Blessing of the Animals

This Sunday, you are invited to bring your pets of all shapes and sizes to our outdoor service for a special blessing.  I've witnessed all sorts of animal blessings from horses, to fish, to dogs, to cats, and even my guinea pig was blessed once!  You may ask yourself, "What's the deal with this animal blessing?  Why do we do it?"  Well, I think I may have found the answer-
 
"This custom is conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures.  Francis, whose feast day is October 4th, loved the larks flying about his hilltop town. He and his early brothers, staying in a small hovel, allowed themselves to be displaced by a donkey. Francis wrote a Canticle of the Creatures, an ode to God’s living things. “All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures.”  Taken from here.
 
So please join us with you fuzzy, furry, slimy, gilled, small, large, whatever pets for a special service at 10:00am.