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40 Hours Devotions 2019
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St. Jude 40 Hours DevotionsOctober 26-28, 2019
Our 40 Hours Devotions event this year was very beautiful and reverent. Many parishioners came each day, throughout the day and into the evening, to spend time with the Lord in Adoration, to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, to listen to our homilist, Fr. Kane, and to join in the procession on Tuesday evening.
Fr. Brian Kane gave a stirring reflection each night, which is summarized below.
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Fr. Kane's Reflections
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Homilist - Fr. Brian Kane
Fr. Kane, the Dean of Men at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nebraska Army National Guard, gave us a beautiful series of reflections on the topic “Healing and Hope from the Father: Relationship, Identity, Mission”
Weaving his reflections with the stories of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, the Prodigal Son, and the Road to Emmaus, Father encouraged us to see ourselves in each of these Biblical events, to recognize our divinely-willed identity as children of the Father, and to draw our mission from this source of grace and hope.
He encouraged us to find healing and an infusion of the Holy Spirit through the Sacraments Christ left us and to walk with the Lord along the Way.
CLICK HERE to read the Summary of Fr. Kane's Homily Series
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What is 40 Hours?
Forty 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 Forty 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 Forty 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 Forty Hours Devotion. Families prioritized Forty Hours as an important devotions, 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.
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