[terycarl]

If catholics really believe this then why not have real flesh and real blood at the service??

we do.

[ealgeone]

Do you also believe Jesus was a door?

was He a shepherd?

was He a light?

Was He a vine?

was He a way?

these are all terms Jesus uses to describe Himself in John. Surely you don't believe He was a literal door? Or a literal vine? Of course not. In the same book He describes Himself as the bread of life. Was He an actual loaf of bread? Of course not. These are all metaphors He used to describe His role in iur salvation.

To read any other meaning into the text does a tremendous dis-service to the text.