Batman's Column

My Deer Parishionez o St. Padre Pio Parish,

It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! I no likz 2 brag, but I iz a

smart doggo. I know lotz o trickz lik sit and speakz and paw

and down. I even knowz dem in 3 LANGUAGEZ (English,

Italian and Spanish)! I also knowz wen my daddo iz SUPER

SERIOUS and needz me 2 listen. 4 all da timez dat I iz a

good doggo, dere r timez dat I do not listen. I know wut my

daddo wantz, but I actz lik I can't hearz him. It iz dem dat I

REALLY getz in trouble!!! Unfortunately we do dat wit God

2. Lik Moses said 2 da peoplez, we already knowz wut God

wantz from us. Even dough it is obvious and near 2 us, we

do not listen. Da CRAZY ting iz dat God givz us deez

commandz becauz He luvz us and when we don't listen, we

r rejecting His luv. And as we hear in Luke's Gospel, we

need da Lord's luv to inherit eternal lif! If we don't haz den

we REALLY getz in trouble!!! So in da wordz of da scholar

who quotes de Old Testament, "love the Lord, your God,

with all your heart, with all your being, with all your

strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as

yourself." As Jesus tellz us in da parable o da Good

Samaritan, we haz 2 luv not just da hoomanz dat luv us. We

needz 2 luv strangerz and our enemies 2! Luv doesn't pass

us by. It actz! Wut iz da luv o da Lord asking o us 2day?

Who needz our luv now most of all? Do we luv only da

people who r close 2 us, or do we luvz EVERYBODY (even da

catz)??? So let us open our heartz and listen 2 da

commandmentz o God, da commandmentz o luv and share

it wit every single creature!

God Bless (and I never reject any luvinz from anybody)!

Batman, da rectory doggo