Transubstantiation

While talking about the miracles of Jesus Christ on the topic of Holy Food (Bread and Wine), transubstantiation refers to the spiritualized energization of how the bread and wine changes from having its materialistic properties changed to Lords Body and Blood given to the believers of faith as spiritual redeeming nourishment under the appearance of earthly food. There is no perceptibility for the senses either in look or taste but believed to be a part of Christ who "substantially" fills the food or the word transubstantiation.

Whether it is a matter of faith, belief, myth or concept the fact remains that food is sacred and as in Eastern thoughts, a blessed food or 'prasad' is treated holy to nourish the mortal body and the action to the immortal soul in a sense of purification and grace.

The hindu revearance to food is performed by the act of taking five small hand quantities of food and places next to bannana leaf or plate symbolizing

1. Divine forces for their protection and grace
2. for the forefathers and their lineage and tradition imparted to us
3. for the sages who have handed over the divine wisdom through time
4, for the living things which serve as food through the food chain of interdependence