Today’s Reflection: Try meditation for at least 15 minutes a day. You will make two great discoveries: who you really are and who you are on the way to becoming. – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: Life can be difficult. “Just try this” some will say. It might help, it might not. You would love if it were that easy. Sometimes, you just feel lost. The buds will burst open. A small gesture may begin to lift you out of darkness. A hug, a sunrise, the loving words of a loved one. You believe that there is hope and life. The buds will burst open. Soon, you pay more attention to the moments of light. You see how beautiful the world is, how God cares for you, and you desire to love deeply in response. Struggle is there, but it does not have the last word. The buds will burst open. You may not have felt God’s presence in the darkness, but God was there, all along. And now you can rejoice, because the buds have burst open. They always will. —Chris Williams, S.J., a Jesuit scholastic of the Wisconsin province, studies philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. — Jesus of Nazareth. Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: Not always easy to get through life’s unexpected surprises. But we have to persevere! Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Today’s Reflection and photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary….use words. – St. Francis of Assisi. Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: ‘Mea culpa’. Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Today’s Refection and photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: It can be nice being an “empty nester”, but memories tug on the heartstrings from time to time. Keep our kids close, Lord, and remind them to come our way every now and then! Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Today’s Reflection and photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Today’s Reflection: How can I better see ‘God in all things’? Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Today’s Reflection and photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.