The Magic is Elsewhere

“Nothing happens magically to the bread or in the wine, just as gold being slipped on a finger in a wedding ceremony has the same molecular make-up as gold anywhere else. But equally rejected is the rationalistic superstition which maintains that in the Supper of the Lord nothing happens apart from our rolling certain sentences around in our heads. The Supper is far more than a mere memory aid” (A Primer on Worship and Reformation, pp. 55-56).