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  • This fifth Sunday after Easter is called Rogation Sunday: The word "Rogation" comes from the Latin verb rogare, meaning "to ask," and was applied to this time of the liturgical year because the Gospel reading includes the passage "Ask and ye shall receive" (John 16: 24).

    The Continuum 2009

  • It was an anthem out of one of the many "Rogation" litanies then beginning to be familiar in the churches of Gaul and possibly not unknown also at Rome.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • With the exception of his picture "Rogation" — one of his best —

    Goupil's Paris Salon of 1897 1897

  • The students in the High Mass class studied also Ember Days, Rogation Days, and more.

    Report from Canons Regular of St. john Cantius Training Session 2009

  • To be said or sung, kneeling, standing, or in procession; before the Eucharist or after the Collects of Morning or Evening Prayer; or separately; especially in Lent and on Rogation days.

    The Great Litany bls 2009

  • I have granted them concessions over the past few months, allowing them to be torchbearers at Benediction, Stations of the Cross, and the Rogation Procession yesterday morning.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • She has posted some on her blog as well as some photos from the Rogation Procession and Mass.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • To be said or sung, kneeling, standing, or in procession; before the Eucharist or after the Collects of Morning or Evening Prayer; or separately; especially in Lent and on Rogation days.

    Archive 2009-02-01 bls 2009

  • “Zikr,” Litany or Rogation, it is a pious act confined to certain occasions.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • One specific resource I found fascinating is the chapter on Ember Days and Rogation Days from Fr.

    Ember Days Mary 2008

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