IN THE DIOCESES OF THE UNITED STATES, CATHOLICS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 59 ARE OBLIGED TO FAST ON ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026 AND GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2026.
FASTING
FASTING PERMITS ONE FULL MEAL AND TWO SMALLER MEALS, WHICH TOGETHER SHOULD NOT EQUAL A FULL MEAL. FOOD AND DRINK BETWEEN MEALS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON FAST DAY, EXCEPT FOR WATER AND MEDICINES.
ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT
CATHOLICS AGED 14 AND OLDER ARE TO ABSTAIN FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY, ALL FRIDAYS OF LENT, AND GOOD FRIDAY.
ABSTINENCE MEANS REFRAINING FROM EATING MEAT SUCH AS BEEF, VEAL, PORK, OR POULTRY. EGGS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE PERMITTED. FISH AND SHELLFISH MAY BE CONSUMED,; HOWEVER, THE PENITENTIAL CHARACTER OF ABSTINENCE SHOULD ALWAYS BE KEPT IN MIND.
WEDNESDAY – 7 P.M-8 P.M. – IN THE CHURCH
MARCH 4, 2026
MARCH 11, 2026
MARCH 18, 2026
MARCH 25, 2026
FEBRUARY 27TH – LED BY FAITH FORMATION
MARCH 13TH – LED BY THE WOMENS’ COUNCIL
MARCH 20TH – LED BY FR. GEORGE
MARCH 27TH – LED BY RESPECT FOR LIFE
ALL SERVICES BEGIN AT 7 P.M.
MONDAY, MARCH 2ND – HOLY TRINITY, LADERA RANCH
THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH – ST. EDWARD, DANA POINT
MONDAY, MARCH 16TH – CORPUS CHRISTI, ALISO VIEJO
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH – MISSION BASILICA, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH – OUR LADY OF FATIMA, SAN CLEMENTE
TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH – ST. TIMOTHY, LAGUNA NIGUEL
THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH – ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, LAGUNA BEACH
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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✝️ WHAT WAS JESUS THINKING ON THE CROSS?
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We are not given a transcript of His interior thoughts.
But we are not left in the dark either.
The Gospels record seven last sayings of
Jesus Christ.
Those words are windows into His mind and heart.
Let’s look at what they reveal.
✝️ 1. He Was Thinking About Forgiveness
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
In the middle of torture, humiliation, and betrayal, His first recorded concern was mercy.
Not revenge.
Not vindication.
Forgiveness.
That tells you something about what filled His mind.
✝️ 2. He Was Thinking About Saving Souls
“To the thief: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”
Even while dying, He was rescuing.
The Cross was not passive suffering.
It was active redemption.
He saw a criminal next to Him, and He saw a soul worth saving.
✝️ 3. He Was Thinking About His Mother
“Woman, behold your son… Behold your mother.”
In agony, He entrusted His mother to the beloved disciple.
Pain did not narrow His heart. It expanded it.
Love remained intentional.
✝️ 4. He Was Praying the Psalms
“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
That is the opening of Psalm 22, a psalm that begins in anguish but ends in victory.
This was not despair.
It was fulfillment.
As a faithful Jew, His mind was steeped in Scripture. In His final moments, He was praying it.
✝️ 5. He Was Completing the Mission
“It is finished.”
Not: “I am finished.”
But: The work is complete.
The sacrifice offered.
The obedience fulfilled.
The debt paid.
The Cross was not an accident. It was purpose.
✝️ So What Was He Thinking?
From what we see:
Forgiveness
Mercy
Scripture
His mother
The salvation of souls
Obedience to the Father
And one more thing.
You.
Christian theology holds that Christ’s sacrifice was personal as well as universal.
If He was offering Himself for sinners, then He knew who He was offering Himself for.
The Cross was not abstract.
It was intentional.
✝️ The Hard Truth
The Cross was not emotional chaos.
It was deliberate love under unimaginable suffering.
What was He thinking?
Not hatred.
Not panic.
Not regret.
He was loving, to the end.
And that changes how we look at it.
The Cross was not the collapse of hope.
It was love thinking clearly, even while dying.
#catholicsonlineclass ✝️
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God’s presence is promised — always.
Pause today and remember: you are not alone.
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