Batman's Column

My Deer Parishionerz o St. Padre Pio,



It iz me, Batman da rectory doggo! Happy Easter!!! I knowz dat I getz excited when da doorbell ringz o da mail truck comez around and I haz 2 go upstairs o go intoz a room and dey close da door behind me. I do not likz it AT ALL! I will barkz and scratch and whinez. I cannotz b confined! As a doggo, I needz 2 b FREE! in John’s Gospel, we hearz how da disciplez were in da upper room wit da doors locked. Although dey didz not realize it at da time, dey wuz trapped and confined by dere fear. It iz only when Jesus comez into dere midst dat He sets dem free thru da Holy Spirit and givz dem His peace. Oftentimez we r trapped behind “locked doors” becauz o our own anxiety and sin. But not only doez da Lord shower us wit His mercy, He givz us da Holy Spirit so we can b free! Even dough we haz doubtz, dey r not more powerful dan da presence o da resurrected Jesus in our midst and in our livez. So let uz continue our Easter season by using God’s mercy 2 set us free from da shacklez and “closed doorz” o sin and death and believe even more in His Resurrection dat Jesus offerz 2 us all!

God Bless (and look out wen doz doorz get opened. I tend 2 jump)

Batman da rectory doggo