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While driving today I passed a local Episcopal church with a message on their marquee:

Animal Blessings Oct 4.
 
On the day they bless animals I'm gonna round up all the neighbor kids.
 
I've seen this in action: It's a literal animal blessing service. People bring in pets and farm animals to be blessed. I don't really understand it, but there you go.
 
Olerica said:
I've seen this in action: It's a literal animal blessing service. People bring in pets and farm animals to be blessed. I don't really understand it, but there you go.
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Do the animals have to be alive?

Could they bless my burger?
 
Or my tri-tip? Im thanking god for the blessing of food and eating a blessed cow? Wow max you're on to something!
 
Olerica said:
I've seen this in action: It's a literal animal blessing service. People bring in pets and farm animals to be blessed. I don't really understand it, but there you go.
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My old Lutheran high school had an animal blessing service last week. I saw a couple photos and honestly, I was weirded out by the concept. I just seems like a strange thing to do. I'm all for thanking God for animals etc. but this just seemed a little... I don't know, shallow maybe. The high school now has a primary school attached to it. Both are Christian, but I'd say the primary school is far more Christ-orientated.
 
Well, I think I have told some of you that our dog went deaf. The vet checked him out and told us to just accept it. I couldn't. I prayed for him while he and I were at our neighborhood lake (about a quarter mile from the house) By the time we got home, his hearing had returned.

I wouldn't be too quick to knock everything that might sound strange to us. Animals do seem to sense a realm we can't (or won't). Even Belem's donkey could see an angel in the road ahead. God might just care about them in a special way.
 
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THE BLESSING OF EACH PET (INDIVIDUALLY)

The blessing is usually done with the sprinkling of water over the animal and the owner.
"N., (name of animal, i.e. "Smokey", not cat/dog) may you be blessed in the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. May you and (the name of the "owner") enjoy life together and find joy with the God who created you."
or this
"N., may you be blessed in the Name of God who created you, and may you and (owner’s name) enjoy life together with our God."


or this


May you be blessed in the Name God, the Creator, Redeemer and of the Sustainer. May you and your animals enjoy life together and find joy with the God who created you. Amen.

THE BLESSING PRAYER
Most high, almighty Lord, our Creator, yours are the praise, the glory, the honour and all blessings! To you alone do all things belong. Be praised for giving us the animals, birds and fish which fill your world. May we think of you and thank you when we play with and care for our pets. Be praised for making us so happy to have our pets and to have them to play with. We ask you, Lord, that we may be good to our pets always, so that they may be happy also. Help us always to take care of them so that they will be healthy. O God, your world is wonderful. May we all come into your even greater world of the kingdom of heaven where we shall see even more wonderful things and where we shall live and love for ever.
This we ask to your eternal praise, and to our
blessing.
Amen.

Adapted from The Liturgy Archive
s/animalblessing.htm
 
I have met a few people who prays for animals whenever they see animals being injured or hurt or even when they care for stray animals. After animals died, they pray for them as they bury them and that the animals will be in Heaven with God.

I have a classmate whom is a vet and we were in the Spiritual Warfare class. He shared with me that, there are occasions he encountered animals that are demon possessed, which is very possible and very true because Jesus allowed the demons to enter the pigs when they got out of that demon possessed man. Although mankind is created to rule over the animals, God still cares for these animals that He fed them, provided for their needs. In the Creation story, God blesses both the animals and mankind to be fruitful and multiply too. Although it may sound pretty strange to have a session to bless the animals, I reckon, there is nothing wrong, really...
 
Willie-T said:
Well, I think I have told some of you that our dog went deaf. The vet checked him out and told us to just accept it. I couldn't. I prayed for him while he and I were at our neighborhood lake (about a quarter mile from the house) By the time we got home, his hearing had returned.

I wouldn't be too quick to knock everything that might sound strange to us. Animals do seem to sense a realm we can't (or won't). Even Belem's donkey could see an angel in the road ahead. God might just care about them in a special way.
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Sorry, I should have clarified myself. I see no problem praying for one's pets, none at all. I've done it a little. But when you have a service with a man in a fancy robe blessing hundreds of animals, it just strikes me as well... something that could easily become for show/mean nothing. Maybe not initially, but after blessing the 50th chicken it's probably difficult. Yes, it's true that animals seems to be able to sense the spiritual realm (that's actually a very common trope in horror fiction too). You're right about Balaam's donkey. Maybe I'm being too blah about all of this. Probably.
 
What has happened? What has happened to common sense? Where is there any down to earth, plain old sense. Everyday I hear of something stupid, something messed up, something advocated that shouldn't be, something destructive. I never did believe in Martians and aliens. I do now. And the interesting thing, they are already among us.

Give me Chevrolet, Apple Pie, and Baseball.

Give me the bible. Sunday worship. And pride.

Give me marriage. Give me work. Give me honesty.

I'm I actually in hell and just don't know it! I mean, did I die and come to earth, which is hell? It's too much folks. Too much.

 
Churches are just becoming a place where you can go and have what you want and express what you believe and be completely affirmed by others.

The Episcopal church blessing animals. Idiots! God used animals for sacrifices.

Are they against hunting? How about fishing? Everything but God and His ways are sacred.

 
49 said:
While driving today I passed a local Episcopal church with a message on their marquee:

Animal Blessings Oct 4.
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I'll tell my friend to take his Anaconda, which will be hungry that day. Hey, you bless one, you gotta bless them all. Right? No discrimination!

The Anaconda will love to meet some of the other pets. I am sure of that. :eek:
 
49 said:
While driving today I passed a local Episcopal church with a message on their marquee:

Animal Blessings Oct 4.
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With liberals marching to save whales, monkeys, flies, donkey dung, etc. And now churches blessing pets, I think we’ve just about reached the condition condemned by Paul in Romans 1:21-22
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles."
 
49 said:
While driving today I passed a local Episcopal church with a message on their marquee:

Animal Blessings Oct 4.
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Animal protective blessing from Magic Spells.com
Recite the following 3 times...
"'Bast of beauty and of grace,
Protectress of the animal race,
Shield {name of pet} from all hurt and harm,
And keep him/her always safe and warm.
Watch over {name of pet} from day to day,
And guide him/her home if he/she should stray.
And grant him/her much happiness,
And a good life free of strife and stress.'
Each time you say the spell drip 1 drop of Blessed Water/Holy Water on your animals forehead."

And Christians buy into this stupidity! Christianity is not of this world, folks.
 
This story reminds me of Proverbs 12:10a, "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal". That said, I hope that congregation does something good with the occasion, like share the Gospel with all the pet owners. A little out there perhaps, but if you can't get them in the door with truth, lure them with other good things.

I think I'll suggest that my congregation offers free coffee, bacon, and chocolate... just stay for a five-minute talk.... :)
 
Dino246 said:
This story reminds me of Proverbs 12:10a, "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal". That said, I hope that congregation does something good with the occasion, like share the Gospel with all the pet owners. A little out there perhaps, but if you can't get them in the door with truth, lure them with other good things.

I think I'll suggest that my congregation offers free coffee, bacon, and chocolate... just stay for a five-minute talk.... :)
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Dino,

Why not just hand out money. Pay people to come to church. I hope you're not equating blessing with taking care. Are you?

Lure them in? Where's that in the bible? The old bait program has been used for centuries. It don't work.

Would you go for a bless your mistress day? Bring your mistress. They can share the gospel. Right.

How about bless your Vodka day. Share the gospel as they bless the Vodka. Maybe just beer.

I should've known someone was going to say "If you can share the gospel." That ain't the way it's done. Unbelievable.


 
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