Feast of St. Isidore & Rogation Days

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Isidore and next week we will mark the Minor Rogation days on the liturgical calendar. St. Isidore is the patron saint of farmers and the observance of the Minor Rogation days are a 1500 year old Catholic tradition of fasting and abstinence the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the Feast of the Assumption to ask for God’s blessing for the spring planting.

Though many of us are removed from a direct connection to the earth in our suburban and urban neighborhoods of NJ we are after all the “Garden State”. For more information on Rogation Days click here.

Prayer to Saint Isidore

Saint Isidore,

Show us that we are not separate from the natural world, but part of one sacred earth community.

Remind us that creation is good and bears the imprint of Christ from beginning to end.

Reveal to us that the full expression of God’s generosity and blessings are found through oneness in the Mystical Body of Christ. Amen.