Pet Blessing and Holy Eucharist
Schedule
Sun Oct 06 2024 at 10:30 am
Location
410 Erie Street, South Haven, MI, United States, Michigan 49090 | South Haven, MI
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Join us Sunday morning, October 6, at 10:30 am for our annual Blessing of the Pets as part of our celebration of Holy Eucharist. We celebrate pets annually in honor of the thirteenth-century saint, poet, and mystic Francis of Assisi, who loved animals and all of God's creation. This has become a special event on the calendar of the Episcopal Church, and especially so at Epiphany. We hope you will bring your pets to church on this special day and then stay for our weekly community brunch.
Our blessing that morning reads as follows:
"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."
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Where is it happening?
410 Erie Street, South Haven, MI, United States, Michigan 49090Event Location & Nearby Stays: