Sheep

— West Bank —

For thus says the Lord GOD: Look! I myself will search for my sheep and examine them.

—Ezekiel 34:11

Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, Carrying them in his bosom, leading the ewes with care. 
—Isaiah 40:11

— Zimbabwe —

No one says, “Where is God, my Maker, who gives songs in the night, Teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?”

—Job 35:10-11

Goats

— Zimbabwe & Mexico —

And there will be ample goat's milk for your food, food for your house, sustenance for your maidens.

 —Proverbs 27:27 

If a person's offering is a goat, the individual shall bring it before the Lord.

—Leviticus 3:12 

All the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

—Matthew 25:32 

Birds

— Bolivia, Laos, Tanzania, & Vietnam —

Then God said: Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.

—Genesis 1:20 

As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, My home is by your altars, Lord of hosts, my king and my God!

—Psalms 84:4 

Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling!

—Luke 13:34

I know every bird in the heights; whatever moves in the wild is mine.

—Psalms 50:11 

Bees

— Nicaragua —

If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us in to this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.

—Numbers 14:8 

Camels

— Ethiopia —

He said: “Come, blessed of the Lord! Why are you standing outside when I have made the house ready, as well as a place for the camels?”

—Genesis 24:31 

Fish

— Chad —

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.

—Matthew 13:47

Rabbits

— Rwanda —

God blessed them, saying: Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth.

—Genesis 1:22

Cows

— Zimbabwe & Vietnam —

But now ask the beasts to teach you, the birds of the air to tell you.

—Job 12:7

I will whistle for them and gather them in; for I will redeem them and they will be as numerous as before.

—Zechariah 10:8

Guinea Pigs

— Colombia —

How varied are your works, Lord! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

—Psalms 104:24 

Worms

— Nicaragua —

Then God said: Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal. And so it happened.

—Genesis 1:24 

Cats

— Philippines —

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

—St. Francis of Assisi Prayer 

Horses

— Gaza & Nicaragua —

Then the hoofs of the horses hammered, the galloping, galloping of steeds.

—Judges 5:22  

Let everything that has breath give praise to the Lord! Hallelujah!

—Psalms 150:6

Pigs 

— Guatemala —

God remembered Noah and all the animals, wild and tame, that were with him in the ark. So God made a wind sweep over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

—Genesis 8:1 

Dogs

— El Salvador —

Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation!

—Pope Francis Homily, March 2013 

Donkeys

— Zimbabwe —

Saint Francis of Assisi bears witness to the need to respect all that God has created and as he created it, without manipulating and destroying creation; rather to help it grow, to become more beautiful and more like what God created it to be.

—Pope Francis Homily, October 2013 

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