{"id":3162,"date":"2022-10-08T10:59:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T14:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2022-10-08T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T14:59:22","slug":"the-blessing-of-the-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162","title":{"rendered":"The Blessing of the Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png?w=474\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1482.mov\"><\/video><figcaption><em>Micah  blessing  a new American  citizen&#8217;s pet as his husband watches on.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/NYMYSTERIES.COM\">NYMYSTERIES.COM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 8, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judson Memorial Church celebrated the blessing of the animals. Rev. Micah Bucey invited all living, deceased and stuffed animals to be blessed. When I was in Albuquerque, New Mexico I stayed with former Judsonites and their wonderful cats, 2\/Too and MaGee. Micah blessed their photos. It was a loving, slightly batty (Judson, after all) service. It was capped with a reading from SONNY, the story of an elephant, written by Them Fogarty, illustrated by Ted Dawson. Lee Guilliatt created the stories.2\/TT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"158\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-08-at-10.50.48-AM.png?resize=158%2C222\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3164\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>MaGee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1481-1.mov\"><\/video><figcaption>A Dear Stuffed Animal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nymysteries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-08-at-10.49.14-AM.png?resize=141%2C239\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3163\" width=\"141\" height=\"239\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption><em>2\/Too<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:connection<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3162\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3162\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-3162\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3162\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3162&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYMYSTERIES.COM October 8, 2022 Judson Memorial Church celebrated the blessing of the animals. Rev. Micah Bucey invited all living, deceased and stuffed animals to be blessed. When I was in Albuquerque, New Mexico I stayed with former Judsonites and their wonderful cats, 2\/Too and MaGee. Micah blessed their photos. 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