Today’s Reflection: Morning Prayer
Lord of life,
Help me to live this day Quietly, Easily;
To lean on your strength, Trustfully, Restfully;
To wait for the unfolding of your will Patiently, Serenely;
To meet others Peacefully, Joyously;
To face this day Confidently, Courageously.
— St. Francis of Assisi
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Today’s Reflection: Lord, I keep stumbling. Please help me find my balance with your strength and your love. — Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
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Today’s Reflection: Prayer
Lord God,
Too often when I don’t notice,
I make myself too large – a king of my kingdom –
and nothing else seems to matter until I handle
just one more matter to settle things,
and this goes on and on and on and on.
But then, in rare moments, I see you face-to-face
and I shrink so small before your glory –
how could I ever have pretended or forgotten my way
into becoming so big?
But you, Lord, want neither.
You raise me up from my smallness;
you call me, and
You want my bigness – but my true bigness,
my dignity, my gifts, my very best –
and you want me to put it
at your service
at the service of those,
who, by decree of the kings,
are condemned to feeling small,
forgotten, excluded, marginal.
Show me Lord, my best,
and show me where to give it,
like at a manger of migrants from Nazareth or further south,
bearing hope and little else,
until they, too, discover their bigness
before and because of you. Amen. —Fr. Garrett Gundlach, 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 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.
Today’s Reflection: Lord, You know the ache of absence and the silence that lingers in our hearts. Comfort those who miss someone dearly — fill the emptiness with your peace. Hold those close in their sorrow and remind them that love never truly ends. — 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.
Today’s Reflection: Drenched in Holiness Prayer: Prayer for a New Year
Dear God,
On this day I ask You to grant this request,
May I know who I am and what I am,
Every moment of every day.
May I be a catalyst for light and love,
And bring inspiration to those whose eyes I meet.
May I have the strength to stand tall in the face of conflict,
And the courage to speak my voice, even when I’m scared.
May I have the humility to follow my heart,
And the passion to live my soul’s desires.
May I seek to know the highest truth
And dismiss the gravitational pull of my lower self.
May I embrace and love the totality of myself,
My darkness as well as my light.
May I be brave enough to hear my heart,
To let it soften so that I may gracefully
Choose faith over fear.
Today is my day to surrender anything that stands
Between the sacredness of my humanity and my divinity.
May I be drenched in my Holiness
And engulfed by Your love.
May all else melt away.
And so it is. — Debbie Ford
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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Today’s Reflection: A Wish For The New Year
Dear Lord, please give me…
A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;
A work to do which has real value, without which the world would be the poorer;
A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed;
An understanding heart;
A sense of humor;
Time for quiet, silent meditation;
A feeling of the presence of God;
The patience to wait for the coming of these things,
With the wisdom to recognize them when they come. — Author Unknown Source: Xavier University Prayers for the New Year
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Today’s Reflection: Peace Prayer
We cannot merely pray to you, O God, to end war;
For we know that You have made the world in a way
That man must find his own path to peace.
Within himself and with his neighbor.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end starvation;
For You have already given us the resources
With which to feed the entire world,
If we would only use them wisely.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to root out prejudice;
For You have already given us eyes
With which to see the good in all men,
If we would only use them rightly.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end despair,
For You have already given us the power
To clear away slums and to give hope,
If we would only use our power justly.
We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to end disease;
For You have already given us great minds
With which to search out cures and healing,
If we would only use them constructively.
Therefore we pray to You instead, O God,
For strength, determination and will power,
To do instead of just pray,
To become instead of merely to wish. —Rabbi Jack Reimer
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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Today’s Reflection: The Work of Christmas Begins
The work of Christmas begins: When the carols have been stilled; When the star-topped tree is taken down; When family and friends are gone home; When we are back to our schedules.
The work of Christmas begins:
To welcome the refugee,
To heal a broken planet,
To feed the hungry,
To build bridges of trust, not walls of fear,
To share our gifts,
To seek justice and peace for all people,
To bring Christ’s light to the world. — by Michael Dougherty, a variation on Howard Thurman’s ‘When the Song of the Angels is Stilled’
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.
Today’s Reflection: Jesus never said, ‘Worship me’, but he often said, ‘Follow me’. — Fr. Richard Rohr
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.
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