Animals can be an incredible support.
In one article on this web site, a victim of church abuse is quoted as saying her cat was more comforting than her church. Let us be thankful for our animals and the comfort they bring, but continue work on making the church a more safe and healing place. But she gets really tired Once in a while she likes to make sure everything looks good . . . . O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, our little brothers to whom Thou hast given this earth as their home in common with us.