My friends, today is not only the Fifth Sunday after Easter, but it is also Rogation Sunday. It stems from a time when most of society was very much rural. Of course, in our current urban environment, it has lost much of its meaning. Unless you and I are concerned about aphids, nematodes, and various other kinds of afflictions that can happen to our plants, we probably really don't understand the vagaries of growing vast amounts of food as the farmers would who are so dependent upon the weather and other things to make a harvest that will feed not only ourselves but most of the world. It is of our very nature as Christian people to be people of prayer.
Prayer is, first and foremost, an attitude.
It isn't running on and on with a lot of words. It is an attitude of faith and an attitude of hope. Jesus said one time that if you have the faith the size of a mustard seed, you could move mountains. Faith means that you and I know for certain, as Jesus has taught us, that our heavenly Father love us. He does that, you know.