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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: 09. 26. 25

Today’s Reflection: Gratitude is the memory of the heart. — St. Mary MacKillop 

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: 09. 25. 25

Today’s Reflection: Morning prayer:

Release us, Lord,

from our attachment

to the fleeting wealth

of status, power, possessions,

and all that anaesthetises us

to the call of your kingdom,

to the cherishing of one another,

to the pursuit of

mutual justice and peace;

that we may live your love,

for all.— Bill Braviner, Anglican Archdeacon of Halifax, UK

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: 09. 24. 25

Today’s Reflection: Just because someone carries it well, doesn’t mean it isn’t heavy.— 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: 09. 23. 25

Today’s Reflection:

Sometimes you need to just sit in silence with God.

Not every prayer needs words.

Not every moment needs movement.

Just be still. Let your soul breathe.

In the quiet, He speaks. In the stillness, He heals. 

—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: 09. 22. 25

Today’s Reflection:

MORNING PRAYER

What makes the sun to rise? – The Power of God

What makes the seed to grow? – The Love of God

What makes the wind to blow? – The Spirit of God

Power of God protect us

Love of God lead us

Spirit of God strengthen us

In all life

and all creation. — 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: 09. 21. 25

Today’s Reflection: We need to include the excluded and preach peace. Pope 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: 09. 20. 25

Today’s Reflection: Come away from the din, to the quiet fields over which the great sky stretches between us and the stars.  There lies but silence, and there in the stillness let us listen to the voice that is speaking within us. — Jerome K. Jerome  

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: 09. 19. 25

Today’s Reflection:

Act justly

Love  mercy

Walk humbly

With your God. — Micah 6:8  

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: 09. 18. 25

Today’s Reflection: Prayer

You are the way, the truth, the life
Without the way there is no going
Without the truth there is no knowing
Without the life there is no growing
Show us the way, that we may go
Teach us the truth that we may know
Grant us the life, that we may grow
Eternally. —Fr. Theodore Tracy, SJ, based on a quote from Thomas à Kempis

 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: 09. 17. 25

Today’s Reflection: Lord, quiet my mind and calm my heart. In this time with You, help me set aside distractions – the noise, the worries, the to-do lists – so I can listen, be present and simply rest in Your love. — 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.