Batman's Column

My Deer Parishionez o St. Padre Pio Parish, 

It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! Did u know dat doggoz r creaturez o habit? We haz a normal routine dat helpz doggoz feel ... normal! My routine iz pretty straightforward. First, I make Daddo tak me 4 walkiez. Den we eatz all kindz o foodz - foodz 4 doggoz and treatz and an occasional piece o bagel. Den we nappz. Den 3 o 4 more walkiez, lotz o beggin' 4 foodz, plus barking at da mail truck and u haz Batman's daily routine! In da readings from Sacred Scripture, we iz asked a simple question: Iz our life, our "daily routine", focused-ed on God o on the wayz o da world? In da book o da prophet Jeremiah, da king and his princes didn't want 2 hear da Word o God and did wut dey wanted (it did not work out so well 4 dem). Da Letter 2 da Hebrews tellz us dat while "running da race that lies before us" we need 2 keep our eyez fixed on Jesus. It seemz pretty clear wut we haz 2 do, but it doesn't make it easy! Following God instead following da world can put us at oddz wit our family, our friendz, our co-workerz ... anybody! But da Lord wantz us to set da world aflame wit da fire o His luv. So wut iz our routine? Do we make time 4 God o r we distracted by tingz dat r not of Him? Wut iz ONE ting dat we can do, so dat we can show dat we r running da race 4 God? May our eyes b always focused-ed on Him so that we can share da glory o eternal life! 

God Bless (and iz it time 4 my walkiez now?) 

Batman, da rectory doggo