Paws4Prayer4Princess

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My friend Jane's dog, Princess, is sick with cancer. I was trying to find a prayer for her and came across this website http://paws4prayer.blogspot.co.uk/p/prayers-for-sick-animals.html

"When our beloved animal companion is sick, it's vital to remember the promise of God in Psalm 91: 14-16: Since he clings to me I rescue him, I raise him high, since he acknowledges my name. He calls to me and I answer him: in distress I am at his side, I rescue him and  bring him honor.  Of course, our animals are helpless to raise this cry of and by themselves -- hence, it is our call to be intercessors, on their behalf, in their hour of need. 

To “intercede” is to go or come between two parties, to plead before one of them on behalf of the other. It has been shown that the faithful in heaven, on earth, and in purgatory are one mystical body, with Christ for their head. All that is of interest to one part is of interest to the rest, and each helps the rest: we on earth by honoring and invoking the saints and praying for the souls in purgatory, and the saints in heaven by interceding for us. The Catholic doctrine of intercession and invocation is set forth by the Council of Trent, which  teaches that the saints who reign together with Christ offer up their own prayers to God for men. It is good and useful to invoke them, and to have recourse to their prayers, aid, and help for obtaining benefits from God, through His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who alone is our Redeemer and Savior.

And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel. (Revelation 8:4) In addition to the efficacious intercession and prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, there are other saints whose concern for sick or  injured animals is well known, and who provide us with a powerful resource for the intercessory healing of our animal companions."

St. Francis, Pray for Us!