Morning Offering: 05. 08. 25

Today’s Reflection: 

Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates:

Is it true?

Is it necessary?

Is it kind?  — Author unknown 

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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(Repeated in response to a request)

Morning Offering: 05. 07. 25

Today’s Reflection: Let me seek, then, the gift of silence, … and solitude,
where everything I touch is turned into prayer:

where the sky is my prayer,
the birds are my prayer,
the wind in the trees is my prayer,
for God is all in all. —  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: 05. 06. 25

Today’s Reflection: MORNING PRAYER –

Lord, as I begin this new day, I ask for your grace and guidance. Help me to stand strong against the discord and turmoil of the world. Grant me the strength to not be swayed by negativity. May my heart be a sanctuary of peace, untouched by the world’s anxieties.—  Bodmin Hermit 

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: 05. 05. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Way, Truth, Life

You are the way, the truth, the life
Without the way there is no going
Without the truth there is no knowing
Without the life there is no growing
Show us the way, that we may go
Teach us the truth, that we may know
Grant us the life, that we may grow
Eternally. — Rev. Theodore J. (Ted) Tracy, 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: 05. 04. 25

Today’s Reflection:  A Prayer

Please, Lord,

Keep calling me back to You,

By  day or by night,

In joy and in sadness,

During moments 

Of success and moments

Of failure.

Never let me leave you. —  Henri Nouwen  

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: 05. 03. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. — from the 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.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 05. 02. 25

Today’s Reflection:  

God, teach me to honor the space others need their “no”, their silence, their limits. Help me to listen without pushing, to care without controlling and to love with grace and respect. May my presence bring peace, not pressure. — 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.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 05. 01. 25

Today’s Reflection:  

PONDER & PRAYER:

I asked God

Do not let me die until I know You.

God replied:

He who knows Me never dies. — Bodmin Hermit  

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: 04. 30. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Always pray to have an eye that sees the best in people,

A heart that forgives the worst,

A mind that forgets the bad

And a soul that never loses faith in God. — Ally Donaldson

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.