St Francis Day
October 4

With thanks to page sponsor:
Wellspring United Church of Christ
Centreville, Virginia.
(Sept 06-07)

Click on Scripture Lessons below for study links and resources  

Psalm 148:7-14 or Psalm 121

Galatians 6:14-18

Matthew 11:25-30

• Blessing the Beasts, Episcopal Café.
• "Bless the Creatures Great and Small," a hymn for Blessing of the Animals, Sandy Rogers, 2009, DIX. UMC GBOD.
• Feast of St Francis, Jan Richardson, The Painted Prayerbook, 2008. (Use of images.)
• Francis of Assisi, James Kiefer, Episcopal Lectionary site.
• Francis of Assisi, Prayer of St Francis, Wikipedia.
• Blessing of the Animals, Web of Creation, Ecology Resources: Transforming Faith and Society.
• CHURCH PowerPoint, St Francis, Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint slides for Worship Services.
• Hymn and Song Suggestions, St Francis Day / Blessing of the Animals, 2008, annotated suggestions from Natalie Sims, Singing from the Lectionary.
• St Francis of Assisi, Blessing of Animals, American Catholic.org
• Feast of St Francis of Assisi, gratefulness.org.
• Creation Season Resources, Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
• St Francis Day Blessing of the Pets Liturgy (October 4, 1999) by Rev. Robert Morrison and Rev. Richard Fairchild. At Richard Fairchild's "Sermons & Sermon - Lectionary Resources."
• Saint Francis and the Blessing of Animals, Catholic Culture.
• The Blessing of Pets on the Day of Francis of Assisi. From T.S. Simons, Blessings for God's People, 1983. Adapted by the Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, ELCA.
• "Pet Sunday," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
• St Francis Day Liturgy, Christian Formation Office, Episcopal Diocese of Texas. (Bulletin, liturgy, etc.)
• St Francis and the Animals, contemporary icon.
• The National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi.
• Animal Blessing Ceremonies Honor Pets, Saint Francis, Pia Sarkar, Beliefnet.
• Climate Change Day of Prayer, Churches Together in Britain & Ireland.