The Holy Eucharist is nothing less than Jesus’ complete and personal gift of Himself to us—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—in the consecrated Host. Eucharistic Adoration is when we spend time with Jesus exposed in the monstrance, a sacred gold vessel, so that we can gaze at Him and talk to Him heart to Heart. 

The 40 Hours Devotion is a centuries-old tradition of 40 hours of continuous adoration of the Holy Eucharist. This devotion provides a wonderful opportunity for the spiritual growth of each person and the parish as a whole.

The number forty has always signified a sacred period of time:  the rains during the time of Noah lasted 40 days and nights; the Jews wandered through the desert for 40 years, our Lord fasted and prayed for 40 days before beginning His public ministry. The 40 Hours Devotion commemorates that traditional “forty-hour period” from our Lord’s burial until the resurrection.