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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: 11. 12. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Never Give Up Prayer

No matter what is going on, never give up.

Develop the heart.

Too much energy in your country is spent developing the mind instead of the heart.

Be compassionate, not just to your friends, but to everyone.

Work for peace in your heart and in the world.

Work for peace and I say again, never give up.

No matter what is happening, no matter what is going on around you, never give up.— Attributed to His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama

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: 11. 11. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. — Matthew 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: 11. 10. 24

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Today’s Reflection: For although God is right with us and in us and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find Him. — Thomas Merton

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: 11. 09. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  A Prayer for Compassion

O God, I wish from now on

to be the first to become conscious

of all that the world loves, pursues, and suffers;

I want to be the first to seek,

to sympathize, and to suffer;

the first to unfold and sacrifice myself,

to become more widely human

and more nobly of the earth

than any of the world’s servants. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. (1881–1955)

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: 11. 08. 24

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Today’s Reflection: I’m at peace today, because no matter what I’m facing, God is with me. — car bumper sticker message

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: 11. 07. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right: they shall be satisfied. — Matthew 5:6 

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: 11. 06. 24

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Today’s Reflection: God, in moments of sadness I seek  your comfort and peace. Please lift my spirits and fill my heart with hope. Help me to find strength in your presence and trust that better days will come. — 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: 11. 05. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Bring love wherever you go.

Share light wherever it is dark.

Leave blessings wherever you’ve been.

Be kind wherever you are.— Mary Davis 

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: 11. 04. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Just be a good person. Love who you can,  help where you can, give what you can.— 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: 11. 03. 24

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Today’s Reflection: MORNING PRAYER (Help us to see)

Lord of the Morning, help us to see with the same eyes of mercy and compassion that you had when you walked this earth. Show us how to care for all those who are in need. Guide us with your gifts of wisdom, and understanding, and bring us peace.— Bodmin Hermit, Franciscan hermit in Cornwall, England

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.