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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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 SOMEONE STEALS A CONSECRATED HOST? 😳🤔
Most Catholics have seen Holy Communion distributed hundreds of times.
The priest says:
"The Body of Christ."
The faithful respond:
"Amen."
Everything appears peaceful.
But what happens if someone receives the Host and secretly walks away with it?
What if someone hides it in a pocket?
What if someone takes it home?
Or worse...
What if someone steals it intentionally for sacrilegious purposes?
The answer reveals just how seriously the Catholic Church regards the Eucharist.
✝️ FIRST, WHY IS THIS SUCH A SERIOUS MATTER?
To understand the gravity of the offense, we must first understand what Catholics believe.
The Church does not teach that the Eucharist is merely blessed bread.
The Church teaches that after the consecration, the Host is truly:
the Body of Christ,
the Blood of Christ,
the Soul of Christ,
and the Divinity of Christ.
In other words:
For Catholics, the Eucharist is Jesus Himself, sacramentally present among His people.
That is why every tabernacle is treated with reverence.
That is why Catholics kneel.
That is why the Church guards the Eucharist so carefully.
✝️ WHAT IF SOMEONE STEALS A CONSECRATED HOST?
The Church distinguishes between accidents and deliberate theft.
A person may accidentally drop a Host.
A child may not yet understand what he is receiving.
Someone may make a mistake.
Those situations are handled pastorally.
But deliberate theft is different.
When someone intentionally takes a consecrated Host away without permission, especially for sacrilegious purposes, the act becomes one of the gravest offenses against the Eucharist.
Why?
Because the offense is directed against Christ Himself.
✝️ THE CHURCH'S STRONGEST PENALTIES
Many Catholics are surprised to learn that Canon Law addresses this directly.
Canon 1367 states:
"A person who throws away the consecrated species or takes or retains them for a sacrilegious purpose incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See."
What does that mean?
It means that a Catholic who deliberately steals or keeps a consecrated Host for a sacrilegious purpose automatically places himself outside full communion with the Church.
No bishop invented this penalty.
The Church established it because of the sacredness of the Eucharist.
✝️ WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO STEAL A HOST?
Throughout history, some Hosts have been stolen:
for occult rituals,
for anti-Christian ceremonies,
for acts of mockery,
or simply out of hatred for the faith.
This should not surprise Christians.
The devil has always attacked what is most holy.
And for Catholics, nothing is holier than the Eucharist.
✝️ THE SHOCKING IRONY
There is something deeply ironic here.
Some Catholics treat Holy Communion casually.
Some receive it distractedly.
Some rush through the Communion line.
Some leave Mass immediately afterward.
Yet there are people willing to travel great distances, deceive ministers, and risk exposure simply to obtain a consecrated Host.
Why?
Because even many enemies of the Church understand that Catholics claim the Eucharist is not ordinary bread.
Sometimes the enemies of the Eucharist take it more seriously than those who receive it every Sunday.
✝️ DOES THE THEFT "REMOVE" JESUS FROM THE EUCHARIST?
No.
A thief cannot diminish Christ's glory.
A criminal cannot weaken God's power.
The theft harms the soul of the offender, not God.
The sacrilege is real.
The sin is grave.
But Christ remains Lord.
The offense wounds the sinner far more than it harms the One who is being offended.
✝️ WHAT SHOULD CATHOLICS DO?
Not panic.
Not become suspicious of everyone.
But grow in reverence.
When receiving Holy Communion:
consume the Host immediately,
handle it reverently,
teach children its importance,
and never treat it as ordinary bread.
The greatest response to sacrilege is not fear.
It is deeper love.
✝️ THE REAL QUESTION
The question is not merely:
"What happens when someone steals a consecrated Host?"
The deeper question is:
"Do I truly understand what I am receiving?"
Because if the Eucharist is truly Jesus Christ,
then every Communion is a meeting with Heaven.
Every tabernacle is a dwelling place of the King.
Every Mass is a miracle.
And every Host deserves the reverence due to God Himself.
✝️ THE CONCLUSION
When someone deliberately steals a consecrated Host, the Church regards it as one of the most serious sacrileges imaginable.
Not because the Host is a magical object.
Not because Catholics worship bread.
But because Catholics believe the Eucharist is Jesus Christ truly present among His people.
That is why the Church protects it.
That is why the saints died for it.
And that is why every Catholic should approach it with awe, faith, and love.
For what appears small and ordinary to human eyes is, in reality, the greatest treasure on earth.
God bless you 🙏
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