Attend Mass
From The Catholic Encyclopedia:
“Days of prayer, and formerly also of fasting, instituted by the Church to appease God’s anger at man’s transgressions, to ask protection in calamities, and to obtain a good and bountiful harvest, known in England as ‘Gang Days’ and ‘Cross Week’, and in Germany as Bittage, Bittwoche, Kreuzwoche. The Rogation Days were highly esteemed in England and King Alfred’s laws considered a theft committed on these days equal to one committed on Sunday or a higher Church Holy Day.”
Rogation Days were removed from the calendar in the 1960s.
If you would like to attend a traditional Mass for the feast, find a Traditional Latin Mass near you (click here to explore).
Take part in a Rogation Day procession
As part of the liturgy for Rogation Days, a procession takes place to bless the boundaries of the parish. When you attend the Mass for the day, you will have the opportunity to walk in a (likely abridged) version of the Rogation procession. May you be blessed with a beautiful day for a procession!
Sprinkle holy water around the borders of private property
Today would be an excellent day to plan a private procession with family around the borders of your property to bless the land with holy water. Sing hymns and teach children about our dependence upon God’s gifts through the abundance and balance of nature.
”While the Ember Days commemorate nature from the perspective of its four seasons, Rogationtide commemorates nature in relation to man and the city, from his tilling of the soil to his collective aversion of meteorological and seismic calamities. This not only invites a deeper meditation on our stewardship of the earth, it adds a communal dimension to Rogationtide’s acknowledgement of nature as both a source of bounty and potential harm. As one introduction puts it, ‘the processions are a reminder to feeble man to turn with humility and confidence to the Giver of all good.’”
(From New Liturgical Movement. https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/05/rogationtide.html)