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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: 12. 30. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  The Christmas season is a reminder of what theologians often call the “Great Reversal,” which lies at the heart of the Christian message: The virgin bears a son. The infant is a king. The poor are rich.  The blind see.  The lame walk.  The deaf hear.  The hungry are fed.  The humbled are exalted.  The last are first.  The stranger is our friend.  Those on the margins are in the center.  And, of course, the greatest of all reversals, made manifest at the true end of the Christmas story, which is the Resurrection: the dead live.  And nothing is impossible with God.  Merry Christmas. — Fr. James Martin SJ

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 29. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys. — Madeleine L’Engle

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 28. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  It is not life that causes suffering, but our expectation that life should be the way we want. —  Kodo Sawaki 

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 27. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  When I rest with the Lord, peace is a river that overflows my soul. — 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.

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Morning Offering: 12. 26. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  Christ in the manger, Your humble coming as man fills us with hope that our lives matter, that God is truly with us, and that we are never alone, even in death. You shared our human nature in every way but sin, and so give us hope that we will one day share life in heaven with You. — mycatholiclife

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 25. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  Joy to the world, the Lord is come! 

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 24. 23

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Today’s Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Advent –  O Emmanuel,

you are our King and Judge,

the One whom the peoples await and their Saviour.

O come and save us, Lord our God.

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 23. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  The Virgin will come walking down the road
Pregnant with the holy,
And say,
“I need shelter for the night,
Please take me inside your heart,
My time is so close.”  —St. John of the Cross

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 22. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  A Prayer –

Please, Lord,

Keep calling me back to you

By day or night,

In joy and in sadness,

During moments

Of success and moments of failure.

Never let me leave you. — Henri Nouwen

Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.

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Morning Offering: 12. 21. 23

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Today’s Reflection:  Lord, as I prepare my heart to celebrate your birth at Christmas, help me to get busy about the work of building your kingdom here on earth, today and every day. Amen. —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.