Sure He did, and to deny that truth after 2,000 years of Catholicism is to project imaginary meanings in a. pagan manner (denying truth).
We can receive the Body of Christ in any manner that He directs, and He said "TAKE AND EAT OF THIS....THIS IS MY BODY".....does that bother you????
Take the following as a very somber question to you: The Life of the Creature is in the blood; is blood carrying LIFE throughout the Body Jesus now occupies, In Heaven?