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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: 04. 18. 24

Today’s Reflection: Why should we not speak of Jesus? Why should we not tell others that he gives us strength in life, that we enjoy talking with him, and that we benefit from meditating on his words —   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.-

Photo: Heritage stained glass window from old Église du Sacré-Cœur/Sacred Heart Church, Welland

Morning Offering: 04. 17. 24

Today’s Reflection: Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. — J. M.Barrie

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. 16. 24

Today’s Reflection: The civilisation that God wants to exist among us is the civilisation of love which also includes justice, truth, and freedom. — St. Oscar Romero, Mass of the Lord’s Supper homily, 1979.

 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. 15. 24

Today’s Reflection: Broken bread

God, whom we meet in bread and wine,
in body broken and blood outpoured,
fill us with your compassion,
that we may hear the cries of the hungry
and reach out to those in need.
Engender in us a thirst for justice,
that the hungry will be satisfied
and the rich sent empty away.
Roll away our apathy
that, with arms outstretched,
we may offer life in place of death
and hope in the face of despair. Amen. — Annabel Shilson-Thomas/CAFOD

 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. 14. 24

Today’s Reflection: May our spiritual  selves flourish in God’s garden of life. —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.

Photo: Joseph L. Mocsan Memorial Rose Garden, Chippawa Park, Welland.

Morning Offering: 04. 13. 24

Today’s Reflection: The journey to God is a journey of discovery and it is full of surprises. — 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: 04. 12. 24

Today’s Reflection: Begin your day and your prayers in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. He is the friend of silence, we need to listen to God because it’s not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.  — 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. 11. 24

Today’s Reflection: May the sun bring you new energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength to your being,

May you walk gently through the world and know beauty all the days of your life. — Apache blessing   

 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. 10. 24

Today’s Reflection: It seems to me that some of us value information over wonder, and noise over silence. And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives. — Fred Rogers 

 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. 09. 24

Today’s Reflection: I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.— C.S. Lewis

 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.