05.05.07
Blessing for the Animals
Bless Mrs. B, the kitty who was taken to the shelter twice for simply talking too much. Meow!
Many of you were interested in my previous blessing of the animals blog. To follow up with that, I want to direct you to Elizabeth’s blog which has a detailed outline of the blessing of the animals service that was used at her church. Good stuff!
I especially like the Fyodor Dostoyevsky quote they read:
“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.”
Our faiths must not forget that the spiritual values of mercy, personal responsibility, strength, love, and compassion also apply to our treatment of other-than-human beings. It is only appropriate for our faiths to reinforce this fact in their sermons. Yay! 