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Christians pose several different possibilities for what Christ meant when he said, “This is my body.”

Some believe that the wine and bread actually become Christ’s physical blood and body. This belief is known as transubstantiation; this basically means that people believe they are actually eating Christ’s body and drinking his blood.

Others believe that the bread and wine remain unchanged, but Christ is spiritually present with the bread and wine.

Most Christians believe in the third possibility; the bread and wine symbolize Christ’s body and blood.

What all Christians generally agree on is that participating in the Lord’s Supper is an important element in the Christian faith and that Christ’s presence, however, we understand it, strengthens us spiritually.

1 Corinthians 11:24-25
24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”