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 SAMPLE PET LITURGY


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It is time to say goodbye to our pet_________We loved___________and he/she loved us.

We are glad that he/she is not in any pain.  We will miss_____________

Let us pray. We thank you God that you have brought us together to this place to say our farewells to one of the many wonderful creatures you have given us as companions to share our lives.

We pray now that our faithful companion____________may know your peace.

We also ask your blessing and presence for all who mourn that casting all their grief on you they may be comforted. All this we ask in the name of God the crerator of all living things. Amen

READINGS

A Reading from Genesis 1:1, 20-25
A reading from Ecclesiastes (3:18-21)
A reading from Job (12:7-10)

PRAYERS

Mertciful God, we turn to you in prayer at this time of remembrance. The link of life that bound us to____________has been broken, but feelings of love continue to bind us together.

We give thanks for the gift of___________life, companionship, and memory. Help us understand how our lives have been formed and shaped by what________________was and did.

May his/her memory be a blessing. As long as we live________too will live, for they are part of us as long as we remember them.

EULOGIES

The 23rd Psalm

CONCLUDING PRAYERS AND POEMS

We give them back to you, dear Lord,
Who gave them to us.

Yet as you did not lose them in giving,
so we have not lost them by their return.

Life is eternal and love is immortal,
And death is only a horizon,

And a horizon is nothing more
Than the limit of our sight.

The Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen

Blessing