Batman's Column
My Deer Parishionerz o St. Padre Pio,
It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo AND I IZ UPSET !!! WUT DA HECK HAPPENED-ED 2 MY COLUMN?!? How couldz anybody readz it behind all o doze advertisementz (Tank u 2 all o da nice peoplz who advertise in da bulletin)?!? It iz a travesty o justice! Get me my publicist! Somebody iz in BIGGO trouble! I will bark at dem .. and den demand a treat! Do u know who else iz in biggo trouble? It's us when we don't listen 2 da commandmentz o God. Many hoomanz tink dat da Church iz 2 legalistic (like suing da bulletin company 4 messing up ur article). Da Book o Sirach sayz dat wen we keep da commandmentz, dey will save us and if we trust in God, den we will live. Da Psalmist writez, "Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!" But following da law just by face value iz good, but we needz 2 do more! Jesus remindz us that da commandmentz r not just commandmentz o da law, dey r also commandmentz o luv. Out o luv, we r called 2 go deeper. I don't tink dat lotz o people haz ever seriously hurt someone else physically, but we do have a tendency 2 hurt udderz wit our wordz and actionz. 2 truly luv as God doez we needz 2 go ALL DA WAY! So I guess I haz 2 forgive da bulletin people. It wuz just a simple mistake. So maybe we needz 2 also look at ourselvez and see where we haz 2 luv more and go deeper into da commandmentz o luv. God Bless (and maybe dere iz a secret message behind all de advertisementz dis week)!
Batman, da rectory doggo
