All Creatures of Our God and King

St. Francis of Assisi; paraphrased by William Henry Draper (published 1919)

Our Word of the Week, the phrase “Man’s Best Friend,” puts me in mind of all the creatures we share the world with, from the blazing sun — he’s about to set behind a bank of clouds as I write these words — to our dog Molly, out on a walk with our daughter Jessica, to the wild coreopsis flowers I see through the window, shooting up in the backyard, and I…