Father Marino's Meditations

WORKOUT WEDNESDAY A Midweek Spiritual Workout with Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin ONE CHANCE AT LIFE; WILL YOU TAKE IT? Life is an opportunity; benefit from it. Life is beauty; admire it. Life is bliss; taste it. Life is a challenge; meet it. Life is a duty; complete it. Life is a game; play it. Life is costly; care for it. Life is wealth; manage it. Life is a mystery; know it. Life is a promise; fulfill it. Life is a sorrow; overcome it. Life is a song; sing it. Life is a struggle; accept it. Life is a tragedy; confront it. Life is an adventure; dare it. Life is luck; make it. Life is precious; nurture it. Life is life; protect it. ~ St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta On this  SPIRITUAL WORKOUT WEDNESDAY, make a resolution to live your best life by appreciating and respecting it as a gift from God. Remember that the gift of life comes with a price tag. How will you repay God for the gift of life He has given you? What will you do with the o

 

                                                     WORKOUT WEDNESDAY A Midweek Spiritual Workout with Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin REGRETS: A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW Later, the coffee gets cold. Later, you lose interest. Later, the day turns into night. Later, people grow up. Later, people grow old. Later, life goes by. Later, you regret not doing something when you had the chance. Life is a fleeting dance, a delicate balance of moments that unfold before us, never to return in quite the same way again. Regret is a bitter pill to swallow, a weight that bears down upon the soul with the burden of missed chances and unspoken words. So, let us not leave anything for later. Let us seize the moments as they come, with hearts open and arms outstretched to embrace the possibilities that lie before us. Ultimately, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we left undone, the words left unspoken, the dreams left unfulfilled. ~ Before the C

WORKOUT WEDNESDAY A Midweek Spiritual Workout with Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin CALLED NOW; QUALIFIED LATER Elijah was suicidal. Job wished he was never born. David was depressed. Moses was anxious. Hannah was barren. Paul was in prison. Jacob was a cheater. Peter had a temper. David had an affair. Noah got drunk. Jonah ran away from God. Paul was a murderer. Gideon was insecure. Miriam was a gossip. Martha was a nervous wreck. Thomas was a doubter. Sarah was impatient. Moses had a speech impediment. Zaccheus was short. Abraham was old. Lazarus was dead. On this  SPIRITUAL WORKOUT WEDNESDAY, remember that God set them all free. He used their struggles and turned them into testimony. God can turn your worst seasons around when you worship Him in the middle of the storm. Turn your eyes upon Jesus and away from darkness. Choose life over death. Worship is a choice. You have to choose to worship despite feeling hopeless. You have to cho

WORKOUT WEDNESDAY A Midweek Spiritual Workout with Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND One day, a man was crossing a bridge, But he was afraid. So he looked up to God in heaven and asked, “Can I hold Your hand so that I may not fall? God answered, “No, my child, I will hold your hand.” The man asked, “What’s the difference?”  God replied, “If you hold My hand and you waver, you might let go, but if I hold your hand, no matter what happens, I will never let go.” On this  SPIRITUAL WORKOUT WEDNESDAY,  with Isaiah 49:16, remember, “ Behold, I have engraved you on the palm of My hand…”  And with the psalmist in Psalm 139:10, “Even there, Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.” Consider what it means to be held in God’s hand.