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Morning Offering: 08. 13. 18

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Today’s Reflection:  Solitude….it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present, you will never find it. — 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: 08. 12. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. — Saint John Paul ll.
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: 08. 11. 18

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Today’s Reflection: The Christian faith is community-oriented. It includes a preferential option for the poor; it has the Sermon on the Mount as a program for society. — Julien Henry 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: 08. 10. 18

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Today’s Reflection: We are always looking for signs. We are always asking God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.—Yasmin Mogahed.
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: 08. 09. 18

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Today’s Reflection: I will walk by faith even when I cannot see. – Unattributed.
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: 08. 08. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Make known to me your ways, Lord; teach me your paths. – 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. daily.

Morning Offering: 08. 07. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Give me the grace to live the life of Gospel nonviolence – John Dear.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m. 

Morning Offering: 08. 06. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Lord, my garden would not be beautiful without you.
My garden would not give me peace without you.
My garden would not be a creation without you.
The world would not be beautiful without you. – Maureen Gilmer, God in the Garden.
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: 08. 05. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Faith is the bridge between where I am and the place God is taking me. – Unattributed.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 08. 04. 18

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Today’s Reflection: What does love look like?
It has the hands, to help others.
It has the feet, to hasten to the poor and needy.
It has eyes, to see misery and want.
It has the ears, to hear the sighs and sorrows of all.
That, is what love looks like. Amen. – Saint Augustine
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich. (Image: Sixth Station, Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus, Parish Community of St. Kevin.)
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.