Catholics BELIEVE with all their heart that the CONSECRATED HOST IS the Body and BLOOD of Jesus because those are HIS words...not human words....Jesus's words. He didn't say do this as a SYMBOL. Believe at your own peril what you want to believe but don't tell Catholics what to believe...OK? Thanks. catholicism is a HARD religion to folow...but it has ALL the answers.
If a Catholic dies after eating a 'host' and an autopsy is performed, will they find bread or flesh in the person's stomach?