Batman's Column

My Deer Parishionez o St. Padre Pio Parish,

It iz me, Batmam, da rectory doggo! Let me tell u, it iz HOT outside (deez r da doggo dayz o summer afta all)! Even dough da temperature iz insanely hot, I still needz my walkoz. So out we goez 2 or 3 or even 4 timez a day!!! My daddo haz been very patient wit me in all o dis heat. Datz wut daddoz do! Jesus talks about God as da Faddah in 2dayz Gospel thru da oldest prayer we haz as Christians, da 'Our Father'. Now we can only callz God our Faddah thru our baptism. In baptism we become "sons in da Son". We become adopted into the Sonship of Christ. Thru dat we died 2 sin and share da Resurrection. We haz our trespasses forgiven and we haz da ability 2 forgive udderz. If we don't dere iz da possibility o going someplace even hotter, if u knowz wut I mean! So embrace our Faddah in heaven, embrace da lif dat wut won 4 us in da cross and liv out da faith we haz in baptism. Dat way, we can follow in da footsteps o Jesus!

God Bless (and I can't wait 2 go swimming in Unca Dave's pool)!

Batman, da rectory doggo