For us to prefer such a claim as a thing due to us of right would border on blasphemy. But since it is God that speaks, we inwardly assent and believe. But let us not presume on them as if in any way they effaced the boundary between creature and Creator. In deepest reverence, and yet without fear, let us acknowledge the longing which God himself has planted in us, and rejoice in this gift of his exceeding goodness. As the Father hath given me to have life in myself, so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.
Bread is food.
It is wholesome, nourishing food for which we never lose our appetite. Under the form of bread God becomes for us even the food of life. Wine is drink. To be exact, it is more than drink, more than a liquid like water that merely quenches thirst. The purpose of wine is not only to quench thirst, but also to give pleasure and satisfaction and exhilaration.