Give not what is holy to dogs

If I recall correctly, the reason guardrails were first installed in churches was specifically to keep dogs away from the sacrament.

 

This is nothing. With all the pet rituals occurring in the modern Episcopal church, I am sure they probably serve the whole wine and bread communion to goldfish more often than they give any of the bread to dogs.

 

Well, yes. It was only mankind that sinned, so presumably only mankind that needs the Eucharist. I wonder if the dog was confirmed. Would that put a different light on the matter. I mean a dog that can vocally or 'barkily', confess his allegiance to Christ and renounce Satan and all his works, would be a remarkable thing, but then a dog would not need to do that would it, not having 'sinned' original or otherwise.

Maybe such a remarkable dog would have the attitude needed to receive rightly. I rather doubt this one did though, even though it is ambiguously reported that "He bowed his head and said a little prayer".

 

I suppose she was implying that our natures come originally from God, and we are very 'sheep' like. Shepherds know how stupid their sheep can be, (so did Jesus, Jn.21:15-17.), so they don't punish them for being 'sheep', they make allowances and hope one day they will get wiser.