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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: 08. 04. 21

Today’s Reflection: Looking for a new prayer to start the day? – Dear God, If I am wrong, right me. If I am lost, guide me. If I start to give up, keep me going. Lead me in light and love. Amen. — 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: 08. 03. 21

Today’s Reflection: Loving God,
please grant me peace of mind
and calm my troubled heart.

My soul is like a turbulent sea.
I can’t seem to find my balance
so I stumble and worry constantly.

Give me the strength and clarity of mind
to find my purpose and walk the path
you’ve laid out for me.

I trust your love God, and know
that you will heal this stress.
Just as the sun rises each day
against the dark of night.

Please bring me clarity
with the light of God.
In your name I pray.
Amen. — 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.

Morning Offering: 08. 02. 21

Today’s Reflection: Grant me, O Lord my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance in waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you.
Amen. — Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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: 08. 01. 21

Today’s Reflection: Faith is seeing light with your heart, when all your eyes can see is darkness. — 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. daily.

Morning Offering: 07. 31. 21

Today’s Reflection: The wisdom of the cross is about losing our lives,
handing over our need for control,
and throwing in our lot
with this Jesus of Nazareth. — 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: 07. 30. 21

Today’s Reflection: Never stop believing this: God will direct your steps. — from Proverbs 3: 6
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: 07. 29. 21

Today’s Reflection: I never tire of reading this: The day will come when after mastering the wind, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, humanity will have discovered fire. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ.
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: 07. 28. 21

Today’s Reflection: Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day
long. — from Psalm 25: 4 – 5.
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: 07. 27. 21

Today’s Reflection: O Heart of Jesus, what a great master you are, there is nothing to fear in journeying with you: you are for us the highest and most human expression of the love of God as well as of our love for God. Your love is so meek that your yoke is easy; it is so humble and condescending that it accepts the offering of the poor; it is so patient and compassionate that it goes more than half way to save us. — Marie Gérin-Lajoie.
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: 07. 26. 21

Today’s Reflection: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. — Psalm 106.1.
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.