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Catechism of the Catholic Church
True. Para. 1000: This "how" exceeds our imagination and understanding; it is accessible only to faith. Yet our participation in the Eucharist already gives us a foretaste of Christ's transfiguration of our bodies: "Just as bread that comes from the earth, after God's blessing has been invoked upon it, it is no longer ordinary bread, but Eucharist, formed of two things, the one earthly and the other heavenly: so too our bodies, which partake of the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, but possess the hope of resurrection" (St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 4, 18, 4-5: PG 7/1, 1028-1029).
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