The question: “What happens to the Wine and Wafer that have been transformed into His Body and Blood at The Eucharist?” has a variety of answers.
As always, we may find Scripture that guides us. Is 55:10-11
Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.”
Obviously, one of the ends for which He sent it was to provide “life” within those who receive, as we read in John 6: 53. “If you do not eat My Body and drink My Blood you do not have life in you.”
We see non-Catholics who do not receive His actual Body and Blood. They appear to have “life” in them. So, there is more than one kind of “life”. There is a life of the body, mind, and spirit for the non-Catholics. A larger “life” comes into being when a human’s body, mind, and spirit are joined with the soul that is brought more fully to life when fed with His actual Body and Blood.
John tells us that “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” In every Catholic Mass, the bread and wine undergo the Miracle of Transubstantiation, becoming the Body and Blood of Jesus. So, Catholics understand what others do not: The Word continues to become flesh and dwell among us. “Us” means “Catholics”.
We know that God is unchanging. So, His works are lasting. When the molecules of the wine are suddenly sanctified by The Catholic Priest at Mass, they do not lose that holy nature. Just as Jesus said that a little leaven raises the loaf of bread, so do those sacred molecules have power to be used to do God’s will within us. Communion has lasting effects.
Each time we receive His Body and Blood, their cumulative effect within us increases. Those Holy Particles help our thoughts, words, and actions reflect the Glory of God and The Only Church He Founded. It seems reasonable that those Holy Particles, incredibly tiny Sanctified Molecules transformed from the fruit of the vine and work of human hands, may be physically moved from us by angels to help do His holy work among the hearts and minds of those who have not been blessed with receiving it more directly from its only source on earth.
Communion has lasting effects. Each time we receive His Body and Blood, their cumulative effect within us increases. Angels may move tiny, sanctified particles from us to help others in that blessed area where science and religion meet; where God meets man, and where man is saved. In The Only Church Jesus Founded.
