What insufferable nonsense. It was Jesus -- not Cranmer -- who instituted the Eucharist in the form of a meal. If you have a beef with that imagery, take it up with him.

I've about had it with those who get their panties in a twist over the Novus Ordo. There are much more important things to be concerned about than variations in forms of liturgy, especially when the evidence suggests that the practices of the early Church reflected much greater variety than what we see today.

Triumphalist liturgy is a vanity exercise to be indulged in only by those who like pageants and frippery. Nobody on the front lines of Christian witness cares in the least about this stuff.