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Offline Seraphina

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Pet Blessings?
« on: September 19, 2025, 03:55:43 PM »
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    • Is it permitted to bless a new pet?  Note: I said “bless,” not “baptize.” 
    May I use Holy Water?
    Is there a particular prayer?
    I know many n.o. parishes and some Protestants hold a “blessing of the animals” on October 4, Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. 
    Will a priest do it?
    Or would it be wrong? Sacrilegious? 
    I’m adopting a cat. 
    My old cat died and I like having a feline companion. 
    🐈‍⬛  :incense:
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    Offline Viva Cristo Rey

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    Re: Pet Blessings?
    « Reply #1 on: September 19, 2025, 06:14:26 PM »
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    • Yes, you can bless your new cat. 

    There might be a prayer in the Catholic Rural life prayer book. 
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    Offline Stubborn

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    Re: Pet Blessings?
    « Reply #2 on: September 20, 2025, 05:21:02 AM »
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    • Quote from: Viva Cristo Rey on September 19, 2025, 06:14:26 PM
    Yes, you can bless your new cat.

    There might be a prayer in the Catholic Rural life prayer book.
    Yes, since I was a child we always had our dogs blessed by a priest, also our house, cars and property. Always.  
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    Offline Mr G

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    Re: Pet Blessings?
    « Reply #3 on: September 20, 2025, 02:39:14 PM »
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    • Quote from: Seraphina on September 19, 2025, 03:55:43 PM
    Is it permitted to bless a new pet?  Note: I said “bless,” not “baptize.”
    May I use Holy Water?
    Is there a particular prayer?
    I know many n.o. parishes and some Protestants hold a “blessing of the animals” on October 4, Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
    Will a priest do it?
    Or would it be wrong? Sacrilegious?
    I’m adopting a cat.
    My old cat died and I like having a feline companion.
    🐈‍⬛  :incense:
    Yes, contact your priests and he can come and bless you cat, and if you have other pets you may have them bless, also certain objects, such as your car. Years ago we had an SSPX priest bless our cat.
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    Re: Pet Blessings?
    « Reply #4 on: September 21, 2025, 10:53:26 PM »
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    A man goes to visit his local church and asks the pastor if his dog can receive a funeral Mass.  The pastor, although a modernist, told him that is too crazy even for his church.  The man said,"That's a shame.  I was going to pay you $100,000 for the service."  The pastor replied, "Oh wait, you didn't tell me the dog was Catholic".  
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