Blessing the Animals : Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate Gods Creatures Wild and Tame

Take a spiritual journey through this beautiful collection of blessings, prayers and meditations about the creatures wild and tame that inhabit our world. These moving contributions about all types of animals - playful dogs and beloved cats, giant whales and powerful elephants, tiny insects and delicate birds - are drawn from many faith traditions including Native American, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist. A special section, also, provides animal blessing ceremonies you can use to memorise the loss of a companion animal, offer prayers for an animal suffering illness or injury or simply recognise the spiritual connection we create when we fully appreciate another member of God's creation. This book is a veritable jewel box of comfort and ecstasy reverence and wisdom. It provides powerful testimony to the different ways that animals inspire us to worship our creator.