Rogation Days
When all else fails, why not reckon with God?
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6 min readApr 28, 2024
In putting together our bulletin for May, I happened to see on the calendar that May 6–8, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension Thursday are “Rogation Days”. No longer observed by the Church (like Ember days) since they were removed in the great Liturgical Reform of 1969, these were days of prayer and penance.
