Take and eat

"Take and eat it,' he said; 'this is my body.' Then he took a cup, gave thanks to God, and gave it to them. 'Drink it, all of you,' he said; 'this is my blood, which seals God's covenant, my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."(Matthew 26: 26-28)

Jesus is the bread of life. Jesus gives us Himself as food and drink in the Eucharist.
The Eucharist is spiritual food. "Man does not live by bread alone, there is life for him in every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). Man has great hunger and thirst for material things. The genuine bread, 'the bread of life' will gradually free man from excessive appetite for material things.

The Documents of Vatican II comments on the Eucharist: "At the Last Supper, on the night when He was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of His Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the centuries until He should come again, and so to entrust to His beloved spouse, the Church, a memorial of His death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us."