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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: 11. 02. 24

Today’s Reflection: Look briefly at the day ahead and ask God to be with you in every detail.  — Gerard W. Hughes 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: 11. 01. 24

Today’s Reflection:  … Whoever has God lacks nothing,

for God alone suffices.  — 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: 10. 31. 24

Today’s Reflection: Walk gently in the lives of others. Not all wounds are visible.  — Ramblings

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: 10. 30. 24

Today’s Reflection: One can  take advantage of the light and of the pleasure of the seasons insofar as one seems likely to be helped by these things to rejoice in the Creator. — St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises 229) 

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: 10. 29. 24

Today’s Reflection: Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. – Rabbi Abraham Heschel, theologian and mystic

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: 10. 28. 24

Today’s Reflection: Speak that I may hear, Lord, my heart is listening. — Augustine of Hippo 

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: 10. 27. 24

Today’s Reflection: Prayer is the bridge between panic and peace. — 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: 10. 26. 24

Today’s Reflection: To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us. — 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: 10. 25. 24

Today’s Reflection: Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. — 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: 10. 24. 24

Today’s Reflection: I expect to pass through this world but once.

Any good, therefore, that I do

or any kindness that I can show to any person,

let me do it now.

Let me not defer or neglect it,

for I shall not pass this way again. — Stephen Grellet   

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.