All God's Creatures: The Blessing of Animal Companions

by Debra K. Farrington

Book Overview

All God's Creatures provides a complete Blessing of the Animals liturgy, as well as other prayers and rituals, for use in church or anywhere that animals are blessed If you live with a dog, cat, or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557254729
• ISBN13: 9781557254726
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Book

The book was a wonderful way of enforcing the love we feel toward the animals we live with and the love from God toward us all.

Rich and practical guide

A rich and practical guide to reflecting on our relationship with the creatures who share our households, All God's Creatures is well-grounded theologically. At the same time, Debra Farrington has provided a wealth of practices and prayers for allowing us to see these animal companions as sacramental signs of God's own work and mercy. She invites us--urges us--to move beyond romanticized notions of "having a pet" and calls us to see the inherently holy connections between people and the animals who share our lives. I have already given this book to six other people, and have found it to be a needed resource.

If you love aniamls, you'll love this!

Reading this book has not only changed how we treat the cats and goldfish who share our home, it has changed the conversations in our house with and about our animal companions. When my six-year-old asked about getting a hamster, I told her it is a big decision to invite another animal into our home. I would never have begun the conversation this way before reading Debra Farrington's book. This is a sound theological, practical and engaging examination of our relationship with the animals we invite into our homes, covering everything from naming to feeding to playing. The book also offers ways to be with aniamls who are sick or dying and includes rituals for burial. I'm planning on giving it to most everyone on my Christmas list!