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Rogation days - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rogation days are, in the calendar of the Western Church, four days traditionally set apart for solemn processions to invoke God's mercy. They are April 25, the Major Rogation, coinciding with St. Ma...
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The Rogation Days were highly esteemed in England and King Alfred's laws considered a theft committed on these days equal to one committed on Sunday or a higher ChurchHoly Day. ... The Rogation Days are the 25th of April, called Major, and the three days before the feast of the Ascension, called Minor.
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Rogation - Definition of Rogation at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Rogation. Look it up now! ... Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, esp. as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
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Environmental Rogation Day Celebration ... Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota ROGATION DAY LITURGIES; ... NOTE: The Environmental Stewardship Commission is suggesting that congregations plan a Rogation Day celebration. This event asks God’s blessing on the fields, gardens, orchards, seeds, etc. to be used in food production...
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Environmental Rogation Day Celebration ... Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota ; ROGATION DAY LITURGIES ... NOTE: The Environmental Stewardship Commission is suggesting that congregations plan a Rogation Day celebration. This event asks God’s blessing on the fields, gardens, orchards, seeds, etc. to be used in food production...
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"Rogation" comes from the Latin "rogare," which means "to ask," and "Rogation Days" are days during which we seek to ask God's mercy, appease His anger, avert His chastisements manifest through natural disasters, and ask for His blessings, particularly with regard to farming, gardening, and other agricultural pursuits.
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Readings and Collects for the Rogation Days; Rogation Monday; Rogation Tuesday; Rogation Wednesday; ... An Urban Rogation Procession ... A Roman Catholic Rogation Service...
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The Sunday before Ascension Day is sometimes called Rogation Sunday, and the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are called Rogation Days (particularly the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches), although these names are rarely used today. ... The four Rogation days were also used by clergy, churchwardens,
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Rogation Sunday: Worship Resources ... ROGATION SUNDAY ... These rogation themes of blessing the fields and beating the bounds were commended in the 1630s by the poet George Herbert, that epitome of English country parsons. He said that processions should be encouraged for four reasons:
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