Blessing the Animals: Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God's Creatures, Wild and Tame
Celebrate the Mystery, Compassion, Wonder and Beauty of Animals
Take a spiritual journey through this beautiful collection of blessings, prayers and meditations about the creatures, wild and tame, that inhabit our world. These moving contributions about all types of animals—playful dogs and beloved cats, giant whales and powerful elephants, tiny insects and delicate birds—are drawn from many faith traditions, including Native American, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist.
A special section also provides animal blessing ceremonies you can use to memorialize the loss of a companion animal, offer prayers for an animal suffering illness or injury or simply recognize the spiritual connection we create when we fully appreciate another member of God's creation.
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Book details
- Author
- Lynn Caruso
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Religion › Spirituality
- Topics
- animal blessings · prayers and meditations · interfaith spirituality · companion animals · wildlife · nature and religion · pet loss ceremonies · creation spirituality
- ISBN-13
- 9781594731457 (Hardcover)9781594732539 (Paperback)
About the author
LYNN L. CARUSO is an educator, poet, and parent/child advocate who has edited two books for SkyLight Paths: Blessing the Animals: Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God’s Creatures, Wild and Tame and Honoring Motherhood: Prayers, Ceremonies & Blessings.
Caruso’s work has appeared in Mothering magazine and other national journals and magazines. She also wrote the foreword for Remembering My Pet: A Kid’s Own Spiritual Workbook for When a Pet Dies.
When she’s not writing, Caruso draws on her roles as educator and parent/child advocate. Much of her work centers on ceremony, blessing, and the spiritual dimensions of family and animal life.
Lynn is a mother of three children.