Rogation Monday
Posted on May 26, 2025 by under
Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-6 (NKJV)
2:1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Devotion
“I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men…”
The first three days of this week are called “Rogation Days.” Their observance goes back for centuries. “Rogation” comes from the Latin word that means “to ask.” For what shall we ask? Our text for today’s devotion would have us praying for all people, and it specifically encourages prayers for political authorities.
Prayers for political leaders need not be partisan. No matter who wields political power at the moment, we pray for them. We pray that they would rule in a manner pleasing to God, so we rejoice in godly magistrates. But even ungodly rulers can serve to maintain law and order, so that “we may lead quiet and peaceable lives” of humble service to our Lord.
As the Lord blesses us with such, God grant us not to squander it! Such as we are able, we pray that God would have His use of us and give the gift of stability in our land, in order that we may engage in faithfully carrying out our vocations, especially confessing the Gospel. As we are assured, this is pleasing to God, who would have all people come to a knowledge of the saving truth of Christ.
Collect: Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we, who in our affliction put our trust in Thy mercy, may ever be defended by Thy protection against all adversity; through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Collect for Rogate Sunday
O God, 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 right and by Thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
