Now read Luke 22:15-20
And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. 21 “But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table.
"This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood." Was the cup the new covenant? The cup held wine, not blood. The symbolic is used at the SYMBOLIC Passover/ Jews were taught the symbolism represented reality that they were to focus back upon. To twist the symbolic, the sacred symbolism, into a defiance of what God had commanded for all their Generations is sacrilege writ large by catholicism.
This makes no sense. If it were not Jesus' blood, Scripture wouldn't portray Him saying that it was. He says it over and over --- He doubles down on the point, even after his listeners have started to vehemently object --- in John 6.
The Jews considered that the Life was in the blood, and they abstained from eating blood because of God's command, not because it was too disgusting, but because it was too sacred.
This is how God prepared them for the astounding gift of the Eucharist: now, the unimaginable is true! You receive God's life because now that's what He wants to give you--- you receive His life-blood! Something you could not have imagined in a million years! And as St. Paul tells us in 1 Cor 11,
"Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the Body and Blood of the Lord.[Not: "will have to answer for a symbolic offense. Not: "will have to answer for misusing a metaphor".] A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the Body, eats and drinks judgment on himself."
Obviously one who remains unbelieving and says "It's just bread, only bread," you are not discerning the Body.
I don't think we should fight and argue any more about this. We would just be lobbing charges of blasphemy, sacrilege, unbelief, desecration and heresy against each other, and you know as well as I do that it would yield no resolution, but only result in anger and frustration.
As Paul wrote to Titus, (Titus 3:9), "Avoid foolish arguments, genealogies, rivalries, and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and futile."
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, take heed!