Today we celebrate ANIMALS!
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| Beary, age 5 weeks |
The Blessing of Pets and Animals is
celebrated on the Feast Day of St. Francis, who loved all creatures, great and
small.
In many Catholic schools
and churches today, parishioners will bring their pets to have them blessed by
the priest. I’d love to take my
pets, but my Katty is hyper-nervous and yowls when she’s taken to the vet --- so
I’m not going to put her through the stress of being in a mob of other cats, kids, and
dogs. And Beary, my German
Shepherd, isn’t used to being around children and strangers, so I've blessed
them myself here at home.
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| Katmandu, age about 8 weeks |
“Blessed are you,
Lord God, maker of all living creatures. You called forth fish in the sea,
birds in the air and animals on the land. You inspired St. Francis to call all
of them his brothers and sisters. I ask you to bless Beary and Katty. By the power of
your love, enable them to live according to your plan. May we always praise you
for all your beauty in creation. Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your
creatures! Amen.”
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