A presentation on Rogation Sunday - The 6th Sunday of Easter. This includes the importance of care of the environment and perspectives on the Ascension as part of the paschal mystery

1. Rogation Sunday
Prepared by Canon Noel A. Burke
Rector of
St. David’s Church
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2. Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your Name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.
THELORD’SPRAYER
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER PAGE 42

3. 1 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
and lighten with celestial fire;
thou the anointing Spirit art,
who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.
2 Thy blessed unction from above
is comfort, life, and fire of love;
enable with perpetual light
the dullness of our blinded sight.
3 Anoint and cheer our soiled face
with the abundance of thy grace
keep far our foes, give peace at home
where Thou art guide no ill can come
4 Teach us to know the Father, Son,
and thee, of both, to be but one;
that through the ages all along
this may be our endless song:
5 Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
HYMN200

4. PSALM27:1-7
Psalm 27 Dominus illuminatio
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I
fear?*
the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be
afraid?
2 When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, *
it was they, my foes and my adversaries, who stumbled
and fell.
3 Though an army should encamp against me, *
yet my heart shall not be afraid;
4 And though war should rise up against me, *
yet will I put my trust in him.
5 One thing have I asked of the Lord;
one thing I seek; *
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days
of my life;
6 To behold the fair beauty of the Lord *
and to seek him in his temple.
7 For in the day of trouble he shall keep me safe
in his shelter; *
he shall hide me in the secrecy of his dwelling
and set me high upon a rock.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son* and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now* and shall be forever. Amen

5. Tomorrow is
the 6th
Sunday of
Easter
Rogation
Sunday
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6. Collect
for the 6th Sunday of Easter
O God, you have prepared for
those who love you such good
things as surpass our
understanding: Pour into our
hearts such love towards you,
that we, loving you in all things
and above all things, may
obtain your promises, which
exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
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7. Rogation Sunday
“Rogation” comes from the Latin noun rogatio,
meaning “asking” (the verb is rogare, “to ask”).
The Sixth Sunday of Easter is known as
“Rogation Sunday.”
The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the
week are known as the “Rogation Days”
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8. …the Father will
give you whatever
you ask him in my
name.
John 15:16
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9. Rogation Sunday
All Christians must pray
All prayer ends, “through Jesus Christ our
Lord, Amen”
Jesus said that we must always ask in his
name
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10. Rogation Sunday
These are days for fasting and prayer.
The Thursday of that week is the feast of the
Ascension,
Ascension Day is always a Thursday, the 40th
day after Easter
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11. Rogation Sunday
“Rogation Days” are the three days preceding
Ascension Day
These days are devoted to asking for God’s
blessing on agriculture and industry”.
Very often there is a procession out into the
fields or by fish markets
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12. Readings for
Rogation Days
Deuteronomy 11:10-15
Psalm 147 or Psalm 65
Romans 8:18-25
Mark 4:26-32
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13. Collect
for Rogation Days
Almighty God, Lord of heaven
and earth: We humbly pray that
your gracious providence may
give and preserve to our use
the harvests of the land and of
the seas, and may prosper all
who labor to gather them, that
we, who are constantly receiving
good things from your hand,
may always give you thanks;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for
ever and ever. Amen
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14. Rogation Sunday
Rogation Sunday teaches us to take care of our environment. We
draw from the world when we worship. For example we use:-
Water
Bread - wheat
Wine - grapes
Oil - olives
Salt
Coal
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15. Rogation Sunday
Holy Mass at 7:45am
Come to Mass in person
Participate in the Mass online
Sit quietly
Make sure you have your
hymn book and Book of
Common Prayer
Follow the Service to the end
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16. Ascension Day
… when Jesus and the disciples had come
together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the
time when you will restore the kingdom to
Israel?” He replied, "It is not for you to know
the times or periods that the Father has set
by his own authority. But you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth.” When he had said this, as they were
watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took
him out of their sight. While he was going and
they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly
two men in white robes stood by them. They
said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking
up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been
taken up from you into heaven, will come in the
same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
Acts 1: 6 - 11
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17. Grant, we pray, Almighty God,
that as we believe your only-
begotten Son our Lord Jesus
Christ to have ascended into
heaven, so we may also in
heart and mind there ascend,
and with him continually
dwell; who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Collect for Ascension Day
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18. Join in Evening
Prayer
Thursday May 13, 2021 at
6:00pm
ASCENSION DAY
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19. “Follow the saints,
because those who
follow them will become
saints.”
Pope St. Clement I
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