Batman's Column

My Deer Parishionerz o St. Padre Pio,



It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! When I first gotz here, dere lotz o tingz dat I wuz not allowed 2 do. Da biggest wuz dat I wuz not allowed in my daddoz bed. 4 da LONGEST time my daddo wouldn't even let me in his ROOM!!! But it all changed one day wen he tapped on da bed and asked me 2 come up and sleepz wit him. Now he doesn't lik 2 sleep witout me!!! 2 make up 4 lost time, I make sure 2 take up all o da space on da bed. Dere iz only a little bit o space 4 him, but my daddo doesn't mind ... much. It's kinda da same ting 4 da Ascension! De Ascension iz not a mere recognition o someting dat happened in da lif o Jesus. Wen He goez up into heaven 2 b wit da Father, Jesus bringz all of humanity wit Him. Sin and death no longer hold us back! We haz been brought 2 lif with Christ. He haz raised us up wit him and seated us wit him in da heavenz (cf. Eph 2:6). So wut do we do wit all o dat?!? We getz ready 2 receive da Holy Spirit and b His witnesses in da world! We spread da Gospel 2 da WHOLE WORLD and baptize in da name o da Fadder and o da Son and o da Holy Spirit! R u ready 4 day Holy Spirit?  How will u giv witness 2 Christ and His Resurrection?  Do we feel lik our livez hav been lifted up o r we still "sleeping on da floor"? Dis Ascension, let us giv witness 2 Christ like we r supposed 2 and make sure dat we lift up livez 2 God just as He lifted up ours!!!  God Bless (and I lik da cool side o da pillowz)!

Batman, da rectory doggo