ROSES ARE FOR SALE MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND, MAY 9TH & MAY 10TH, AFTER ALL MASSESS. PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE LIFE CENTER OF SANTA ANA.
YOU MAY VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO MAKE A GIFT TO AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LIFE CENTER OF SANTA ANA.
Daily Mass is celebrated:
Monday through Saturday at 8 a.m.
The Sunday Mass schedule is:
Saturday at 5 p.m. in English
Sunday at 7:30 a.m. in English
Sunday at 9 a.m. in English
Sunday at 11 a.m. in English
Sunday at 1 p.m. in Spanish
Please contact the parish office at
949-494-9701 to schedule.
We commit ourselves to: being a welcoming sanctuary and a place of prayer and worship.
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Our greetings from the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua.
Peace and all good❤
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒚.
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This Teacher Appreciation Week, we thank God for the gift of Catholic educators who form young hearts to know, love, and live the faith.
We’re also excited to share that our new "Pillars of Faith" K–2 components are now available for preorder! This groundbreaking resource is designed to help you form joy-filled disciples with clarity, confidence, and joy in your school, parish, or homeschool. 🙏
Preorder at www.AscensionPress.com/PillarsofFaith.
Thank you for all the ways you show up each day. Know of our prayers for you this week and always!
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✝️ WHY JESUS WROTE ON THE GROUND… AND WHAT SCRIPTURE REVEALS 😳✍️
The story is shocking in its simplicity: a woman caught in adultery is brought before Jesus (John 8:1–11).
The crowd is ready to stone her. The Law says it’s her death sentence.
But Jesus doesn’t answer immediately. Instead… He bends down and writes on the ground.
Why? What was He writing? And why did Scripture bother to mention it?
✝️ SILENCE THAT SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
In that moment:
The accusers are angry.
The woman is terrified.
Jesus is calm.
By writing on the ground, He paused the chaos, delayed judgment, and shifted attention from accusation to reflection.
The silence itself was a message:
You cannot rush justice.
You cannot force truth.
Only God sees the heart fully.
✝️ WHAT COULD HE HAVE WRITTEN?
The text doesn’t say. Scholars suggest:
1. Names of the accusers’ sins – a mirror of their hearts.
2. Scriptural warnings – perhaps laws showing mercy and justice together.
3. Nothing specific – because the act itself mattered more than the words.
Whatever He wrote, it stopped the crowd. One by one, they left, convicted by their conscience, not His speech.
✝️ THE LESSON IN THE GROUND
The ground symbolizes humanity, brokenness, and mortality.
By writing there, Jesus showed:
Mercy enters the messy realities of life.
Judgment is not automatic; conscience matters.
God’s presence can confront sin without violence.
✝️ WHEN WORDS AREN’T ENOUGH, ACTION SPEAKS
Jesus’ act is a lesson in divine pedagogy:
Mercy often comes quietly.
Love does not shout.
Transformation begins in reflection, not fear.
✝️ THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT
The woman was spared. The accusers were convicted.
Jesus revealed the heart of the Law: not vengeance, but redemption and mercy.
Holiness is not always loud. Sometimes it bends down, writes silently, and lets truth rise from the heart of those who listen.
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