In Summary of these Jesus tells us to eat the bread and says “This is my body”. Then he took the cup of wine and “This is the cup of my blood that was given for you”. Notice how our Lord says “this is” and not that it is merely a symbolic action?
This was an article I had the opportunity to write for http://Thesimplecatholic.blog
Source: The Wonderous Eucharist
William Hemsworth-The Bible Catholic 
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