Sunday, October 2, 2011

Blessing of the Animals


Today, before our parish's new St Francis of Assisi statue, Fr Caspar Furnari, our community's spiritual director, gathered together about a hundred dogs, cats, parrots, cockatoos, parakeets, a boa constrictor and one very confused turtle. All of our companion friends, whether furred, feathered or scaled joined us. And, as predicted, the squawking, growling, hissing, barking and unruly sniffing stopped immediately as soon as Fr Furnari intoned the blessing. All of the animals present tacitly gave their consent with

their silence.

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