What does the Eucharist symbolize?
Bread and wine are food and drink and the Eucharist is our supernatural-spiritual nourishment. The Lord made it easier to consume Him in this form, telling us that “the bread that I shall give you is my flesh for the life of the world”. The Separation of the Eucharistic Christ into two separate signs (bread and wine), signals to us the separation of His flesh and blood on the Cross, a sacrifice of ransom and salvation.
