Blessing of the Animals
By Jellybelly
@CookieMonster46 (13453)
United States
October 3, 2015 12:19pm CST
Today at our Church is Blessing of the Animals, at the end of the mass our priest,will bless our pets with Holy Water and sprinkle it on them. Today there were many pets, a lot of dogs and 1 bird that came for the blessing.
Have you ever taken a pet for a blessing? My dog is getting older, and I wanted to do this for her.
Blessing of the animals is being observed and celebrated in commemoration of St. Francis of Assisi, who is the Patron saint of animals.
Here Catholic and non catholic have this blessing for pets, have you ever heard of this? do you take your pets for a blessing?
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@shivuspeaks (111)
• Delhi, India
4 Oct 15
Wow!! That's certainly a great thing. Afterall our pets are like our family. I have never heard about this before though. You definitely should have taken your turtle.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
4 Oct 15
I forgot about the turtle...maybe next year, today is supposed to be the official day of the Blessing of the animals, but our church did it yesterday , as to day they are having a big Oktoberfest festival.
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@shivuspeaks (111)
• Delhi, India
4 Oct 15
@CookieMonster46 oh wow!! Tell me more, how exactly is this festival celebrated? We in India have no such festivals. As far as i know, Oktoberfest has its roots in Germany, yeah??
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@shivuspeaks (111)
• Delhi, India
4 Oct 15
@CookieMonster46 love the mention of various booths. I am a big foodie. I love gorging on new delicacies. This place sounds fun. Would love to be a part of it, hopefully. 
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
4 Oct 15
i heard mass at one of the malls last year. i started hearing animal sounds near the end of the mass. turns out the priest will be blessing them afterwards. i mostly saw dogs and some cats.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
4 Oct 15
my daughter was wondering why I didn't take the turtle.. maybe next year, much easier with a dog.
