Bring your pet to Worship

In honor of Saturday’s Feast of St. Francis, bring your pet to worship with you at the 8am or 10am Eucharist this Sunday, 10/5.

Each pet on that day will receive a special blessing during the liturgy. In the words of St. Francis’ now famous hymn, “All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice, let us sing,” come experience the joyful noise of all God’s creatures singing, barking, meowing, chirping, and offering God praise on this special day.

Invite your friends and neighbors to join you!

St. Francis of Assisi was a man with a true spirit of love and peace that could have only come from God. He turned the cerebral, inward-leaning theology and scholasticism of the Middle Ages on its head by his radical commitment to living a life of poverty and service in the pattern of Jesus of Nazareth.

Those who encountered St. Francis were drawn into the peaceable Kingdom of God to know more fully the Prince of Peace. Even animals, it is said, were attracted to his Christ-like gentleness. In one story, he preaches to a flock of birds. In another, he makes peace with a wolf that had been terrorizing a village, calling the creature “Brother Wolf” and reconciling him to the village.

As we thank God for the animals in our lives, we pray that the reconciling work of Jesus Christ might extend beyond our relationship with God to include all people and all of creation. See you on Sunday for this special celebration!