Forty Hours Devotion

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Eucharistic devotion Roman Catholic devotion

Forty Hours Devotion is a traditional Roman Catholic practice of continuous prayer and adoration before the exposed Blessed Sacrament for a period of approximately forty hours.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eucharistic devotion → Roman Catholic devotion →
alsoKnownAs	Forty Hours → Forty Hours’ Devotion →
associatedWith	Eucharistic piety → parish missions →
commonDevotionsDuring	Litanies → Rosary → Scripture reading → silent prayer →
duration	approximately forty hours →
hasFeature	exposition of the Blessed Sacrament → rotating adorers → uninterrupted adoration →
hasObjectOfAdoration	Blessed Sacrament →
hasPractice	Eucharistic adoration → continuous prayer →
includes	Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament → Mass at closing → Mass at opening → procession with the Blessed Sacrament →
language	English →
liturgicalElement	use of candles and incense → use of monstrance →
liturgicalFocus	Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist →
mayCoincideWith	Lent → special parish occasions →
observedIn	Latin Church → various dioceses worldwide →
purpose	deepening Eucharistic faith → intercession for the Church and the world → reparation for sins →
religiousTradition	Roman Catholic Church →
requires	observance of norms for Eucharistic exposition → priest or deacon for exposition and reposition → schedule of adorers to cover all hours →
spiritualEmphasis	adoration → penance → petition → thanksgiving →
symbolismOfNumber	biblical periods of forty days → forty hours of Christ’s body in the tomb →
timeStructure	continuous period rather than forty separate hours →
typicalLocation	Catholic parish church → chapel with a tabernacle →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Forty Hours Devotion ("Forty Hours") → Forty Hours Devotion ("Forty Hours’ Devotion") →	alsoKnownAs
Blessed Sacrament →	isObjectOf
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ("Holy Hour") →	oftenCombinedWith