Christ, during the Last Supper took bread, blessed it, broke it and gave it to his disciples and told them to eat of His Body. He gave a similar blessing and command with a chalice filled with wine which He turned into His Precious Blood. Now at Mass through the words of consecration by the Priest, the bread and wine become the very Body and Blood of Christ. Food and drink nourish our bodies ‒ Christ’s body and blood nourishes us spiritually.