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.
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✝️ WHY DO PRIESTS DRINK THE PRECIOUS BLOOD WHILE THE FAITHFUL RECEIVE ONLY THE BODY OF CHRIST?
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At the Last Supper, Jesus took bread and said: “This is My Body.” He took the cup and said: “This is My Blood.” He gave both.
So why do we, in many Masses, receive only the Host (the bread)?
Is something missing? Absolutely not. Here is the mystery:
When Jesus gave His Body and His Blood, He did not divide Himself. The Body contains the Blood, and the Blood contains the Body, because Christ is whole and undivided.
Think of it this way: if you cut a photo in half, you lose part of the image. But if you take even one drop of Christ’s Blood, you do not get a “part” of Him, you get all of Him. If you receive even the smallest fragment of the Host, you do not get “a piece” of Jesus, you get the whole Christ: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.
This is why the Catechism teaches: receiving under one form is not receiving “half of Christ.” It is receiving the full Christ, entire and complete.
The Church sometimes gives only the Host for practical reasons, health, reverence, or large crowds, but never because something is lacking. The sacrament is perfect and whole in either form.
So whether you receive the Host alone, or both Host and Chalice, what enters your heart is the same Jesus who gave Himself fully on the Cross. Nothing less. Nothing missing. Nothing divided. 🙏
This is why St. Thomas Aquinas sang:
"What the senses fail to fathom, let us grasp through faith’s consent."
So next time you kneel and whisper “Amen” before the Host, know this truth:
You are receiving the same Christ the Apostles received on Holy Thursday, the same Christ who died and rose, the same Christ who reigns forever.
And that, dear friends, is the miracle of the Eucharist.
God bless you 🙏
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