Today’s Reflection: Prayer – Slow me down, Lord!
Ease the pounding of my heart
By the quieting of my mind.
Steady my harried pace
With a vision of the eternal reach of time.

Give me,
Amidst the confusions of my day,
The calmness of the everlasting hills.
Break the tensions of my nerves
With the soothing music
Of the singing streams
That live in my memory.

Help me to know
The magical power of sleep,
Teach me the art
Of taking minute vacations
Of slowing down
To look at a flower;
To chat with an old friend
Or make a new one;
To pet a dog;
To watch a spider build a web;
To smile at a child;
Or to read a few lines from a good book.

Remind me each day
That the race is not always won by the swift;
That there is more to life
Than increasing its speed.

Let me look upward
Into the branches of the towering oak
And know that it grew great and strong
Because it grew slowly and well.

Slow me down, Lord,
And inspire me to send my roots deep
Into the soil of life’s enduring values
That I may grow toward the stars
Of our greater destiny. — Orin L. Crain.
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.

Today’s Reflection: We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. — 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.

Today’s Reflection: To folks struggling/coping with aches and pains, illness and hard times, this one’s for you: For the suffering and needy, reaching out for God’s healing strength, peace and joy, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. – Catholic prayer book.
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.

Today’s Reflection: For we walk by faith not by sight. – from 2 Corinthians, 5:7.
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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Today’s Reflection: Keep growing. – from Be Like A Tree.
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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Today’s Reflection: ‘God Alone Suffices’ – I left this marker in a book I was reading a few years back and forgot about it. Found it when I was rearranging a bookshelf and returned to the book just recently. All good things come back to you!
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.

Today’s Reflection: To the Lord belongs the earth and all that’s in it. – from Psalm 24.
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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Today’s Reflection: Love this greeting; make it happen.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Today’s Reflection and photo by Joe Barkovich.
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Today’s Reflection: I give thanks to you, Lord, who made the sun and rain.
I give thanks to you for new growth that rises from fertile land.
I give thanks to you for the harvests of grain, for nourishing bread.
I give thanks to you for all your great bounty.
Surely we taste your goodness today with truly thankful hearts. — Adapted from a Prayer of Thanksgiving For a Farmer.
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.