St. Francis Blessing of the Animals

Our church celebrated St. Francis today with our annual Blessing of the Animals. We took a chance and brought Dexter and Winston, ready to leave if they misbehaved. They were wonderful from arrival to departure! Courteous to other dogs and respectful to humans; no straining, over-exuberance or aggression of any sort. They loved getting blessed by the Pastor and licked him in thanks. Dex even turned, cuddled his butt into him and sat in the folds of his alb! Peacefully sat or laid at our feet through the balance of the service. Wonderful experience, my wife cried when the guys were blessed. We went up at the same time so don't have any pictures.
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I wish our church would do that. Then again when the priest comes to bless the house each new year, all creatures are blessed......if they can be rounded up.
One of the churches in our town does it. My friend Lois posted the event on our Therapy Dog's FB page...."Messiah Lutheran church is having a Blessing of the Animals service on Saturday, October 5th. Pets do not have to be Lutheran to attend."
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What a coincidence, our church is Messiah Lutheran also!
Many churches did the blessing here in Tn. too. Very nice.
A priest used to to come to the barn to bless the horses and barn cats. Unfortunately he died and we've not found someone to take his place. I always enjoyed the blessing of the horses and felt it gave a bit of extra "protection." Of course my horse was terrified of the priest....
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