LET’S RETURN TO A VENERABLE TRADITION

By Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin


WORKOUT WEDNESDAY

A Midweek Spiritual Workout with
Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin

LET’S RETURN TO A VENERABLE TRADITION

When we were school children, we learned about a venerable tradition called the First Friday Devotion. Maybe as adults, we have forgotten it or haven’t thought about it for a long time. June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and it is the perfect time to revisit the promise that Jesus made in an apparition to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in France in 1674.

“I promise you in the unfathomable mercy of My Sacred Heart that My omnipotent love will procure the grace of final penitence for all those who attend Holy Mass and receive Holy Communion on nine consecutive First Fridays of each month. My Divine Heart will be their sure refuge in the last moments of their life.”

On this SPIRITUAL WORKOUT WEDNESDAY, resolve to renew the First Friday Devotion in your prayer life beginning in July. If you keep your resolution, Jesus will surely keep His promise.

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 studies and pastoral duty at Immaculate Conception Church in Dudley, PA. After he completed his Master's Degree at Villanova University, Father was reassigned to serve as chaplain and pastoral care at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He completed his ministry there and returned to Tanzania on May 7, 2024.

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