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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Connect with God through today’s devotional!
www.odbm.org/en/devotionals/devotional-category/hollow-willow
📖 Read: Proverbs 11:11-13
🙏 Receive: "Dear God, please help me steward others’ words responsibly."
❓Respond: How might you hold others’ words well?
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✝️ THAT SMALL BOW YOU MAKE HAS A FORGOTTEN MEANING 😳
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You’ve done it many times.
A slight movement of the head.
A quick bend of the body.
Almost unnoticed.
👉 A bow.
So small…
so brief…
so easy to ignore.
But here is the truth:
👉 That small bow carries a meaning many have forgotten.
✝️ 1. IT IS NOT A HABIT… IT IS A RESPONSE
In church, nothing is random.
Every movement…
👉 is a response to something sacred.
So when you bow…
👉 you are not just moving your body.
You are responding to:
👉 God’s presence.
✝️ 2. THE BOW OF THE HEAD… A SIGN MANY NO LONGER NOTICE
The Church asks for a simple bow of the head:
👉 at the name of Jesus
👉 at the name of Mary
👉 at the name of the saint of the day
Why?
Because the name is not ordinary.
👉 It carries a presence.
So even a small bow becomes:
👉 an act of reverence.
✝️ 3. THE MOST POWERFUL BOW HAPPENS IN ONE LINE
There is a moment in the Creed:
👉 “And by the Holy Spirit… was incarnate of the Virgin Mary… and became man.”
At that line…
👉 the Church asks you to bow.
Why?
Because this is the moment:
👉 God became man.
The infinite entered time.
The Creator entered creation.
And your response?
👉 You bow.
✝️ 4. A BOW IS HUMILITY IN MOTION
A bow is small…
But it says something big:
👉 “You are greater.”
👉 “I am not the center.”
👉 “I honor You.”
It is humility…
👉 made visible.
✝️ 5. THE HARD TRUTH
Many bow…
👉 without knowing why.
The head moves
The body bends
But the meaning is gone
So something sacred becomes:
👉 routine.
👉 That small bow is not small at all…
👉 it is your soul quietly acknowledging God.
✝️ NEXT TIME YOU BOW… DO THIS
Don’t rush it.
Don’t ignore it.
Pause and say:
👉 “Lord, I honor You.”
And bow…
👉 like you understand what it means.
Because that small gesture…
👉 is a hidden act of worship.
#catholicsonlineclass ✝️
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