Join the Cathedral in prayer
This Jubilee Year of Hope marks the 12th year of "24 hours for the Lord" as initiated by Pope Francis in 2014. This day of prayer was declared March 28. To join the Universal Church, the Cathedral will offer 24 Hours of Eucharistic Exposition on Friday March 28, 2025 starting at 9 a.m., in conjunction with the Sacrament of Reconciliation from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
To Quote CNA:
"Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the Eucharistic devotion of a group of young Catholics in Rome.
On the night of March 12-13, 2013, just hours before Cardinal Jorge Bergolio would be elected pope, young adults were gathered in prayer before the Eucharist in a small church dedicated to youth just outside the Vatican.
"Night of Light and Saints" Eucharistic adoration in the Church of St. Lawrence in Piscibus on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2013. Credit: Papaboys
It was not the first time. A few weeks prior, the group had also spent all night in adoration at a different church as Pope Benedict XVI was ending his papacy and preparing to leave the Vatican to fly by helicopter to the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
One day the following year, Pope Francis announced that the whole Church would spend “24 Hours for the Lord,” with a special Lenten penance liturgy at the Vatican, while some of Rome’s churches remained open all night for adoration and confession."
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Click here to read the 2014 article about Pope Fransis' invitation to join in prayer in this way.
