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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: 05. 05. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Way, Truth, Life

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. — Rev. Theodore J. (Ted) Tracy, 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: 05. 04. 25

Today’s Reflection:  A Prayer

Please, Lord,

Keep calling me back to You,

By  day or by night,

In joy and in sadness,

During moments 

Of success and moments

Of failure.

Never let me leave you. —  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.

Morning Offering: 05. 03. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. — from the Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

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: 05. 02. 25

Today’s Reflection:  

God, teach me to honor the space others need their “no”, their silence, their limits. Help me to listen without pushing, to care without controlling and to love with grace and respect. May my presence bring peace, not pressure. — 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: 05. 01. 25

Today’s Reflection:  

PONDER & PRAYER:

I asked God

Do not let me die until I know You.

God replied:

He who knows Me never dies. — 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: 04. 30. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Always pray to have an eye that sees the best in people,

A heart that forgives the worst,

A mind that forgets the bad

And a soul that never loses faith in God. — Ally Donaldson

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. 25

Today’s Reflection:  MORNING PRAYER

Lord of the Morning, You have brought me to this new day. As the world is renewed fresh and clean, so I ask you to renew my heart with your strength and purpose. Forgive the errors of yesterday and bless me to walk closer in your way today. — 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: 04. 28. 25

Today’s Reflection: “I do believe, help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24)

Jesus, it can be easier to believe in you when my life is running smoothly; harder, when things are rocky. Help me come to you and serve you always; in the ups and downs, smiles and cries, hills and valleys.  Increase my faith and help me to manifest that faith every day of my life. Jesus, I trust in you. —Fr. Aaron Malnick, 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: 04. 27. 25

Today’s Reflection: Whoever loves God lacks nothing, God alone is enough. — St. Teresa of Avila.

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. 25

Today’s Reflection: Morning Prayer – 

Lord, give us grace

to come to you;

not merely as

a member of a crowd,

curious to see a show,

but with a true desire

to encounter you,

to know your love,

to find your peace,

to be made whole,

to enter into the new life

of your kingdom.

Meet us; draw us to yourself.. — 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.