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.
Today’s Reflection: If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.— 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.
Today’s Reflection: Your ‘yes’ to God requires your ‘no’ to all injustices, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Today’s Reflection: Our Lady of the Way (Madonna della Strada)
Our Lady of the Way, stay with us when we grow weary of the journey; for the road is long and our hearts are weak. Strengthen us with the patience and fortitude to continue on in pursuit of a whole and just world; in pursuit of a whole and just self. Come, be our guide.
Our Lady of the Way, lead us when we cannot see the path. Take us by the hand as a Mother; whispering comfort in our ears, steering us through the dark, guarding us from the terrors of the night. Infuse us with your courage, with your refusal to bow to fear and the unknown. For in you we find the Light that moves us forward.
Our Lady of the Way, show us the mystery you revealed to Ignatius so many years past: the mystery of letting go. That we would not cling to our packs nor our sandals nor our cloaks but release to the path what the path requires. Because for all that we lay down, we pick up something greater; we pick up freedom.
Our Lady of the Way
show us the way. Amen.
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.
Note: The feast of Our Lady of the Way is celebrated May 24. The reference to ‘Ignatius’ in the text is St. Ignatius of Loyola SJ.
Today’s Reflection: Love consists of sharing what one has and what one is with those one loves. Love ought to show itself in deeds more than words. —St. Ignatius of Loyola
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Today’s Reflection: Once a man was asked, ‘What did you gain by praying to God?’. The man replied, “Nothing, but let me tell you what I lost: Anger, ego, greed, depression, insecurity and fear of death. Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not ‘gaining’, but ‘losing’, which ultimately is the gain.“ — Author unknown
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.