Saying Goodbye to a Pet

 

O Lord our God, we come before you this day in sadness.

(Pet Name) _______________ has brought so much joy in life and in our family. Help us, O God, to remember the good times with ____________ . Remind us to rejoice in the happy times he/she brought to our home. We are thankful for the good life we were blessed to give to _____________.

 

We are grateful to you God for creating ______________, for

entrusting him/her to our care and for sustaining him/her in

our love for his/her life. We understand that all lives must end. We knew that this day would come and yet we would have wanted more days to play and to cuddle.

 

O God, as we have taken care of _______________ in life, we ask

that you watch over him/her in death. You entrusted

______________ to our care; now we give him/her back to you.

May _____________ find a happy new home in your loving

embrace. As we remember ____________, may we love each

other more dearly. May _______________ memory bless our lives with love and caring forever.

 

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.