Prayer To All Animals

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    We gather together to celebrate the sacredness of our animal relations,

to rejoice in the beauty, grace and magnificence of all animals everywhere.

To the cats, birds, dogs and other creatures who share our homes,

We honor you, and bless you.

To those running free in great hers across the African plains...

To those in rainforests... on rugged mountaintops...

and in feedlots and labs...

We send you our love and bless you.

 

  We honor the sacredness and holiness of all animals everywhere,

and join together in loving remembrance

of the countless generations of animal companions of fur, feather or fin

who shared their lives with humankind from our earliest days on Earth.

They who blessed our homes with their affection, beauty and joy

in every land and through long eons.

You who were our most loving and faithful companions

always and everywhere.

Though your names are now long forgotten through the mists of time;

We honor your memory, and celebrate your Earthly lives.

 

  Most blessed and beloved children of our Divine Creator

Divine Light shines down upon you always,

and lights the path of your life’s journey.

Though you may walk unsteady in a crowded feedlot...

Or gaze out at the world through cold cage bars,

you are never truly alone. 

 

  We acknowledge and rejoice in the full range

of your intelligence... emotions... and sentience.

We behold the full glory of your innate dignity, compassion,

and depth of feeling.

In celebration of all animals everywhere,

we bless you and love you

now and forever. Amen