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✤ INTRODUCTORY RITES ✤Everyone is invited to follow the Cross into the church and to take a place in the pews.

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Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008, © 1983, Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. Used with permission under OneLicense.net A-704048.Tune: ROEDER, 9 6 7 7; Carl F. Schalk, b.1929, © 1983, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission under OneLicense.net A-704048.

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✤ LITURGY OF THE WORD ✤A reading from the Book of Genesis 1:20-2:2

And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let the birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters and every living

creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and morning, the fifth day.

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And so it happened: God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.

Then God said: “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.” God created humankind in the divine image; in the image of God they were created; male and female God created them. And God saw that it was very good. And there was evening and morning, the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude. And on the seventh day, God rested from all the work that had been done.

Lector: The word of the Lord.Assembly: Thanks be to God.

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Response The World Is Filled with Creatures

A nuthatch does not hatch a nut, sandpipers do not pipe. The wood duck is not made of wood of any common type.

But birds have wings to fly the skies, their voice is always strong. They let us dream of freedom and they give the gift of song. Refrain

Your dog is always waiting when you come back to the house The cat will rub along your leg and shed upon your blouse.

But we hug them and we pet them, they're a gift from up above. They fill our hearts with laughter and they show us how to love!

Beavers ’n bison ’n birdies ’n bats! Chipmunks ’n cheetahs ’n camels ’n cats. Donkeys ’n duckies ’n dolphins ’n dogs, ferrets ’n foxes ’n fishes ’n frogs! Refrain

Cows out in the pasture lie and calmly chew their cud. Sheep may safely graze the fields and pigs will play in mud.

Oxen toil with the yoke and horses we can ride. These animals feed and clothe us and they help us at our side. Refrain

Praise the Lord Most high through Brother Sun and Sister Moon. And through the Creatures of the Earth and with this joyful tune.

The animals need us to live and on them we depend. They're members of our family and each one is our friend. Refrain

Text: Thomas Hassing.Tune: Mona Lyn Reese, © 1994, Reese and Hassing Music Publishers. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 11:1-6

On that day a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a

spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and strength, a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be the fear of the Lord. Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall be neighbors.

Lector: The word of the Lord.Assembly: Thanks be to God.

Response Many and Great

Text: Wakantanka tuku nitawa; Dakota hymn; para. by Philip Frazier, 1892-1964, © 1916, Walton Music Corp. Tune: LACQUIPARLE, 9 6 9 9 9 6; Dakota Odowan, 1879; acc. by John L. Bell, b.1949, © 1993, Iona Community,

GIA Publications, Inc., agent. All rights reserved. Used with permission under OneLicense.net A-704048.

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Offering (Please be seated.)

Your contribution to the offering provides support for next year’s celebration. Thank you.

Reflection We Thank You God For Animal Friends Larry E. Schultz Children’s Choir, Cathedral Choristers, Cherubs, Mundus, and Juventus

Intercessions (Please stand.)

The lector will announce each aspect of creation we offer to God in prayer. We invite you to respond.

Lector: For … we pray to the Lord.Assembly: Lord, hear our prayer.

The Lord’s PrayerAssembly: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and glory are yours, now and forever.

Amen.

Uyai mose Alexander Gondo

Uyai mose, tina mate Mwari, Uyai mose zvino.Come, all you people, come and praise your Maker, Come now and worship the Lord.

Come now and join in the celebration! Sing and give thanks for God’s good creation. All living creatures, large and small, are gifts from the Spirit, Maker of all!

We thank you, God, for animal friends. They causes us to marvel, laugh and grin. They cuddle close when we are sad. They jump for joy when we are glad.

Come now and join in the celebration! Sing and give thanks for God’s good creation. All living creatures, large and small, are gifts from the Spirit, Maker of all!

We thank you, God, for animal friends. They guide and protect us and defend. They sense and warn when danger’s near. They help us see. They help us hear.

Bless all animals ev’rywhere, in our homes and flying through air, in the fields and rivers on earth. Thank you, thank you, God, for giving them birth:

the kittens and puppies, the goldfish and guppies, the roosters and hens, the sparrows and wrens, the parrots and colts, hampsters and goats, the spaniels and beagles, penguins and eagles!

Come now and join in the celebration! Sing and give thanks for God’s good creation. All living creatures, large and small, are gifts from the Spirit, Maker of all! We thank you, God, and promise to care for animals, animals ev’rywhere!

✤ CONCLUDING RITE ✤Closing Dialogue

Presider: This celebration is ended, let us go in peace.Assembly: Thanks be to God.

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Text: Cecil F. Alexander, 1818-1895, alt. Tune: ROYAL OAK, 7 6 7 6 with refrain; English melody; adapt. Martin Shaw, 1875-1958.

Saint Francis PledgeI / We Pledge to:

PRAY and reflect on the duty to care for God’s Creation and protect the poor and vulnerable.

LEARN about and educate others on the causes and moral dimensions of climate change.

ASSESS how we—as individuals and in our families, parishes and other affiliations—contribute to climate change by our own energy use, consumption, waste, etc.

ACT to change our choices and behaviors to reduce the ways we contribute to climate change.

ADVOCATE for Catholic principles and priorities in climate change discussion and decisions, especially as they impact those who are poor and vulnerable.

The Basilica of Saint Mary, this year, celebrates its sesquicentennial. Established as the Church of the Immaculate Conception in 1868, the Basilica is the third church housing the original parish

of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The current building dates back to 1907 and was designed by French architect Emmanuel Masqueray. The exterior was finished by 1914. Throughout the 1920s the interior acquired many of the features that make the building so uniquely beautiful. In 1926, Pope Pius XI raised the Pro-Catherdral of Saint Mary to the rank of minor basilica. It is the first such designation in the United States of America. In 1966, Pope Paul VI elevated The Basilica of Saint Mary to the rank of Cathedral Church. The United States Department of the Interior placed this building on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

The Basilica of Saint Mary has a long standing tradition of celebrating the Blessing of the Animals on the Sunday closest to the Feast of Saint Francis, October 4, patron saint of animals.

The World is Filled with Creatures was composed by Mona Lyn Reese. She was the 1993-1994 composer-in-residence at The Basilica of Saint Mary through the Minnesota Composers Forum program. The focus of this ecumenical program is to place a composer in one rural and two urban congregations to write the same music for all three. The other congregations in the consortium included Temple Israel, Minneapolis, and the College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, MN. This program was funded by the Otto Bremer Foundation.

The featured endangered animal this year is the Mountain Gorilla, one of the most endangered animals in the world.

We thank In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre for the two large-scale gorilla puppets participating in our celebration this year.

Next year, the Blessing of the Animals will take place on Sunday, October 6. If you would like to help with next year’s event, please contact Kathy Dhaemers at The Basilica of Saint Mary, 612.333.1381. We hope you will be able to join us.

Artwork by Dan Miller. All rights reserved. Used with permissionText: © ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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