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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: 04. 30. 22

Today’s Reflection: O master, grant that I may not seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love with all my soul. For it’s in giving that we receive, in pardoning that we are pardoned, and in dying that we are born to eternal life. — Excerpt of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis.
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: 04. 29. 22

Today’s Reflection: Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. — John 20:29.
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: 04. 28. 22

Today’s Reflection: The special clumsy beauty of this particular cold on this April day in this field under these clouds is a holiness consecrated to God by His own Art, and it declares the glory of God. — Thomas Merton, Seeds of Contemplation, (1949).
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: 04. 27. 22

Today’s Reflection: Lord, when we feel overwhelmed by all of the commitments, slow us down. — Jesuit 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: 04. 26. 22

Today’s Reflection: Those who leave everything in God’s hand eventually see God’s hand in everything — Unattributed.
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: 04. 25. 22

Today’s Reflection: Be like the sunflower that follows every movement of the sun and keep your eyes always turned towards our God. — St. Julie Billiart.
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: 04. 24. 22

Today’s Reflection: Lord, bring your saints into my garden to remind me each day through their examples. Let St. Francis inspire me to love the birds and all living things. Let St. Phocas the gardener be my guide in enriching the soil. Through St. Thérèse, the Little Flower, may I make every act, no matter how small, one that honors you. Amen. — from God In The Garden.
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: 04. 23. 22

Today’s Reflection: God,
help me to find the time for you
in the midst of my busy days.
Give me the grace
to know when I need
to take a moment alone for prayer. — Kay Gregg.
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: 04. 22. 22

Today’s Reflection: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. — Psalm 139. 23.
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. daily.

Morning Offering: 04. 21. 22

Today’s Reflection: A Prayer of Hope
Dear God,
When I stand at the beginning of a new day, bless me with vision to see the best of things to come… wisdom to make good decisions… and most of all, faith that you are walking with me every step of the way. — 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. daily.