Morning Offering: 06. 14. 26

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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 chase wonder, not wealth. May our hearts be full, even when we fall short in other areas. Amen. – 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.

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Morning Offering: 06. 13. 26

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Today’s Reflection:

Did I offer peace today?

Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?

Did I say words of healing?

Did I let go of my anger and resentment?

Did I forgive?

Did I love?

These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come. – Henri Nouwen, quote from the podcast, Radical Sacred.

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.

Morning Offering: 06. 12. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Serenity Prayer (Complete version)

O God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference;
living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as a pathway to peace;
taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will;
so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. – Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

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.

Editor’s note: Re-posted in response to a request

Morning Offering: 06. 11. 26.

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Today’s Reflection: God, show me clarity as I contemplate the path ahead. May  I find wisdom in uncertainty, strength in challenges and purpose in my journey toward the future. Amen. – 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.

Morning Offering: 06. 10. 26

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Today’s Reflection:

Knowing God

The way I do 

And knowing me

The way I do,

One thing is more than clear to me:

That all of my life –

The favour,

The blessings,

The “any good at all”

Is simply (and amazingly)

A result of who He is

In spite of who I am. – Stacey L. Sanchez

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.

Morning Offering: 06. 09. 26

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Today’s Reflection: For Flowers That Bloom

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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.

Note: I ‘stumbled’ on this piece while researching material for my site. I recall reading this the first time while a student in St. Mary School, Welland, many years ago.

Morning Offering: 06. 08. 26

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Today’s Reflection:

Loving Father, in times of conflict, uncertainty and suffering, draw us close to you. Strengthen those living through crisis and all who hunger for peace, stability and daily bread. Pour out your grace on those who serve, that they may be instruments of your compassion. Amen. – CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) prayer site

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.

Morning Offering: 06. 07. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Dear God, Help us recognize the magnificence in one another and in this beautiful world You have created around us. Give us the courage to choose connection over isolation, the humility to be vulnerable, and the wisdom to remember how deeply we need one another and You. – Maria Shriver, I’ve Been Thinking

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.

Morning Offering: 06. 06. 26

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Today’s Reflection: MORNING PRAYER

We search for you, Jesus the Christ, 

Sometimes with uncertain steps, 

But you have already come. 

You bring light into our anxiousness. 

You know we would never want to choose darkness 

But always welcome your inner light.  – Bodmin  Hermit

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.

Morning Offering: 06. 05. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Those who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless. – St. Oscar Romero

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daiy photo by Joe Barkovich.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.