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I think it’s sweet. I was raised Lutheran and to my knowledge they don’t do blessings. We love dogs and have rescued many.
Go attend at a local Episcopal Church. Google search, then find one doing it. It's very lovely and fun. Not saying you ever have to repeat, but it's a joy to attend Church with your dog. My Church invites and encourages dogs at each service and I take my little beagle Abbi every time I attend, unless she is ill. The Priest give pooches biscuits at communion time
I'm not sure that Scamp and Honey (my cats, both of whom adopted me) would appreciate a trip to church.
However, in agreement with what others have said, they have both been a blessing to me over the years. Scamp, bless his heart, has really been through the mill over the years and was, at one time, paralyzed in his hind region (a spinal issue) and was dragging himself around by his front paws. Terrible. A friend and I immediately caged him and rushed him to the vet. I seriously thought that I had no other alternative but than to have him put down since surgery was out of the question. I actually initiated a thread on that topic on the Pets Forum a few years ago. However, after convalescing at a local cat clinic for 4 months, Scamp (now 15) came good. In fact, within two hours of bringing him home he climbed on to the roof via shade-cloth in the breezeway, something he'd loved to do regularly before he sustained the injury. I was elated as I'd firmly believed that such a thing could never happen again. Boy, was I wrong!
Scamp is still around using all fours, jumping here and there, and spends much of his day annoying me at my computer. Right now, for instance ...for crying out loud, Scamp . . .go away!
I'm not sure that Scamp and Honey (my cats, both of whom adopted me) would appreciate a trip to church.
However, in agreement with what others have said, they have both been a blessing to me over the years. Scamp, bless his heart, has really been through the mill over the years and was, at one time, paralyzed in his hind region (a spinal issue) and was dragging himself around by his front paws. Terrible. A friend and I immediately caged him and rushed him to the vet. I seriously thought that I had no other alternative but than to have him put down since surgery was out of the question. I actually initiated a thread on that topic on the Pets Forum a few years ago. However, after convalescing at a local cat clinic for 4 months, Scamp (now 15) came good. In fact, within two hours of bringing him home he climbed on to the roof via shade-cloth in the breezeway, something he'd loved to do regularly before he sustained the injury. I was elated as I'd firmly believed that such a thing could never happen again. Boy, was I wrong!
Scamp is still around using all fours, jumping here and there, and spends much of his day annoying me at my computer. Right now, for instance ...for crying out loud, Scamp . . .go away!
Is St. Francis 'big' in the Episcopal Church? I ask because a gorgeous stone Episcopal church
in my downtown had a big St. Francis statue stolen a few years ago
from the main court yard all could see driving by!!! And never found.
'Brother Sun, Sister Moon', 1972,one of my favorite movies. I bought the DVD.
There is a better Italian version of the theme song, btw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKFbB_kqpDI
Last edited by Miss Hepburn; 10-06-2019 at 06:28 AM..
Sorry, I had to, also, put the youtube clip of St. Francis going before the pope, Alec Guinness, for those
that don't get the whole DVD. "Brother Sun, Sister Moon: :
Same! I do volunteer animal rescue so I have a revolving door of foster pets. I've never been able to get my animal family out to one of these blessing events but I think they are a beautiful idea. I think animals bless ME more than anything.
I help at the Animal Rescue Center (ARC) and Paw Placement. Right now, I am attending to a huge Tabby male feral cat who is extremely sick and have him on an IV. He is a community cat that visits people with disabilities, very friendly and therapeutic. He will lay on a woman's lap who has PTSD and be petted for an hour while she sits on her porch, a child with severe autism plays with, and carries him around, in addition to several others. He will walk with me through the forest, along side my dog and has gotten other feral cats to follow him. Just an amazing cat that lives in the woods within the community. He was caught, neutered and released back into his environment a couple years ago. He is definitely a blessing to many who live in the area.
I'm not sure that Scamp and Honey (my cats, both of whom adopted me) would appreciate a trip to church.
However, in agreement with what others have said, they have both been a blessing to me over the years. Scamp, bless his heart, has really been through the mill over the years and was, at one time, paralyzed in his hind region (a spinal issue) and was dragging himself around by his front paws. Terrible. A friend and I immediately caged him and rushed him to the vet. I seriously thought that I had no other alternative but than to have him put down since surgery was out of the question. I actually initiated a thread on that topic on the Pets Forum a few years ago. However, after convalescing at a local cat clinic for 4 months, Scamp (now 15) came good. In fact, within two hours of bringing him home he climbed on to the roof via shade-cloth in the breezeway, something he'd loved to do regularly before he sustained the injury. I was elated as I'd firmly believed that such a thing could never happen again. Boy, was I wrong!
Scamp is still around using all fours, jumping here and there, and spends much of his day annoying me at my computer. Right now, for instance ...for crying out loud, Scamp . . .go away!
That is a great story, Romulus. Thanks for sharing.
The years that I lived alone with four (then three, then two, then one...) cats coincide with the years that I've attended this little Episcopal church, but I never brought them in for St Francis Day. Only one didn't mind being stuffed into a carrier and taken in the car. She was blind. I always wondered if that had something to do with it.
Anyway, they wouldn't have been happy at church. I figure they got blessed by proxy.
I help at the Animal Rescue Center (ARC) and Paw Placement. Right now, I am attending to a huge Tabby male feral cat who is extremely sick and have him on an IV. He is a community cat that visits people with disabilities, very friendly and therapeutic. He will lay on a woman's lap who has PTSD and be petted for an hour while she sits on her porch, a child with severe autism plays with, and carries him around, in addition to several others. He will walk with me through the forest, along side my dog and has gotten other feral cats to follow him. Just an amazing cat that lives in the woods within the community. He was caught, neutered and released back into his environment a couple years ago. He is definitely a blessing to many who live in the area.
Wow! What an extraordinary cat! I hope he gets better. Thank you for helping the outdoor and feral cats--they have a tough life without kind people to look out for them. I used to do trap-neuter-return but I downshifted to becoming a foster home.
I just returned from taking my Abbi, pocket beagle to Churcj. She peed in the car on the way home. That's what I get, I guess
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