Morning Offering: 04. 11. 24

Today’s Reflection: May the sun bring you new energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength to your being,

May you walk gently through the world and know beauty all the days of your life. — Apache blessing   

 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: 04. 10. 24

Today’s Reflection: It seems to me that some of us value information over wonder, and noise over silence. And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives. — Fred Rogers 

 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. 09. 24

Today’s Reflection: I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.— C.S. Lewis

 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. 08. 24

Today’s Reflection: Grant me,

O Lord, my God,

a mind to know You,

a heart to seek You,

wisdom to find You,

conduct pleasing to You,

faithful perseverance in waiting for You,

and a hope of finally embracing You. — St. Thomas Aquinas

 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. 07. 24

Today’s Reflection: Prayer  Lord here are my dirty feet

Lord, here are my dirty feet! 
Proof of my walking in life
Proof of easy and difficult distances
and of steady or rough roads

Lord, that I may not fear being tired and hurt
Lord, that I may not fear the dirt and the smell
That I may not avoid walking, due to fear of the terrain.
Though sometimes I may trip and wound myself

Remind me, that my humanity is a walk
Not a static fixed pose
Life is movement, and in our essential walk
Sometimes we feel progress
and sometimes we only see dust
But Lord, you are with me,
and for me, no matter what.
I offer you my head and my hands,
Take care of my walk. —Sindy Collazo       

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. 01. 24

Today’s Reflection: Let us look to the cross and be filled with peace, knowing that Christ has walked this road and walks it now with us and with all our brothers and sisters. — 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.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 03. 31. 24

Today’s Reflection:  Christ the Lord hath risen, our Joy that hath no end! —St. John of Damascus   

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.

Photo: Igreja (Church) de Santo Ildefonso, completed in 1739, in Porto, Portugal.

Best wishes for a blessed and happy Easter!

Morning Offering: 03. 30. 24

Today’s Reflection: Holy Saturday morning prayer — O Lord, On this day, the world was waiting, like a long winter hoping for spring, like a dry land awaiting rain. Still, quiet, in between a world hesitating, silent hope in a dark place. Lord, we give to you the times we have in own lives, where all we can do is wait, when all we hold is hope. We give you those times when all we have is faith in new life, new beginnings and heaven’s call. Be with all those who today wait in that cold, uncertain place. Hold them, keep them safe in your arms, resting in your promise of new life. Amen.  — Catholic prayer site

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: 03. 29. 24

Today’s Reflection: Behold the wood of the Cross on which hung the salvation of the world. Come let us adore.  —   Good Friday liturgy

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.

Image: The High Cross next to the Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Fatima, Portugal.