(December 13, 2015 at 8:46 am)excitedpenguin Wrote:(December 13, 2015 at 8:22 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Yes, perhaps spiritual is not the right word to explain it. But obviously we don't believe it physically becomes skin and blood, since it is still bread and wine when we consume it. It is still in the form of bread and wine, but Jesus is physically present. I'd say that's the best way to describe it.
The fact that it sounds so ridiculous you can't even explain it should tell you a lot.
From what I've read, Catholics believe that the substance of bread and wine are changed into the substance of Jesus' body, blood, soul and divinity (hence the term "transubstantiation") but the original appearance, smell, taste, etc. (called "accidents") remain.
