Q: Many Christian readers, fresh off their Easter Communion services, wrote to me to ask me about the actual Christian belief about the bread and wine turning into the body and blood of Christ.

you believe that they're the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ). Reading through the Bible, you will find plenty of Communion scriptures to support and give meaning to what Communion is all about.

except that after giving Communion, the minister says: V. May the Lord Jesus Christ protect you and lead you to eternal life.

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