Today’s Reflection: Dear God, Thank you for the quiet gifts that surround us each day. Help us slow down enough to notice them, cherish them, and be grateful for the life unfolding right in front of us. Amen. – Maria Shriver
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Today’s Reflection: A Three-Step Morning Prayer
First Step: Plant your feet firmly on the earth. Using your five senses, give thanks to our Creator God for the countless ways God comes to us through creation- for all the beauty that your eyes see, for all the sounds that your ears ear, for all the scents that you smell, the tastes that you taste, for all that you feel (the sun, wind, rain, snow, warm, or cold). Pray this day that you may be open and attuned to the countless ways that our Creator God comes to us through your senses, through the gifts of creation.
Second Step: Let go of all the pain, struggle, regret, failures, garbage of yesterday – step out of it – leave it behind- brush the dust of it from your feet.
Third Step: With this third and final step, step into the gift of the new day, full of hope, promise, and potential. Give thanks for the gift of this new day, which God has made! Amen. – Jose Hobday
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: found on jesuitresource.org Prayer index, Native American prayers
Today’s Reflection: Prayer For The Start Of The Day
Loving God,
You have called me again to a new day,
grant me the grace to know your accompaniment this day.
In my struggles, bring me comfort and support.
In my successes, bring me joy and humility.
In all my day, conform me closer to you and your Son.
That so conformed, I may offer that same grace and accompaniment to all I meet.
In their struggles, may I be comforting and supportive.
In their successes, may I be joyful and humble.
In all their days, may I aid them in drawing closer to you and your Son.
So that we may all be found alive in you, who are our
Loving God. Amen. — Rev. Nathaniel Romano, S.J.
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: Speak Gently In My Silence
Dear Lord,
Speak gently in my silence.
When the loud outer noises of my
surroundings and the loud inner noises of my
fears keep pulling me away from you, help me
to trust that you are still there even when I am
unable to hear you. Give me ears to listen to
your small, soft voice saying: “Come to me,
you who are overburdened, and I will give you rest ….. for I am gentle and humble of heart.”
Let that loving voice be my guide.
Amen. – Henri Nouwen
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: Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul. – Dorothy Day
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:
Charity can be done from a distance; solidarity is a form of accompaniment. – Ansel Augustine, in Praying With Our Feet
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 the Summer Solstice
Jesus, thank you for Summer. Thank you for light and warmth. Thank you for the sun. Thank you for the gifts of nature and for the annual cycles and seasons. Today, give us that grace again, to see you as the Creator, the One who lifts us up to be with you forever, even now. – 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: A Graduation Prayer
Loving God
I have knowledge, so will You show me now
how to use it wisely and find a way
somehow
to make the world I live in a little better place,
and make life
with its problems
a little bit easier to face.
Grant me faith and courage
and put purpose in my days,
and show me how to serve you
in effective ways.
So my education, my knowledge and my skill
may find their true fulfillment
as I learn to do your will.
And may I ever be aware in everything I do,
that knowledge comes from learning,
and wisdom comes from you. Amen – Marquette University prayer site
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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Editor’s note: Timely “gift” for the grad or grads in your life?
Today’s Reflection: Daily Prayer
Lead me, Lord, on the path.
Accompany me, Lord, on the way.
Catch me, Lord, when I stumble.
Welcome me, Lord, at the end. – St. Vincent de Paul Society 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: GOD REVEALS HIMSELF IN NATURE –
When I am alone the flowers are really seen…
I can pay attention to them…
They are felt presences. – 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.
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