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40 Hours Adoration

 

Stella Maris Parish is organizing a special time of prayer in the days leading up to Ash Wednesday. And they’re inviting the whole diocese to join them.

Starting on Sunday, February 15th @ 5:00pm, until Tuesday, February 17th @ 9:00am the parish will host 40 hours of Eucharistic Adoration.

According to the tradition, the 40 Hours’ devotion mirrors the 40 hours spent by Jesus in His sepulcher between His death on the Cross and His Resurrection, and the 40 days spent by Jesus in the desert. That’s why the 40 Hours are often planned as a prayerful preparation for the time of Lent and Easter.

In October 2024 our Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth was blessed with a Eucharistic Congress that concluded with a wonderful procession, showing our faith, gratitude and love for Christ’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament.

The community at Stella Maris desires to keep alive all the graces that were granted to us thanks to the Eucharistic Congress, and for this reason they are offering 40 Hours for the good of our Archdiocese.

Everyone across the Archdiocese is invited to participate and offer their time of prayer for our local Church and our Archbishop, spending time and honouring our Lord Jesus Christ, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.

May the Lord make bloom the seed of light planted in all our hearts in Baptism.

Please register on the Stella Maris Parish website at 40 Hours of Adoration so they can plan accordingly.  

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