When the wind blows strong, Cloudy days can clear, But clear days can cloud. So why am I surprised when, Without warning, My heart is gripped by fear Or stunned by a sadness I cannot explain?
Whatever the weather, Lord, teach me – To be faithful, as you are faithful, To trust you in every season of my soul, To shout “Hosanna,” even in the lion’s den. —J. Michael Sparough, SJ
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: Jesus, who tells stories of hope that invite and challenge us. Give us the grace to bid farewell to fear. Forgive us for expecting what we think we deserve while failing to receive the abundance you give. Seed falls in unexpected places so teach us to find you in places we think you are not supposed to go. Help us, dear friend, to love To love To love As we have been loved. Amen. — Carol Ackel
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: Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.—St. Teresa of Avila
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: Thank you, Lord Jesus, for never giving up, for walking alongside us until our eyes are at last opened to see you in the midst of our daily life and concerns. Open my eyes to see you in discouraging and desolate situations. May your presence continue to surprise me along the road. Amen. — Sr. Jessica Kerber
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: What you hold may you always hold. What you do, may you always do and never abandon. But with swift pace, light step and unswerving feet, so that even your steps stir up no dust, Go forward, the spirit of our God has called you. —St. Clare of Assisi
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, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. — Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.