THE CRUCIFIX: THE BOOK OF LIFE

By Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin


 WORKOUT WEDNESDAY

A Midweek Spiritual Workout with

Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin


THE CRUCIFIX: THE BOOK OF LIFE

 

If you want to love God, look at the Crucifix! 


If you hope for eternal happiness, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how much God loves you, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how much God wants you in heaven, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how God tries to save you from damnation, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how much God wants to save your immortal soul, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how much you should forgive others, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how much your faith demands of you, look at the Crucifix!


If you want to know what unselfishness and generosity are, look at the Crucifix!


If you wonder how you can bring others to Christ, look at the Crucifix!


If you want to understand the need for self-denial and mortification, look at the Crucifix!

If you wish to live well, look at the Crucifix!

If 

I   If you wish to die well, look at the Crucifix!

 

~ Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) St. Thomas Aquinas said that he learned more from the crucifix than from all the books of theology that he read. Small wonder!


On this Spiritual Workout Wednesday, during this last week of Lent, if you are searching for answers, look at the Crucifix! 


Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin was born in Kibakwe, Mpwapwa, Dodama Tanzania, Africa, on January 23, 1978. He was ordained to the Ministerial Priesthood on July 12, 2012, by Archbishop Gervas John M. Nyaisonga. Following his service as Pastor in his home country of Tanzania, Father was commissioned to the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Augustine in Pittsburgh, PA, where he was assigned to Immaculate Conception Church in Dudley, PA. Father currently serves as chaplain and pastoral care at West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh PA. He completed his ministry there and returned to Tanzania on May 7, 2024.

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