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.
Today’s Reflection: Lord, you are my Master Gardener. Water my being with your love and your grace And cultivate patience within me when I expect rapid growth. Send me rays of Son-light so that I may flourish And produce much good fruit. Prune away my desire for perfection And shape me into the kind of good tree you want me to be. May I be grateful for the unique gifts you have given me and share them with those I meet today. —Diane Amento Owens
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
God of silence and God of all sound, help me to listen. Help me to do the deep listening to the sounds of my soul, waiting to hear your soft voice calling me deeper into you. Give me attentive ears that begin to separate the noise from the sounds that are you; you who have been speaking to me and through me my whole life, for so long that you can seem like background noise. Today help me hear you anew. — Author Unknown
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Lord silence my loud tumultuous thoughts and grant my brain rest. Help me let go of my distractions and my desire to be distracted, to simply sit here with you. As the silence unsettles my spirit, let the waves of your peace and presence wash over me. Amen. — Bodmin Hermit
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Lord, please put Your peace in my heart. I’m worried and anxious. My mind races and obsesses. I can’t help thinking about my problems. And the more I think about them, the more depressed I become. I feel like I’m sinking down in quicksand and can’t get out.
Calm me, Lord. Slow me down, put Your peace in my heart.
No matter what problem I have, Lord, You are bigger, You are more powerful than it is. So I bring my problem to You.
I know what I want. I know my will. I do not know Yours. I do not know how You will use this problem for my salvation. I do not know what good You will work out from this evil. But I trust You. I trust Your goodness and Your wisdom. So I place myself in Your hands. Please fill my heart with peace.—Author Unknown
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Today’s Reflection: Lord, I crave certainty. I need proof. I want evidence. Yet, you are already here, moving in ways I cannot always see. Help me to trust in your presence, even without evidence. Open my heart to faith that does not need to be measured or recorded – only lived. Amen. — Jackie Schulte
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.