[Magdalen] Dog blessing query

[Clarissa Canning]

I think this is a good thing to do.  I don;t mind praying for animals, Not
so sure what God thinks but can't hurt. It is good Pastoral care for the
person,

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ...an aside - a number of years ago this topic was a GOE question in the
> liturgy category, IIRC, having been told so by seminarians while on a
> 'display trip'.
>
> Grace - I hope you get some good feed-back
>
> peace
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 11:25 AM
> To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: [Magdalen] Dog blessing query
>
> Yesterday I had a call from a young woman who works at one of the churches
>> where I was an interim. She has to put her dog down because of multiple
>> stomach tumors and wanted me to come and provide a blessing. The vet will
>> come to her home to euthanize the dog. We've agreed that I will come on
>> Tuesday evening for the actual procedure.
>> I have no theological problem with this--after all, we bless pets on St.
>> Francis Day. And when I was in seminary we held a formal interment service
>> for our beloved Chip the Monk, who had lived a long life in the woodpile by
>> one of the dorms. (One seminary professor did refuse to lead the
>> ceremony...)
>> But I'm wondering if anyone has done something like this and has any
>> suggestions as to reading materials. I'm thinking of part of the Canticle
>> reflecting St. Francis love for creation and maybe one of Mary Oliver's
>> poems about her dog Percy, especially after his death.  And I can certainly
>> offer prayer.
>> This is a unique request--at least for me--and I thought I'd pick the
>> brain(s) of this list.=
>>
>
>