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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Holy Hour 3
Forty Hours 1
Forty Hours Devotion canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eucharistic devotion ⓘ
Roman Catholic devotion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
surface form: Forty Hours

Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
surface form: 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 Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ
surface form: 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 worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church

various dioceses worldwide ⓘ
purpose deepening Eucharistic faith ⓘ
intercession for the Church and the world ⓘ
reparation for sins ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: 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 (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blessed Sacrament → isObjectOf → Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
Forty Hours Devotion → alsoKnownAs → Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forty Hours
Forty Hours Devotion → alsoKnownAs → Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forty Hours’ Devotion
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament → oftenCombinedWith → Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Hour
Holy Hour devotion → alsoKnownAs → Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Hour
Litany of the Blessed Sacrament → prayedDuring → Forty Hours Devotion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Hour