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4o Hours and St. Jude Novena beginning on October 20
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40 Hours Devotions 2024 - October 20, 21, 22
Join us in this beautiful devotion to
Signup sheets are in the narthex for Adoration slots, or you can click below to sign up using our Signup Genius.
Our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
Please sign up in the Narthex or with our signup genius below for a time slot so that someone is keeping the Lord company at all times.
Adoration will take place each day:
October 20: beginning after 10:30am Mass
October 21 and 22: beginning after 9:00am Mass
Evening services begin at 7pm. The evening will include recitation of the St. Jude Novena, Scripture reading and homily, ending in Benediction and veneration of the St. Jude relic. A Eucharistic Procession will take place on the final evening of 40 Hours.
Please sign up for slots to keep the Lord company so He is never alone during Exposition.
A book will also be available for noting your prayer intentions for our Solemn Novena.
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Fr. Shane Flanagan, Guest Homilist
Biography:
I am the 7th of 8 children from St. Dominic Parish in Northeast Philadelphia. My father was a Philadelphia firefighter and my mom was a Catholic school teacher. I graduated from Father Judge High School in 2014. After a year at Arcadia University, I transferred into St. Charles Seminary. I graduated from the college Seminary in 2018 and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2023. I am currently the Parochial Vicar at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Doylestown.
Theme for 40 Hours talks:
Mark 10: 46-52 (The story of Blind Bartimaeus). Specifically, Jesus' question in verse 51, "What do you want me to do for you?"
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St. Jude Solemn Novena
Please join us for a very special Solemn Novena to St. Jude Thaddeus, our patron saint, for nine consecutive evenings, beginning October 20 and ending on the Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, October 28!
St. Jude is a powerful intercessor for those who pray to him for "desperate cases." Come with any intentions, large or small, or simply to honor our benevolent Patron Saint.
Daily Schedule, beginning at 7pm each evening:- Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (already taking place during 40 Hours)
- Recitation of the St. Jude Novena
- Scripture reading and homily, focusing on the Sacraments
- Benediction
- Veneration of the St. Jude relic
- A Eucharistic Procession will take place on the final evening of 40 Hours
- Holy Mass will take place on the last night of the Novena, followed by exposition, novena prayers, benediction, and veneration of the relic
A book will also be available for noting your prayer intentions for our Solemn Novena.
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2024 Homilists and ThemesOctober 20-22: Forty Hours/ Mark 10:46-52
Fr. Shane Flanagan
October 23: Baptism
Deacon Timothy Lynch
October 24: Reconciliation
Fr. Sean Bransfield
October 25: Confirmation
Fr. Anthony Costa
October 26: Marriage
Deacon Timothy Lynch
October 27: Anointing of the Sick
Fr. Rupert Okolie
October 28: Holy Orders
Fr. Anthony Costa
Click for St. Jude Novena
Click to learn more about Saint Jude
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What is 40 Hours?
40 Hours Devotion is a 40-hour period of continuos prayer made in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian Life." (CCC 1324)
The 40 Hours Devotion existed in Europe since the 1500s but was instituted in America in the 1850’s by our own St. John Neumann, fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. The purpose of 40 Hours Devotion is to deepen our personal relationship with Jesus through dedicated time of communal and individual Adoration and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
If you grew up in Philadelphia, you might remember that our churches were always filled for the 40 Hours Devotion. Families prioritized 40 Hours as an important devotion, making a conscious effort to attend as a family. To help foster that practice here, no other parish activities take place during these nights so that we are not competing with spending valuable time with Our Lord.
Please bring your families to pray before the Lord and grow in faith through our reflections and Confession.
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2023 40 Hours Devotion
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