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MQSP Forty Hours Devotion 2024
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Our parish will hold a Forty Hours Devotion starting on Friday, December 6, 2024 with an 8:30AM Mass and concluding on Sunday, December 8, 2024 with a 1:00PM Benediction. The schedule for Forty Hours Devotion is as follows:Friday, December 6, 2024 - Our Lady of Fatima Church:
- 8:30AM — Mass (w OLF students)
- 9:00AM — Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- 10:00AM — Rosary & Litanies
- 12:00PM to 2:00PM — Angelus & Confessions
- 6:00PM — Evening Prayer
- 6:30PM — Mass w Bishop Waltersheid
- 9:00PM — Eucharistic Devotions
- 10:00PM — Benediction & Reposition
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - St. Titus Church:
- 8:30AM — Mass
- 9:00AM — Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- 9:00AM to 10:00AM — Confessions
- 10:00AM — Rosary
- 10:30AM — Midday Prayer
- 3:00PM — Benediction & Reposition
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - St. Frances Cabrini Church:
- 3:00PM — Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- 3:00PM to 4:00PM — Confession & Devotions
- 4:00PM — Parish Rosary
- 4:30PM — Mass w Bishop Waltersheid
- 8:30PM — Night Prayer
- 10:00PM — Benediction & Reposition
Sunday, December 8, 2024 - St. John the Baptist Church:
- 8:00AM — Mass
- 9:00AM — Exposition & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- 11:00AM — Parish Rosary
- 11:30AM — Mass w Bishop Waltersheid
- 1:00PM — Benediction & Reposition
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ABOUT FORTY HOURS DEVOTION
Forty Hours is a traditional Eucharistic devotion. The number '40' in the bible represents a time of repentance and conversion. It is the number of days Christ spent in the desert in prayer. It also signifies the hours Jesus laid in the tomb.
The Forty Hours Devotion was introduced by St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria in Milan and Vicenza in 1527. It was then promoted St. Ignatius. Pope Paul III followed by Pope Clement VIII, in his constitution Graves et diuturnae; and Pope Clement XI in his Clementine Instructions, which were republished by Pope Clement XII and established the correct form of the devotion. By the end of 1700’s, the devotion spread to many countries. St. John Neumann was the first to bring Forty Hours to the USA.+"I urge you to devote yourselves in particular to prayer of adoration: this is important. Today the meaning of 'prayer of adoration', of spending time in worship, has been somewhat lost. This prayer is not often done: I ask you to do it. To worship, to immerse yourselves in divine love and give it to those you meet on your path. It is beautiful to worship in silence before the Blessed Sacrament, to be in the consoling presence of Jesus and there to draw the apostolic impetus to be instruments of goodness, tenderness and welcome in the community, in the Church and in the world."— Pope FrancisSpend Time with Jesus
During the parish's Forty Hours Devotion, please consider volunteering to spend time with our LordWho loves each and every one of us.To sign up for an hour as a volunteer adorer via SignUpGenius,CLICK HERE
Jesus never abandons us. Will you do the same for Him?
To download a copy of Prayers Before the Blessed Sacrament as published by the Diocese of Pittsburgh, please CLICK HERE.
