THEOLOGICAL CLUE

Had the title for this Sunday, Rogate, been continued in the churches, the readings might have been different and the Sunday would have at least two practical and related thrusts. One of these would be to continue the practice of some of the churches in the Northern Hemisphere, of blessing the fields, in the hope of avoiding natural disasters and anticipating a bountiful harvest. The other would extend the concern for farms and crops for this year to a care of the Earth Sunday as long as the earth remains, for all time. The Rogate title, however, came from the three Rogation Days which follow it, which were "asking" days, penitential in character, for the faithful. However, Rogate does not exist any longer, and the Sunday is simply labeled the Sixth Sunday of Easter, whic…