40 Hours Devotion

September 14, 15 & 16, 2025

As Jesus began His Passion in the Garden of Gethsemane, He asked His disciples to stay awake while He prayed. 


He left and prayed alone, but after coming back, he found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not watch one hour with me?" (Matthew 26:40).


40 Hours" is a Catholic devotion of continuous prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for 40 Hours (in our case, a few more than that!). Please join us and Bishop Ronald Gainer, our retired Bishop, for three powerful days of silence and prayer with Our God.

  • Dates & Times

    Sunday September 14, 2025

    Adoration in the church starts right after the 10:30am Mass

    Sunday evening Opening Mass - 6PM


    Monday, September 15, 2025

    Monday morning Mass - 8AM 

    Monday evening devotions - 6PM


    Tuesday, September 16, 2025

    Tuesday morning Mass - 8AM

    Tuesday evening devotions - 6PM

  • Guest Homilist

    Bishop Ronald Gainer

  • Adoration & Prayer

    To sign-up for one of the 40 hours of adoration, see the sign-up at the vestibule of the church. Or, just join us to pray! Please come!

  • More Info about 40 Hours

    This devotion commemorates the time Christ's body rested in the tomb. 


    • The practice began in Milan, Italy around 1527 and was promoted in the U.S. by St. John Neumann, who was at one time our bishop and founded Seven Sorrows!
    • This devotion invites Catholics to deepen their relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ present in body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist. St. Alphonsus Liguori taught that adoring Christ in the Blessed Sacrament was the "greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us."
    • The 40 Hours Devotion starts Sunday, Sept. 14, after the 10:30AM Mass. Bishop Gainer will preach our 6PM Sunday Mass, and also our services on Monday and Tuesday night (Sept. 15-16) at 6PM. 

    To sign-up for one of the 40 hours of adoration, see the sign-up at the vestibule of the church. Or, just join us to pray! Please come!

Now as they were eating, Jesus, having taken bread and having blessed it, broke it, and having given it to the disciples, He said, "Take, eat; this is My body." Matthew26:26