The Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ, is the heart of the Catholic Church. It is the “source and summit” of our faith and it is from Eucharist that the “Church draws her life”.

But has the Catholic Church got this wrong? Did the Lord Jesus really mean the Eucharist is his body and his blood?

Taking us on a journey through Scripture, the Church Fathers and early Christians, as well as Church Teaching, Archbishop John Wilson helps us to understand that the words of the Lord Jesus are not symbolism, the Lord Jesus meant it when he said "my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink" (John 6:55-56). The Lord Jesus was telling the disciples, and he is telling us, that in the Eucharist, he is with us.

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