ROGATION SERMON
A Children's Icon for Rogation Sunday, Done in the Style of Enid M. Chadwick's "My Book of the Church's Year" SERMON FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA AND THE ROGATION OF ASCENCION ON THE WAITING CHURCH BETWEEN ASCENSION AND PENTECOST By Bp. Joseph (Ancient Church of the West) Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, this holy Sunday stands in a strange and sacred place within the life of the Church. The Lord has ascended. The Apostles have seen Him taken up into heaven in glory. The cloud of the Divine Presence has received Him from their sight. And yet Pentecost has not yet come. The Holy Ghost has not yet descended in tongues of fire. The Church waits… And in this waiting, the Church prays. This is why the ancient Christians called these days Rogation Days, from the Latin rogare , “to ask,” “to beseech,” “to implore.” The earth itself groans for redemption. The fields wait for rain. Nations rage. Kingdoms rise and fall. Men seek security in princes, ...
