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 18, 2026
MARCH 25, 2026
MARCH 20TH – LED BY FR. GEORGE
MARCH 27TH – LED BY RESPECT FOR LIFE
ALL SERVICES BEGIN AT 7 P.M.
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.
"May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours. That stay with you all the year long." Amen.
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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 HAPPENS WHEN SIN BECOMES A HABIT?
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Many sins begin as isolated choices.
A moment of weakness.
A poor decision.
A temptation that was not resisted.
But something deeper happens when a sin is repeated over and over again.
Eventually, it can become a habit.
And that changes the spiritual situation of the soul.
✝️ SIN CAN SHAPE THE HEART
Every action leaves a mark on the human person.
When a person repeatedly chooses the same sin, the will gradually becomes accustomed to it.
What once troubled the conscience may slowly begin to feel normal.
This is one of the most dangerous effects of habitual sin: the conscience becomes dull.
The person may no longer feel the same spiritual alarm that once warned them something was wrong.
✝️ THE SOUL CAN BECOME SPIRITUALLY WEAKER
Habitual sin weakens the ability to resist temptation.
Each repetition makes the next fall easier.
The struggle becomes harder not because God has abandoned the soul, but because the will has been trained in the wrong direction.
In spiritual theology, these repeated patterns of sin are often called vices.
They are habits that pull the soul away from virtue.
✝️ BUT HABIT DOES NOT MEAN HOPELESS
Even when sin becomes habitual, the grace of is stronger.
The teaches that no habit is beyond the reach of God’s mercy.
Breaking a sinful habit often requires patience, prayer, and the help of the sacraments.
Confession, spiritual guidance, and persistent effort gradually retrain the heart.
Just as bad habits can form slowly, holy habits can also be formed slowly.
✝️ THE DIRECTION OF THE SOUL CAN CHANGE
Every time a person turns back to God, even after repeated failure, grace begins to reshape the will again.
What was once automatic sin can slowly become deliberate resistance.
And over time, virtue can replace vice.
🙏 SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SIN BECOMES A HABIT?
The soul becomes more vulnerable to falling again.
But it is never beyond redemption.
Because the mercy of Christ is always greater than the habits of human weakness.
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God bless you. 🙏
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