Overview
Gazelles and geckos, bees and bears, whelks and elks, cats who skip and dogs who read stories to children, stags and stag beetles, neon tetras and harlequin rasboras, mice and rats and other critters – The Blessing of Animals teems with God’s amazing creation. You can hear the voice of God on every page: ‘Woof!’ ‘Miaow!’ Along with many beautiful prayers and poems to dip into, this book also includes: ~ Reflections on feline and canine theology ~ An all-age communion service for the Feast of Saint Francis ~ A litany for the blessing of animals ~ A service for the blessing of animals ~ Thoughts on losing an animal friend ~ A lamentation and prayer to the whole of creation For every Border collie and sheepdog, for every golden retriever and Great Dane, we give you thanks. For every squawk and tweet, for every flitter and flutter, we give you thanks. For every tortoiseshell, marmalade and Russian Blue, for every loquacious Siamese, we give you thanks. (From a litany by Thom M. Shuman)
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Author: Neil Paynter
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
Imprint: Wild Goose Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 20.00cm
ISBN: 9781804324004
ISBN 10: 1804324000
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 12 November 2025
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Contents Poems Christmas 2020, Bonnie Thurston 10 Feathered friends, Bonnie Thurston 11 Winter’s breakfast guests, Bonnie Thurston 12 Words like birds, Bonnie Thurston 13 Sutton’s warbler, unconfirmed sighting, Bonnie Thurston 14 Rats, Brian Ford 15 Dancing in the desert, Janet Lees 16 Everybody knows that cats like to rumba, Neil Paynter 16 Blackstone’s journey, Katherine Rennie 19 Blackstone’s love, Katherine Rennie 20 Emptiness, Katherine Rennie 20 Eyes, Tom Gordon 21 Patience, Tom Gordon 23 Feline theology, Brian Ford 24 Theology lessons, Tom Gordon 25 Unconditional, Tom Gordon 27 Gibbs is my spiritual director, Thom M. Shuman 28 Sniffing, Tom Gordon 29 Robins, Brian Ford 30 I dream of Ginger (To those who dream about their pets), Rodney Aist 30 Dusty’s eyes, Thom M. Shuman 32 Mourning, Tom Gordon 33 Preferences, Tom Gordon 34 Even the sparrow, Brian Ford 35 Extinct, Janet Lees 36 I know a cat (A skipping poem), Neil Paynter 36 The last return of the prodigal, Brian Ford 41 Toby, Glendon Macaulay 42 Prayers The God of all creatures, Thom M. Shuman 48 Bless to me my dog, Joy Mead 48 Bless my cat, Rosie Miles 49 The blessings of birds, Janet Lees 49 Awareness, Tom Gordon 50 Why are you doing this?, Rebeka Maples 51 Thank you, Tom Gordon 52 Bless us, O Lord, Rebeka Maples 53 A stag beetle on the Greenwich Meridian Trail, Janet Lees 54 Keep moving, Janet Lees 55 For ordinary wonderful things, Richard Sharples 55 Reflections and stories St Hubert and the stag, Annie Heppenstall 58 An incarnate God, Annika Spalde 60 Ask the animals, Ghillean Prance 61 God bless you, Dusty, Thom M. Shuman 63 Scooby, Tom Gordon 65 Cocoa the Wonder Dog I, Thom M. Shuman 67 God’s world, Ghillean Prance 68 Cocoa the Wonder Dog II, Thom M. Shuman 69 Hope, Alastair McIntosh 71 All-embracing compassion, Annika Spalde 74 Liturgy A litany of blessing, Thom M. Shuman 76 Celebrating love for all God’s creation: An all-age communion service for the Feast of Saint Francis (including a blessing of animals), Nancy Cocks 80 Creatures worship together: A service for the blessing of animals, Rebeka Maples 90 A lamentation and prayer of contrition to the whole of creation, Richard A. Nisbett 98 Sources and acknowledgements 104 About the contributors 106
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Neil Paynter is an editor, writer and late-night piano player.
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