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Today’s Reflection: FAITH
We trust that beyond absence there is a presence.
That beyond pain there can be healing.
That beyond brokenness there can be wholeness.
That beyond anger there may be peace.
That beyond hurting there may be forgiveness.
That beyond silence there may be the Word. – Bodmin Hermit post
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.
Today’s Reflection: Prayer for Kindness
In every waking moment and with every interaction,
we have the opportunity to act with kindness.
Simple kindnesses — a hug, a smile, a word of encouragement —
warm our days and our hearts. Greater acts of kindness can
completely change lives.
For kindness equips us with the capacity for deep understanding
when we hear an opposing point of view.
Kindness sharpens our perception and gives greater context to ideas we may not agree with. Kindness shines a light on the goodness in others and lays a foundation to build common ground.
It’s not an understatement to say that when we act with kindness,
we are acting to uplift human dignity.
So challenge yourself today:
to truly hear others
to live with your whole heart
and to undertake everything you do with kindness.
Then watch your kindness spread. – from Faith at Marquette
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.
Today’s Reflection: The Bridge Builder
An old man, going a lone highway,
Come at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast and deep and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim —
That sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when he reached the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“You are wasting your strength in building here.
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must pass this way.
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
Why build you the bridge at the eventide?”
The builder lifted his old gray head,
“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.” — Will Allen Droomgoole
Today’s Reflection is a post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Today’s Reflection is posted by 8 a.m.
Today’s Reflection: A Metaphor for Change
Spring is a metaphor for change. Some changes we eagerly await, and some we abhor. Some changes we plan and others arrive uninvited. To all these changes we ask the gift of Your perspective beckoning us to expectation, hope, and rebirth.
May the sunlight and the rain be reminders that You are at work renewing the earth. As a God of renewal, You are ever at work in our lives, too.
Open our eyes and lives to the needed changes in our lives this Spring. Awaken us to new life and perspective, for we pray in Jesus’ name. – Author unknown
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.
Today’s Reflection: Lord, may those who carry heavy hearts find peace and those who wander through the dark find light. May peace descend on every weary soul, like gentle rain on dry and thirsty ground. Grant stillness to the minds that cannot quiet, and calm hands that tremble in the night. May all who seek find refuge and be held in peace that passes all we understand. – Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m
Today’s Reflection: I am here, God, arms wide open, straining to hear Your whisper. Tell me, Lord, in clear words, what is it You have planned for me? – Author unknown
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.
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Today’s Reflection: MORNING PRAYER:
Circle me Lord,
Keep protection near and danger afar.
Circle me Lord,
Keep hope within, keep doubt without.
Circle me Lord,
Keep light near and darkness afar.
Circle me Lord,
Keep peace within, keep evil out.
Circle me Lord. Amen – Calm prayer, a type of prayer originating from Celtic Christianity
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.
Today’s Reflection: Children learn more by the eye than by the ear. Let your life be their book. – St. Francis de Sales
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland,, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.
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