If you truly believe that what you received was the Body and Blood of Christ, then you SHOULD consider the Catholic faith. Most non-Catholic churches look at communion as simply a 'symbol' or something nice to do to remember Jesus's Sacrifice. We believe in Jesus's words to his Apostles at that Last Supper. "This is my Body; this is My Blood".
The Catholic Church believes that when we receive Holy Communion, we receive abundant Grace from having received Our Lord into our bodies. He gives us strength to live as He would have us live. Not allowing non-Catholics to receive is not a rejection of others, it's simply the reality that we believe in the Real Presence and others may not. If someone doesn't share that belief, why would they think it important to receive? That's why the Blessing is offered, so that those who don't believe in the Real Presence can still take part in the Mass during that Holy time.
My apologies NGZ for asking the above question -- as SuziQ pointed out If you truly believe that what you received was the Body and Blood of Christ, then you SHOULD consider the Catholic faith. Most non-Catholic churches look at communion as simply a 'symbol' or something nice to do to remember Jesus's Sacrifice. We believe in Jesus's words to his Apostles at that Last Supper. "This is my Body; this is My Blood".
if you have cultural holdback, please consider the Orthodox Churches - who along with the Catholic are part of the One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church.
Since you, NGZ, truly believe that Jesus Christ's body is present in the Eucharist, my humble opinion is that you would not be happy in a place where this is considered just a symbol or just bread -- that is the view in the Presbyterians groups and others but not in the traditional Anglican or Lutheran worlds where they consider the Real Presence in the Eucharist.