Fifth Sunday after Easter and Rogation Days - 2018

The Fifth Sunday after Easter (or Rogation Sunday).

Jeremiah 17.5-10, 14

Hæc dicit Dominus

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, * and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, * and shall not see when good cometh;

But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, * in a salt land and not inhabited.

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, * and whose hope the LORD is.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, * and that spreadeth out her roots by the river,

And shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; * and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: * who can know it?

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, * even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: * for thou art my praise.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

The Collect.

O LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 1.10-20

Psalter: Psalm 146, 147 | 132, 133, 134

Epistle Reading: James 1.22-27

Gospel Reading: St. John 16.23-33

Homily: http://orderofcenturions.org/documents/easter5_09.html

The Rogation Days
Being the Three Days before Ascension Day

ALMIGHTY God, Lord of heaven and earth; We beseech thee to pour forth thy blessing upon this land, and to give us a fruitful season; that we, constantly receiving thy bounty, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Monday AM: Psalm 104. 1^st Lesson – Deuteronomy 8.1-11, 17-20. 2^nd Lesson – Matthew 5.5-15.

Monday PM: Psalm 34. 1^st Lesson – Deuteronomy 28.1-14. 2^nd Lesson – James 1.1-17

Tuesday AM: Psalm 80. 1^st Lesson – Deuteronomy 11.10-17. 2^nd Lesson – Matthew 6.24-34

Tuesday PM: Psalm 65, 67. 1^st Lesson – 1 Kings 8.22-30. 2^nd Lesson – James 4.8-17

Wednesday AM: Psalm 144. 1^st Lesson – Jeremiah 14.1-9. 2^nd Lesson – 1 John 5.5-15

Wednesday PM: Psalm 93, 99. 1^st Lesson – Isaiah 11.1-5. 2^nd Lesson – Luke 24.44-48

A modern custom for Rogation Days has been to focus prayers and actions toward charity to help feed poor folk. On this page we have provided three ways to do that: http://orderofcenturions.org/documents/rogation.html