Rogation Tuesday

Here we see young petunias and busy lizzies in seed trays on my patio - they are back in the conservatory now, as we are forecast to have sleet today in the Highlands!



For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

For each perfect gift of Thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

F S Pierpoint (1835-1917)

Let us pray.

Almighty Father,
you have provided the resources of the world
to maintain the life of your children,
and have so ordered our life
that we are dependent on one another:
Bless us in our daily work,
and, as you have given us the knowledge to produce plenty,
so give us the will
to bring it within the reach of all;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.