“The most brilliant ideas come from meeting God face to face (at adoration). The Holy Spirit that presided at the Incarnation is the best atmosphere for illumination.” - Ven. Fulton Sheen
Forty Hours Devotion is a special time for our parish every year. It is a time for each of us to come before the Blessed Sacrament and to thank God for his graces, to make reparation to Him for our past sins, to pray for the sick, and to beg God’s protection of our nation.
St. John Cantius Church will hold our annual Forty Hours Devotion beginning Friday, October 18th through Sunday, October 20th.
Adoration is all day and through the night until Sunday morning. You can sign up for an hour online or by calling the parish office.
In the Bible the number 40 is associated with a sacred period of time: the rain at the time of the flood of Noah lasted 40 days and nights. The Hebrews wandered in the desert for 40 years on the way to the Promised Land. And most significantly, Jesus fasted for 40 days before beginning His public ministry.
In the celebration of the Forty Hours Devotion, we are able to witness a fuller expression of our Catholic faith in the Eucharist. It is first and foremost about our participation in the Paschal Mystery through the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In the Mass, we participate directly in the saving acts of Christ, and by the grace of the Holy Spirit we unite the sacrifices of our lives with the one sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. It is in this way that we give praise and thanksgiving to God the Father for His Son Jesus and participate in the true worship of our God by which we are sanctified as His holy people.
