"Though sense suggests the contrary"

     "Do not then think of the elements as bare [(ψιλοῖς)] bread and wine; they are, according to the Lord’s declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ.  Though sense [(ἡ αἴσθησίς)] suggests the contrary, let faith be your stay [(ἀλλὰ ἡ πίστις σε βεβαιούτω)].  Instead of judging the matter by taste [(τὴς γεύσεως)], let faith give you an unwavering confidence that you have been privileged to receive the Body and Blood of Christ."

     Mystagogical catechesis/lecture 4.6 (late 4th-century), trans. McCauley & Stephenson, FC 64, 183 =PG 33, col. 1101 (no access to the modern critical editions at present).