Question about pets & prayers

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DihydrogenOxide said:
There is no problem with reading from the bible. Why would you re-purpose a wiccan prayer, though? The girl was the one who looked them up. She obviously saw them on a wiccan website. Why would you want to make that ok by just re-wording them a bit? That’s wrong, and that makes it seem to the girl like wicca and catholicism compatible, when they are not. I would not touch the prayers. For that matter, the girl needs to stay away from their websites. It’s a danger to her soul.

You act as though wicca is innocuous, when it’s really a tool of evil. Besides, you should never pose a prayer talking to a dead animal. It’s DEAD. They have no immortal souls. These prayers are meant to “talk” to the soul of the animal, which goes against Church teaching. Who are they talking to then? I don’t want to find out.

Go with reading the psalms. I said nothing about blessing the ground, only about reading the bible. She isn’t acting the part of the priest. It’s an animal, for goodness sake. It’s not wrong, and she’s not blessing.
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She* obviously* saw them on a wiccan website? It would be obvious if I was looking at the (Wiccan) source or if the wording used typically are those found in wiccan rituals.

And, again, anyone can change the words so they do not “talk” to the animal. I hope it doesn’t bother you that I tell my cat I miss it.

Please notice that I said I had more of a problem with it but not that I thought it was wrong and I ackowledged that that isn’t what they are doing. Sheesh. Also, the OP reffered to it as blessing the area so I was referencing that. You are reading way more into what I am saying so you can make points that I don’t disagree with you on. I will not continue to waste time arguing about things we agree on so you can make declarations as though I have no clue or suggest I believe something I don’t, even when I said the opposite.

BTW, I’ve changed Catholic (spiritual warfare) prayers because the say “I bind” or “I take authority” because I don’t think that is a very safe thing to do. I used the words from similar prayers the ask God or St. Michael/holy angles to do the binding of spirits and substitute. These are not traditional prayers by any means; I don’t mess with those. One can’t improve on perfection. Can we can agree on that?
 
Saying its some sort of evil or sin to talk to dead pets is kinda cruel.
  1. as humans we get emotinally attached to things. I talk to my car, my dog, the bush that is too close to the driveway (ok thats not so nice talk). By forbidding adressing our late friends we arent humanizing them but dehumanizing ourselves.
  2. We often forget that time as we know it is a condition of our humanity. God is more powerful than time and is outside the constraints of time. Although “Bones” and “NCIS” are both atheistic television programs they honor the dead far better than we often do…wating for a message in the mangled rather then tossing a body aside as the reminant of a soul with no other importance. Even if animals only exist for a short time with us (not what I believe) then they still existed and can be spoken to…since God hears all and He is outside of our time constraints.
 
I’m so sorry for your family’s loss.

I’m not sure why the “Rainbow Bridge” poem would be problematic… First, it’s a poem penned by an unknown author; not a prayer. I believe it is geared toward children coping with the grief of losing their pet, but… I will say it gave me great comfort when my boxer, Annabelle, passed away. It was a card in an envelope along with a bookmark ( part of the bookmark was a detachable butterfly made of flower seeds to plant) along with her cremated remains. I was unconsolable at the time and it helped.

However, below is another prayer I found later:

Eternal Father, we bring you our grief in the loss of [name of pet] and ask for courage to bear it. We bring you our thanks for [name of pet] who lived among us and gave us freely of his/her love. We commit our friend and companion [name of pet] into your loving hands. Give us eyes to see how your love embraces all creatures and every living thing speaks to us of your love. Amen.
 
SeaShoreGirl said:
Saying its some sort of evil or sin to talk to dead pets is kinda cruel.
  1. as humans we get emotinally attached to things. I talk to my car, my dog, the bush that is too close to the driveway (ok thats not so nice talk). By forbidding adressing our late friends we arent humanizing them but dehumanizing ourselves.
  2. We often forget that time as we know it is a condition of our humanity. God is more powerful than time and is outside the constraints of time. Although “Bones” and “NCIS” are both atheistic television programs they honor the dead far better than we often do…wating for a message in the mangled rather then tossing a body aside as the reminant of a soul with no other importance. Even if animals only exist for a short time with us (not what I believe) then they still existed and can be spoken to…since God hears all and He is outside of our time constraints.
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Well said. Not what I believe too.🙂
 
SeaShoreGirl said:
Saying its some sort of evil or sin to talk to dead pets is kinda cruel.
  1. as humans we get emotinally attached to things. I talk to my car, my dog, the bush that is too close to the driveway (ok thats not so nice talk). By forbidding adressing our late friends we arent humanizing them but dehumanizing ourselves.
  2. We often forget that time as we know it is a condition of our humanity. God is more powerful than time and is outside the constraints of time. Although “Bones” and “NCIS” are both atheistic television programs they honor the dead far better than we often do…wating for a message in the mangled rather then tossing a body aside as the reminant of a soul with no other importance. Even if animals only exist for a short time with us (not what I believe) then they still existed and can be spoken to…since God hears all and He is outside of our time constraints.
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Oh, yeah, I talk to my vacuum cleaner, the TV, the walls, the dog who died several years ago, the lawn mower, etc. I have a small pet cemetery under my deck with the remains of the cats and a guinea pig my son loved. When I am weeding my flower beds under there, I will talk to the critters buried there.
 
puprock97 said:
Are there any Catholic prayers my niece can say to “bless” that area, or to give her the closure she needs?
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When my stepdaughters’ kitten died, my husband and I encouraged them to write poems and draw pictures about her. We then held a service for the kitten one night after dinner, where we memorialized the her life in story and song. At the end of the evening we buried her favorite mousie ball toy under the window she loved to gaze out of.

We didn’t get closure that night; time heals grief more effectively than any particular ceremony. But we did laugh remembering the kitten’s antics. And we cried a lot, too. But more importantly I like to think we taught the girls that life - all life, no matter how brief - is a precious gift from God and is therefore worth respecting and remembering.
 
Luna_Lovecraft said:
When my stepdaughters’ kitten died, my husband and I encouraged them to write poems and draw pictures about her. We then held a service for the kitten one night after dinner, where we memorialized the her life in story and song. At the end of the evening we buried her favorite mousie ball toy under the window she loved to gaze out of.

We didn’t get closure that night; time heals grief more effectively than any particular ceremony. But we did laugh remembering the kitten’s antics. And we cried a lot, too. But more importantly I like to think we taught the girls that life - all life, no matter how brief - is a precious gift from God and is therefore worth respecting and remembering.
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Thank you for sharing, that was lovely.
 
Bix said:
I’m so sorry for your family’s loss.

I’m not sure why the “Rainbow Bridge” poem would be problematic… First, it’s a poem penned by an unknown author; not a prayer. I believe it is geared toward children coping with the grief of losing their pet, but… I will say it gave me great comfort when my boxer, Annabelle, passed away. It was a card in an envelope along with a bookmark ( part of the bookmark was a detachable butterfly made of flower seeds to plant) along with her cremated remains. I was unconsolable at the time and it helped.

However, below is another prayer I found later:

Eternal Father, we bring you our grief in the loss of [name of pet] and ask for courage to bear it. We bring you our thanks for [name of pet] who lived among us and gave us freely of his/her love. We commit our friend and companion [name of pet] into your loving hands. Give us eyes to see how your love embraces all creatures and every living thing speaks to us of your love. Amen.
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I love hearing again and agin about the Rainbow Bridge.
That is a beautiful prayer, I am saving it, thank you.
 
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