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.
Today's moments with God: Lives Molded by God
📖 Read: Jeremiah 18:1-10
🙏 Receive: Please mold me, dear Father, into the person you want me to be.
❓Respond: When has God reshaped your life?
Check out today's full devotional on our website: ow.ly/J3IE50ZV50s or by using the app!
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Saint Anthony's daily calendar🙏
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 HAPPENS WHEN YOU MISS MASS DELIBERATELY?
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Sunday morning arrives.
The Church bells ring.
The altar is prepared.
Heaven opens.
And Christ invites you to His banquet.
Yet many say:
"I'll go next week."
Or worse:
"I don't feel like going today."
That choice is far more serious than many realize.
✝️ THE THIRD COMMANDMENT STILL MATTERS
God commanded:
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
For Christians, this obligation is fulfilled on Sunday, the Day of the Lord.
The Church does not invent this command.
She safeguards it.
Attending Mass on Sundays and holy days is one of the fundamental obligations of Catholic life.
It is not merely a recommendation.
It is a command rooted in divine law.
✝️ DELIBERATE ABSENCE IS GRAVE MATTER
To knowingly and freely miss Sunday Mass without a serious reason—such as illness, caring for an infant, or unavoidable circumstances—is a mortal sin.
That is the clear teaching of the Catholic Church.
Why so serious?
Because the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life.
To deliberately reject it is to reject a gift beyond price.
It is not simply breaking a rule.
It is wounding a relationship.
✝️ WHAT YOU LOSE
When you miss Mass deliberately, you lose:
the grace of the Eucharist,
the nourishment of God's Word,
communion with the Church,
and the special blessings attached to Sunday worship.
More importantly, your soul grows weaker.
A branch separated from the vine does not flourish.
Neither do we.
✝️ BEFORE RECEIVING COMMUNION AGAIN
If you have deliberately missed Mass, you should not receive Holy Communion until you have first gone to Confession.
Mortal sin and Holy Communion cannot coexist.
Saint Paul warns us against receiving unworthily.
The remedy is simple and beautiful:
Repent.
Confess.
Return.
The Church is always ready to welcome you home.
✝️ GOD IS NOT KEEPING ATTENDANCE—HE IS CALLING YOU
Mass is not about checking a box.
It is about answering an invitation.
The Creator of the universe desires your presence.
Not because He needs you.
Because He loves you.
Missing Mass deliberately says, in effect:
"Something else matters more today."
That is why it is spiritually dangerous.
✝️ FINAL WORD
God gave you seven days.
He asks for one hour.
Not for His sake.
For yours.
The saints did not die for entertainment.
Christ died for the Eucharist.
Do not treat lightly what Heaven values infinitely.
✝️ REMEMBER THIS ALWAYS
If you fall, return.
If you have missed Mass, go to Confession.
If you are tempted to stay home, remember Who is waiting for you.
At every Mass, Calvary becomes present.
And Jesus is there.
Waiting.
For you.
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