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Morning Offering: 12. 31. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Prayer

Lord,
I want to ask you “Please let me see,”
but for some reason the words stick a little in my throat.
I think a part of me fears what you want to show me.
Will it be more than my mind and heart are prepared to take in?
Will you throw me a curveball I didn’t expect?
Help me Lord, to trust the voice deep inside of me
that knows you only wish to show me the magnificent things
possible with love and trust and hope in You.
Amen. —Gretchen Crowder      

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. 24

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Today’s Reflection: God of joy,
remind me to rejoice.
Wrapped up in my Christmas gifts,
tied down in my debts,
I have forgotten.

God of peace,
remind me of your calm.
In my anxiety
and in my haste,
I have forgotten.

God of all,
remind me
of the true light of Christmas,
of your gift shared.

In my own wants
and in my own needs
I have forgotten.
Wrapped up in my little world,
remind me of your world.
God of joy, remind me
to rejoice. Amen. – Linda Jones/CAFOD

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.

NOTE: Morning Offering will return Tuesday, December 31.

Morning Offering: 12. 26. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Your ‘yes’ to  God requires your ‘no’ to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer    

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: 12. 25. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, all honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger; whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high; whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees the glory of God precisely in his lowliness.  — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran theologian, executed 1945 under Hitler

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.

Best wishes for a blessed, happy Christmas to followers and readers of Morning Offering. God bless! – Joe Barkovich

Morning Offering: 12. 24. 24

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 Today’s Reflection: Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus — See Luke 2:7

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. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  Loving God, as I meet others along my path today, may I bring laughter to those who weep, healing to those in pain, and peace to those in conflict. Let my heart be grateful for all the ways you are working in me and through me. Amen. — Karen Wuertz  

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: 12. 22. 24

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Today’s Reflection (Fourth Sunday of Advent): Incarnation

We tried in so many ways
to communicate our love.
If communication is not
what you say but
what people hear,
then what we said
was warped and wrenched
into distancing prescriptions
that had no heart.

You asked for food.
We sent manna.
You asked for drink.
Water flowed from the rock.
You asked for directions.
Moses brought the law.
And on and on.
Still you grew
more distant,
more deaf,
more blind.
Memories dulled.
Speech slurred.
Dreams dissolved
into wander dust.

And so we did
what families do
when confronted
with calamity.
We drew straws.
Shorty lost.
He came to share
your plight,
your fight,
your night,
and point you
toward tomorrow. — Michael Moynahan, S.J.

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. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  Lord of Peace, thank You for the gift of quiet moments and the stillness when we can feel Your presence. Bless those who find solace in their solitude, renewing their hearts and minds in the calm of Your love. May they draw strength and inspiration from the silence, hearing Your voice more clearly. Help them to know they are never alone, for You are always with them.— 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. 20. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  I  surrender to silence. It is in stillness that I can hear what speaks to my soul. —  M.G. Williams 

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. 19. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  Are you one of the Inn crowd, or one of the Stable few? —  Unknown 

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.