Batman's Column
My Deer Parishionerz o St. Padre Pio Parish,
It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! I iz a pretty smart doggo and I wuz taught 2 do lotz o trickz. I can sitz. I can giv my paw (plus de udder one). I doez a "high five". I can speakz and MOST IMPORTANTLY, I BEGZ (dat one iz my favorite)!!! I don't tink datz wut St. Paul had in mindz wen he said that we need 2 imitate him. St. Paul said dat he wuz trying 2 b a model 4 us (not da onez da r on coverz o magazinez). He wuz trying 2 model and teach us wut it iz lik 2 b a follower o Jesus. It doesn't seem lik da Thessalonians were paying attention. R we? Da problem iz dat it iz really easy 2 b distracted by unimportant tingz o even sinful tingz den 2 work quietly 4 God. So dis Sunday, our Lord iz trying 2 help us learn a new "trick": 2 work 4 God and 4 one another instead o working 4 ourselvez. May God give us da grace 2 b models 4 Him and Him alone.
God Bless (and I hazn't figured out how 2 roll over yet)!
Batman, da rectory doggo
