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Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled" (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Most of us, at some time or another during our lives, share our home with at least one animal. The Vicarage houses two cats and a dog at present, and numerous wild creatures that visit now and then - some more welcome than others!
In earlier times, when the children were smaller, home included a succession of all sorts of animals - gerbils, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, dogs, cats, budgies, cockatiels, ducks and fish - oh, and notably for a while Sticky the stick insect - not my choice!
Someone once said that the calming, untroubled relationships we can have with animals make up for the stormier human ones. Certainly the deployment of animals in different forms of therapy seems to have increased, perhaps in recognition of that.
There are many ways that animals have played a big part in human existence through the ages - working on the land, providing food, assisting people - guide dogs, police dogs, search and rescue, and so on, or simply as pets. It's good to honour their place in God's creation and recognise their importance to us, and so if you would like to bring your animal along to St Michael's Church on 12 July at 4 p.m. for a special "Celebration of Animals" service, we shall do just that. If you don't currently have a pet, you would still be most welcome to join us.
Revd Christine Musser, Priest-in-Charge
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