A Fervent Rogation Commemoration
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week – April 28, 29 and 30 – are "Rogation Days", a time every year just before Ascension Day when the Church asks God's blessing on the planting of the crops and the production of other goods and services. Ways of the World always commemorates this occasion, but this year, with high food prices as well as high energy prices, the increasing use of food crops for fuel and the present pervasive financial strains, we feel the need for these petitions all the more.
For Agriculture*
Almighty God, we thank you for making the earth fruitful, so that it might produce what is needed for life: Bless those who work in the fields; give us seasonable weather; and grant that we may all share the fruits of the earth, rejoicing in your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Towns and Rural Areas*
Lord Christ, when you came among us, you proclaimed the kingdom of God in villages, towns, and lonely places: Grant that your presence and power may be known throughout this land. Have mercy upon all of us who live and work in rural areas; and grant that all the people of our nation may give thanks to you for food and drink and all other bodily necessities of life, respect those who labor to produce them, and honor the land and the water from which these good things come. All this we ask in your holy Name. Amen.
For Workers**
O God, Father of us all, we pray for all who toil in mill, mine and oil field; for all by whose labor we are clothed and fed; for those who build and adorn our houses; for those who trade in shop or market; for those who go down to the sea in ships and do business in great waters and faraway ports; and for those who manage risky investments and other financial services. May our service and our merchandise be holy unto the Lord. May we do justly and love mercy and walk humbly with you, for your Name's sake. Amen.
*From the Book of Common Prayer, "Prayers and Thanksgivings" beginning on page 810.
**Adapted and modified from Prayers for All Occasions, a Forward Movement Publication, 1964, page 52.
For Agriculture*
Almighty God, we thank you for making the earth fruitful, so that it might produce what is needed for life: Bless those who work in the fields; give us seasonable weather; and grant that we may all share the fruits of the earth, rejoicing in your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Towns and Rural Areas*
Lord Christ, when you came among us, you proclaimed the kingdom of God in villages, towns, and lonely places: Grant that your presence and power may be known throughout this land. Have mercy upon all of us who live and work in rural areas; and grant that all the people of our nation may give thanks to you for food and drink and all other bodily necessities of life, respect those who labor to produce them, and honor the land and the water from which these good things come. All this we ask in your holy Name. Amen.
For Workers**
O God, Father of us all, we pray for all who toil in mill, mine and oil field; for all by whose labor we are clothed and fed; for those who build and adorn our houses; for those who trade in shop or market; for those who go down to the sea in ships and do business in great waters and faraway ports; and for those who manage risky investments and other financial services. May our service and our merchandise be holy unto the Lord. May we do justly and love mercy and walk humbly with you, for your Name's sake. Amen.
*From the Book of Common Prayer, "Prayers and Thanksgivings" beginning on page 810.
**Adapted and modified from Prayers for All Occasions, a Forward Movement Publication, 1964, page 52.
posted by Carol S. | 4/26/2008 01:06:00 PM
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