Batman's Column

My Deer Parishionerz o St. Padre Pio,

It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! It iz true dat I iz da bestest doggo in da world. R dere udder doggoz better dan me? Maybez ... but unlikely. But even being da bestest doggo in da world, I still listenz 2 my daddoz (kinda sorta) and de udder important peoplez in my pack, becausz dey r looking out 4 wut iz best 4 me. Really, it iz in my best interest 2 listen and pay attention 2 wut dey haz 2 say. In da readingz dis Sunday, we hearz a lot about humility. Humility iz not just realizing wut we can o cannotz do. It iz also da realization dat dere iz a God and we iz not Him. True humility iz being willing 2 listen 2 wut da God wantz from us and saying, "Yes" because it iz wut iz best 4 us - 2 b da remnant dat takez refuge in da Lord, 2 b wise, not in human wayz, but in God's wayz. Datz wut da Beatitudes r all aboutz. Wedder we r poor in spirit, o meek, o hungering and thirsting 4 righteousness, it meanz dat we r listening and open and "disposed" (datz my daddoz word - I haz no idea wut it meanz) 2 da will and da law o da Lord. Da problem iz dat sometimez we only kinda sorta listenz 2 Him and DATZ wen we getz in trouble. So as da bestest parishionerz in da world, let us b ready 2 say "Yes" 2 God, 2 listen 2 Him, and 2 b wise and humble in His sight!

God Bless (and know dat dere r no bestest birdoz in da world)!

Batman, da rectory doggo