Today’s Reflection: If we want peace, we have to be peace. Peace is a practice and not a hope. — Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk.
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Today’s Reflection:
Be kind,
practice grace,
listen,
see the good,
take action.
The world needs you. — Rachel Marie Martin, in Finding Joy
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Today’s Reflection: Loosen the Bonds of Suffering
May all beings everywhere
plagued with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending one another. — Traditional Buddhist prayer.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
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Today’s Reflection: To The Great Spirit
Grandfather Great Spirit,
all over the world the faces of living ones are alike.
With tenderness they have come up out of the ground.
Look upon your children that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the Day of Quiet.
Grandfather Great Spirit,
fill us with the Light.
Give us the strength to understand,
and the eyes to see.
Teach us to walk the soft earth as relatives to all that live. – Lakota prayer
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Today’s Reflection: St, Augustine’s Powerful Prayer For Bravery
God of our life,
There are days when the burdens we carry
chafe our shoulders and weigh us down;
when the road seems dreary and endless,
the skies grey and threatening;
when our lives have no music in them,
and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage.
Flood the path with light, turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise;
tune our hearts to brave music;
give us the sense of comradeship
with heroes and saints of every age;
and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage
the souls of all who journey with us
on the road of life,
to your honor and glory. Amen. — St. Augustine
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Today’s Reflection:
Preach the truth as if we had a million voices, for it is silence that kills the world.— St. Catherine of Siena
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Today’s Reflection:
Saint Francis, our brother, you who eight hundred years ago
went to meet Sister Death as a man at peace,
intercede for us before the Lord.
You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,
teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliation
that breaks down every wall.
You, who unarmed, crossed the lines of war and misunderstanding, give us the courage to build bridges where the world raises up boundaries.
In this time afflicted by conflict and division, intercede for us so that we may become peacemakers: unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Jesus.— Pope Leo’s A Prayer for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis
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Today’s Reflection:
Lord, remind us that life’s greatest treasures aren’t things, but moments: a shared laugh, a quiet sunrise, a hand held in kindness. Teach us to collect memories, not stuff; to choose wonder, not wealth. May our hearts be full, even when our shelves are not. — Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
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Today’s Reflection:
MEDITATION
Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain.
An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind.
Climb slowly enjoying each passing moment;
However, the real journey of discovery consists not in
seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Bodmin Hermit post
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Today’s Reflection:
Loving God, Great One,
I come to you each day in silly, simple prayer
but I hardly know how to respond
when you come to me.
How could I?
You, the very greatness
for which I prepare my heart,
come to me,
without even my call or invite –
by your own accord
by your own desire and love
for me.
I am not worthy, but I know
the whole reason why you’ve come
is to convince me
is to show me
that I am.
What can I say but amen?
—Fr. Garrett Gundlach, SJ
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
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