A Prayer for our compaions when the reach the last day of their travels

[mgh122]

Thought I'd share this with my RV Fiends, it was shared on our American Bulldog site today for a member whose dog had reached his last day.
Dear Lord, please open your gates
and call St. Francis
to come escort this beloved companion
across the Rainbow Bridge.

Assign him to a place of honor,
for he has been a faithful servant
and has always done his best to please me.

Bless the hands that send him to you,
for they are doing so in love and compassion,
freeing his from pain and suffering.

Grant me the strength not to dwell on my loss.
Help me remember the details of his life
with the love he has shown me.
And grant me the courage to honor him
by sharing those memories with others.

Let him remember me as well
and let him know that I will always love him
And when it's my time to pass over into your paradise,
please allow him to accompany those
who will bring me home.

Thank you, Lord,
for the gift of his companionship
and for the time we've had together.

And thank you, Lord,
for granting me the strength
to give him to you now.

Amen.

- © Brandy Duckworth, 1998

[Guest Butch "Toolhead"]

This tugs at your Heart.

[Dobie Lover]

Thank you for posting this prayer. It makes me reflect on our two Dobies that are at the Rainbow Bridge.

 

Dobie Lover

[desertranger]

There is a website www.rainbowbridge.com You can post a memorial there.

[kturner]

A beautiful prayer, and so well written. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[rujo]

Thanks very much for sharing that prayer. When our beloved Nips passed away last year, a friend sent a card that read:

"Heaven is the place where all the dogs you've ever loved come to greet you."..and we choose to believe it.