and sisters in the LCMS and WELS also believe in the Real Presence. We differ, I know, on how it happens, but it is the same Real Presence. Luther (I know he’s not a favorite of the RCC) defended against Zwingli’s heresy stating that Christ said, “This IS my body.”, not “This represents or symbolizes my body.” I think the Latin was “Meum Corpus est.” (Please forgive if I butchered the Latin.)
Every Sunday, I am forgiven my sins and made confident in my life eternal because, like you, I know that Christ’s True Body and True Blood are present in the Lord’s Supper.
I point this out because I want you and other Catholics to understand that you are not alone in this belief, and for no other reason. I am simply amazed to see how many people think that the Catholic church is the only church that believes in the Real Presence.
Granted, there are only a few confessions that believe this, but we are with you. We don’t disagree with someone when they’re right.
God bless.
And it is the Catholic Eucharist, consecrated by a Catholic priest who has been ordained by a successor of the Apostles, which is the target of theft and profanation by satanists. They aren't interested in symbolic representations.
God bless.