[kevinw]

You don’t receive the Lord in the Holy Eucharist. You receive the Lord through salvation, which is by grace through faith. Furthermore, the elements of the Eucharist are symbols of Christ’s body and blood. They don’t become Christ’s body and blood through the saying of words, and they don’t contain Christ’s body and blood, either.

[TankerKC]

I'm sure you've thought this out, and to tell you the truth I'm not much interested in your rationalization.

I do hope, though, that it is better than the Baptist pastor (I was at the service to conclude a session of vaction bible school my kids attended with friends)who quoted:

The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This represents my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

I quickly pulled his version of the Bible from the pew in front of me and read:

The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

Huh.

[mckenzie7]

As a none believer, your opinion doesn’t count. We are discussing our fast before communion, and since you don’t receive communion, you couldn’t know about the fast.

This isn’t a thread about belief in the True Presence, but about the fast and also what constitutes attendance at Mass.

Thanks for following the thread though.