MATTHEW 6:10
Someone once said, “The rogation days encourage the Anglican priest to dirty his vestments.”
Rogation Days, a lost tradition for some, are four days—the sixth Sunday of Easter and three days thereafter.
Rogation is derived from the Latin verb ‘rogare’ which means ‘to ask.’
Rogation Days invite Christians to ask God to bless the earth, asking for blessings on fields, crops, and farmers. The liturgies emphasise dependence on God’s favour and goodness over the land.
There are three reasons why we observe rogation days:
1. Praying at Seedtime
2. Rediscovering the Parish: as the priest moves out to bless the land
3. Preparing for Ascension.
Our choices during this sowing season will have an impact for all of eternity.
All events within our parishes and on earth are significant. All of our labours, both begun and completed, will be tested.
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We plough the fields, and scatter
the good seed on the land,
but it is fed and watered
by God’s almighty hand;
he sends the snow in winter,
the warmth to swell the grain,
the breezes and the sunshine,
and soft refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us
are sent from heaven above,
then thank the Lord,
O thank the Lord
for all his love.
(A&M 483)
📷: Ben Wicks
