tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post1500203735019264936..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: RIP, CooperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-57850188413019582472008-09-13T08:17:00.000-07:002008-09-13T08:17:00.000-07:00My spiritual director created a service for a frie...My spiritual director created a service for a friend's son who lost a fish...it use the litany of the three young men in the furnace in Daniel as a base. I told him I though he out to publish it - there's a pastoral need!<BR/><BR/>I wrote about it <A HREF="http://quantumtheology.blogspot.com/2007/05/requiescat-in-pacem-rufus.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-5003056820648529982008-09-11T10:45:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:45:00.000-07:00So sorry to hear this. I can still tear up when I ...So sorry to hear this. I can still tear up when I think about our catly friends waiting for us...<BR/><BR/>Cynthia Ryland has written two books: Cat Heaven and Dog Heaven<BR/><BR/>I recommend them both.<BR/><BR/>DebDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077252518911858612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-92126406749902497222008-09-11T06:22:00.000-07:002008-09-11T06:22:00.000-07:00I had a dog die suddenly the first Sunday in Augus...I had a dog die suddenly the first Sunday in August, Lutheranchick. Many animal loving friends gathered round to help me grieve. And this week, one of them said something that I really value. Beth reminded me that the animals still live in the garden. It is only humans who had to leave.<BR/>So I think about all the times I have felt close to God because of one of my critters and it makes sense, doesn't it?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722745745959393813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-9713566871732427992008-09-11T05:25:00.000-07:002008-09-11T05:25:00.000-07:00My church offers a monthly pet service, and we inc...My church offers a monthly pet service, and we include memorials during that time if people want. We adapted what we use from Andrew Linzey's "Animal Rites," which is still in print and available from Amazon. --Elizabeth Felicetti, Old Donation Episcopal ChurchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-17093729732162560912008-09-10T14:26:00.000-07:002008-09-10T14:26:00.000-07:00Quoting Luther, I like: "Be thou comforted, little...Quoting Luther, I like: "Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail." <BR/><BR/>I also use the Rainbow Bridge poem (you can google it), not biblical but always good for a good cry.<BR/>DorontheosAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540281992792664305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-39877436629400606172008-09-09T10:49:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:49:00.000-07:00Funerals are about the living remembering the dece...Funerals are about the living remembering the deceased, giving thanks for him or her and saying good bye. It seems to me that all these things can be done without going into the issue of whether or not animals have souls. (That's an interesting question in itself - are we to have a resurrected Kingdom of God without animals?)<BR/><BR/>I'd comprise such a liturgy in straight-forward, everyday language.PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-70976679250757698272008-09-09T08:16:00.000-07:002008-09-09T08:16:00.000-07:00I'd absolutely do it. I'd sing "For the Fruit of A...I'd absolutely do it. I'd sing "For the Fruit of All Creation" (the AR HYD Y NOS version in With One Voice or Evangelical Lutheran Worship), which sounds like a lullaby, mentions creation and thanks God "most of all, that love has found us."<BR/><BR/>I might use Psalm 148 or some version of it...or write a canticle for the occasion something like what you'd find in Desmond Tutu's "African Prayer Book" (available on Amazon.com). Or I'm betting the New Zealand Prayer Book would have something creation-oriented.Choralgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657324651887737580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-45706282128498984382008-09-09T08:14:00.000-07:002008-09-09T08:14:00.000-07:00Who was it this week who reminded us that there ar...Who was it this week who reminded us that there are only two prayers, "Please" and "Thank You"? so I would say prayers of thanksgiving for all the "good things about Barney"...and ... as with any creature (especially those whom we love but see no longer) I would ask, "please," but with confidence, that it be well with that creature...<BR/>With all respect to purechristianithink, I do believe that the discussion "soul or no soul?" is a cul-de-sac we needn't enter.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-54454129571489972532008-09-09T07:32:00.000-07:002008-09-09T07:32:00.000-07:00The"issue" with this is, do pets have souls that c...The"issue" with this is, do pets have souls that can enter an afterlife? We could debate this--but I'd go for a liturgy of thanksgiving and rememberance. Whether or not Cooper has/had a soul, you can thank God for creating him, for the happiness he brought to his family, for all they learned from him. And you can pray that God will comfort the family as they grieve.Karen Sapiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-72390487980568739692008-09-09T05:24:00.000-07:002008-09-09T05:24:00.000-07:00in the PCUSA Book of Common Worship there are pray...in the PCUSA Book of Common Worship there are prayers for the loss of a pet. We regularly pray for pets in my congregation, and for families who have lost pets. For a ritual, I would probably use something from the pastoral edition of the BCW, as it has at-home rituals for grieving families and it's easy to use the pet prayers there.<BR/><BR/>My new favorite liturgical resource, "Before the Amen" also has something, I think...but all this stuff is at my office and I'm on my couch.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.com