THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND – HOLY THURSDAY
FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD – GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH – HOLY SATURDAY – THE GREAT EASTER VIGIL
SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH – EASTER
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 25, 2026
APRIL 1, 2026
MARCH 20TH – LED BY HISPANIC MINISTRY (BILINGUAL)
MARCH 27TH – LED BY RESPECT FOR LIFE
ALL SERVICES BEGIN AT 7 P.M.
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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✝️ THE MOST DANGEROUS DECISIONS ARE MADE IN SILENCE
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No announcement.
No witnesses.
No visible struggle.
Just a quiet moment…
where something shifts inside.
And yet,
👉 those are the moments that shape eternity.
✝️ SILENCE IS WHERE THE WILL SPEAKS
Most people think decisions are made outwardly.
But Scripture reveals something deeper:
👉 The real decision happens before the action.
Long before a word is spoken…
Long before a step is taken…
The heart has already chosen.
Silently.
✝️ THE INVISIBLE BATTLEGROUND
There is a place no one sees:
Not your friends
Not your family
Not even the Church around you
It is the interior space of the will.
And that is where the decisive battle happens.
Not in noise.
👉 But in silence.
✝️ THIS IS WHERE SIN BEGINS… OR DIES
Every sin has a hidden origin:
A thought entertained
A desire allowed
A truth resisted
At that stage, nothing has happened outwardly.
But everything is already in motion.
Because once the will consents…
The rest follows almost naturally.
✝️ THE SAME SILENCE CAN SAVE YOU
That same silence is not only dangerous,
👉 It is powerful.
Because just as a soul can fall in silence…
It can also rise there.
A quiet decision:
“I will resist.”
“I will turn back.”
“I will choose God.”
No one may hear it.
But heaven does.
✝️ GOD LISTENS WHERE OTHERS CANNOT
Before any prayer is spoken aloud…
Before any confession is made…
God sees the movement of the heart.
That hidden “yes” or “no.”
And He responds there.
Because that is the deepest place of freedom.
✝️ WHY SILENCE IS NOT EMPTY
We often fear silence.
We fill it with noise.
With distraction.
With constant activity.
But silence is not empty.
👉 It is full of decisions.
And those decisions carry weight.
✝️ THE FINAL TRUTH
You are not defined first by what you do publicly.
You are defined by what you choose silently.
Again and again.
Moment by moment.
🙏 THE FINAL QUESTION
What are you deciding… when no one is watching?
Because the most dangerous decisions are not the ones people see.
👉 They are the ones made in silence… that no one ever notices
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