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About fromareportersnotebook

Former reporter and city editor at The Tribune, Welland, On. Active in various community groups and initiatives, married with two grown children, interested in roses specifically and gardening in general. A collection of previously-written columns was published in book form in the fall of 2013 and is available by contacting the writer at: fromareportersnotebook@gmail.com. It sells for $20.

Morning Offering: 06. 20. 26

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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.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Editor’s note: Timely “gift” for the grad or grads in your life?

Morning Offering: 06. 19. 26

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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.

Morning Offering: 06. 18. 26

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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.

Morning Offering: 06. 17. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Dear God, Help us to be bucket fillers in a world that so often drains others, and teach us to see every other person we meet as both a gift and a teacher. – 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. 16. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. – Dalai Lama 

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. 15. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Every moment of every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul. – Thomas Merton.

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. 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.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

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.