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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: 03. 28. 24

Today’s Reflection: As we gather to celebrate the Eucharist on Holy Thursday, let us remember that we are all called to be servants of one another, just as Christ served us. — Catholic prayer site

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.

Image: The Last Supper, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Welland

Morning Offering: 03. 27. 24

Today’s Reflection: Dear God, Strengthen  our hearts these days of Holy Week and renew our hope in the everlasting life Jesus promises. — Jesuit prayer site

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.

Image: Stations of the Cross, St. Kevin Church

Morning Offering: 03. 25. 24

Today’s Reflection:  Do not pray when it is raining if you do not pray when the sun is shining. —  Native American proverb    

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: 03. 24. 24

Today’s Reflection: Holy Week invites you to take your suffering and give it a sense of redemption; accept the cross; embrace it as Christ did; do not be passive, but with love build a civilization of freedom and love. — St. Oscar Romero, Palm Sunday homily, 1978

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: 03. 22. 24

Today’s Reflection:  When I start to get bored, God, teach me to open my eyes. —from Focus Your Day 

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: 03. 20. 24

Today’s Reflection:  I will take the time to experience you in silence, Lord. Help me to be quiet in your presence, that I may learn from you and deepen my experience of wholeness.—from Focus Your Day

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: 03. 19. 24

Today’s Reflection:  I am not on my own. There is someone who is more intimately concerned about me than l am about myself. God loves me. — St Oscar Romero, homily, 4th Sunday of Lent (B), 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.