Prayer for the Death of a Beloved Pet
By Rabbi Barry H. Block
O Lord our God, we come before You this day in sadness. Jake, who brought us so much joy in life, has now died. His happy times in our family’s embrace have ended.
We miss Jake.
Help us, O God, to remember the good times with Jake.
Remind us to rejoice in the happy times he brought to our home.
Let us be thankful for the good life we were blessed to give to him.
We are grateful to You, God, for creating Jake, for entrusting him to our care, and for sustaining him in our love for a measure of time.
We understand that all lives must die.
We knew that this day would come.
Yet, O God, we would have wanted one more day of play, one more evening of love with Jake.
O God, as we have taken care of Jake in life, we ask that You watch over him in death.
You entrusted Jake to our care; now, we give him back to You.
May Jake find a happy new home in Your loving embrace.
As we remember Jake, may we love each other more dearly.
May we care for all Your creatures, for every living thing, as we protected the blessed life of Jake.
May his memory bless our lives with love and caring forever.
Amen.
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This prayer was posted on my Quora feed, but it can be interdenominational/nondenominational. It's not exactly as originally posted, but it's close enough...
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