On Dogs
Having just lost Ddori yesterday, I went back to the late Gerard Serafin Bugge's blog, A Catholic Blog for Lovers, for his thoughts on man's best friend. Mr. Bugge, may he rest in peace, lost Onion, his beloved Peke, just a few months before his own passing.
On that sad occasion, Mr. Bugge posted a link to this page that he himself had made: Baron von Hugel and his beloved dogs. Dogs, to the Baron's mind, "stand in regard to their masters in a way analogous to that in which man stands to God."
I thank God that I did not have to end Ddori's misery, as both Mr. Bugge and the Baron had to do. I had prayed for several days that Ddori would go peacefully, at home, with me next to him. This prayer was answered. Deo gratia.
Having just lost Ddori yesterday, I went back to the late Gerard Serafin Bugge's blog, A Catholic Blog for Lovers, for his thoughts on man's best friend. Mr. Bugge, may he rest in peace, lost Onion, his beloved Peke, just a few months before his own passing.
On that sad occasion, Mr. Bugge posted a link to this page that he himself had made: Baron von Hugel and his beloved dogs. Dogs, to the Baron's mind, "stand in regard to their masters in a way analogous to that in which man stands to God."
I thank God that I did not have to end Ddori's misery, as both Mr. Bugge and the Baron had to do. I had prayed for several days that Ddori would go peacefully, at home, with me next to him. This prayer was answered. Deo gratia.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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