{"id":2470,"date":"2011-12-28T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T15:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2011-12-28T16:42:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T16:42:32","slug":"catholic-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2011\/12\/catholic-dog.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for company.<\/p>\n<p>One day the dog died, and Muldoon went to the parish priest and asked, &#8220;Father, me dog is dead. Could ya&#8217; be saying&#8217; a mass for the poor creature?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Father Patrick replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid not; we cannot have services for an animal in the church. But there are some Baptists down the lane, an there&#8217;s no tellin&#8217; what they believe. Maybe they&#8217;ll do something for the creature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Muldoon said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll go right away Father. Do ya&#8217; think $5,000 is enough to donate to them for the service?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Father Patrick exclaimed, &#8220;Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus! 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