THE CRUCIFIX: THE BOOK OF LIFE

By Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin


WORKOUT WEDNESDAY


A Midweek Spiritual Workout with
Fr. Marino H. Msigala, O.F.M. Capuchin
 
THE CRUCIFIX: THE BOOK OF LIFE

 

If you would like to know 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 prevent you from the yawning jaws of hell,

look at the Crucifix!

 

If you wonder how much God will help you 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, in humility, poverty, charity, meekness, and every other virtue, look at the Crucifix!

 

If you want to know what unselfishness and generosity are,

look at the Crucifix!

 

If you wonder how far your own unselfishness should go to 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 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, look at the crucifix!

 


Fr. Marino H. Msigala, O.F.M. 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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