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40 Hours Devotions 2021 - October 24, 25, 26
Join us in this beautiful devotion to
Our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
Please sign up in the Narthex for a time slot so that all times have someone keeping the Lord company.
Adoration:
October 24: begins after noon Mass
October 25: begins after 9am Mass
October 26: begins after 9am Mass
Evening services with Guest Speaker Fr. Tom O’Donald:
October 24, 25, 26 at 7pm
Penance service:
Monday October 25 at 7pm
This year, we are pleased to welcome Father Thomas O’Donald as our Forty Hours Devotions homilist. Father O’Donald is currently the parochial vicar at Saint Bede the Venerable in Holland, PA. He went to Saint Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr and graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School in 2007. After two semesters at Catholic University of America in Washington DC, he transferred to Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. Father’s home parish is Saint Anastasia in Newtown Square. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Chaput on May 21, 2016. Since then he has been active in young adult ministry and has assisted many parishes in the Bucks County area.
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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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