Batman's Column
It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! When my daddo first got me over two yearz ago, da people at da shelter toldz him that I wuz "food motivated". I guess dat meanz u can get me 2 do anyting 4 a precious, delectable, scrumptious morsel o food (I don't tink dat iz true but I haz no evidence 2 da contrary). De only problem iz I feel lik I iz starving ALL DA TIME and if I don't getz any food dat I iz dying from hunger. I knowz dat I iz dramatic (Haz u seen my daddo?) but da people in Mark's Gospel were really, really sick. Da daughter o Jairus wuz dying and da women wit da hemorrhage wuz in pretty bad shape too! Jesus restores both o dem back 2 life. In da case o da little girl, da Son o God literally grabs her out o death and liftz her up 2 da fullness o life. Jesus even sayz dat her family should giv her a snacko!!! Dat's wut da first reading from da Book of Wisdom meant when we hear dat God "fashioned all things that they might have being". While we r touched by sickness and death, da reason why Jesus came wuz 2 win 4 us da glory of eternal life! God givz us life EVERY SINGLE DAY. He feedz us wit His Body and Blood. Let us ask God 2 increase our faith, so just like Jairus' daughter, just like da woman wit da hemorrhage, just like da angelz and da saintz that we can hav life in dis world and da world dat iz 2 come.
God Bless and Snackoz for Everyone!
Batman, da rectory doggo
