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ASK FATHER: Father had his dog with him at the altar during Mass

From a reader…

QUAERITUR:

Hi Father-     I attended an N.O. Mass this morning, along with about 50 others, and I was shocked to see the priest allow his dog on the altar!  During the sermon, the priest stopped, looked up and asked if the sound coming from outside the church was his dog barking.  Some people in the back said yes.  (Helloooooo, the Mass?)  I barely heard it, but apparently the dog barked a couple times.   He then told them to let the dog in, and “it would be okay.  The dog would just come down to the altar.”  (That’s “okay?”)  So someone let the dog in, and pretty soon, an older golden retriever came down a side aisle and went right up ONTO the altar. The dog did its thing, sniffing around, chasing its tail a couple times, and then plopping down next to the priest who started with consecration as though nothing was out of the norm.  At one point, the dog sat up and barked once at something he saw in the congregation.  He roamed around while on the altar, and stepped off the altar to lie in the main aisle at one point.  At the recession, he followed the priest out, and when I exited, I noticed parishioners petting the dog in the back, and giving him all kinds of attention.

Praise the Lord

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