Rogation Tuesday
Posted on May 12, 2026 by under
Scripture: Romans 8:24-28 (NKJV)
8:24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Devotion
In the Collect for the Day appointed for Rogationtide, we pray that our Lord God would grant us mercy in all our afflictions. Moreover, we pray that we should trust in His mercy in times of adversity. When we are afflicted with the woes of this life: family strife, sickness and death of loved ones, financial woes, etc., in faith we turn to the Lord God for comfort. We may not always have the right words, or know exactly for what we should pray, but St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans teaches us that the Holy Ghost “makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
This is because “He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is.” That is, the Lord Jesus knows the mind of the Spirit. He is our Intercessor. He and the Holy Ghost are one. The Lord Jesus and the Holy Ghost are both persons in the Holy Trinity. It is for this reason that our Triune Lord God knows our wants and needs even before we pray for them. We can take comfort in our afflictions, and when we do not know the right words to pray, our Lord God already knows that we have need of relief from them. We can simply trust in His mercy, for He works all things to our good, who love the Lord God, “who are the called according to His purpose.”
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.
