A Prayer for Animals

                                             A  PRAYER

FOR

ANIMALS

 

 

Hear our humble prayer, O God, for our friends

 

the animals, especially for animals who are

 

suffering; for any that are haunted or lost or

 

deserted or frightened or hungry;

 

for all that we must put to death.

 

We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity,

 

and for those who deal with them we ask

 

a heart of compassion and gentle hands

 

and kindly words.  Make us, ourselves, to be true

 

friends to animals and so to share the

 

blessing of the merciful.

 

 

-Albert Schweitzer

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