Today’s Reflection: I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city.— Mary Davis
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Today’s Reflection: A young man eagerly described what he dreamed of doing for the poor.
Said the Master, ‘When do you propose to make your dream come true?’
‘As soon as the opportunity arrives.’
‘Opportunity never arrives,’ said the Master. ‘It’s here.’ — Anthony de Mello 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.
Today’s Reflection: All of us will have to render an account of our lives when we die. God will not be interested in who or what we were. No, only in this: how did we live? That will be the sole matter for judgment. A company director won’t be able to pull rank on a waiter, and a fisherman’s wife will be on a par with a millionaire’s wife. Ships’ officers will receive no preference over ships’ cooks. All will be judged by exactly the same measure: did we use our talents well and for his glory? —Takashi Nagai, quoted in the book, A Song for Nagasaki
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: O Lord, everything good in me is due to you. The rest is my fault. — St. Augustine
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: Dear Lord, help me to understand that the most precious thing in my life is not “my stuff”. Help me to see and feel your presence in every moment of my life and appreciate every moment of my life knowing you are in it.—Joan Colleran Hoxsey
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: Help Me
Lord, help me see; make me an instrument of your radical inclusion.
Help me to put aside any prerequisites to respect a person.
Help me to initiate communication and act with kindness.
Help me to find ways to engage and include others.
Help me to find spaces and moments to let others participate.
Help me to avoid “tuning out” the people around me and to notice the little things.
Help me understand the power of my presence, gaze, posture, smile, and attention, as healing tools I already have.
Help me not to blame the one who suffers for their suffering; the one who is excluded for their exclusion.
Help me be aware of my judgmental and prejudicial thoughts, that I may not hamper the opportunity to really meet and know the other.
Because, it’s you O Lord, who calls me to encounter, and your Spirit who guides me to walk with the other and to really see them as you do; to include and love them as you do.
For all this and more, help me be an instrument of your radical inclusion. Amen. — 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.
Today’s Reflection: Prayer
O God, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance,
admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice,
accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize,
to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst.
Amen. — William Barclay
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: If you see someone falling behind, walk beside them. If you see someone being ignored, find a way to include them. Always remind people of their worth. One small act could mean the world to them. — Author 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.
Today’s Reflection: The most life-giving elements of our human existence are not the heart transplants or moon shots. They are the unnoticed conversations with the lonely ones; the listening ear that we offer to the hurting ones; the word of affirmation that lifts a veil of fear.— Margaret Silf
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: Loving God we rely on you for everything. You hold us together even when we feel we are falling apart. Heed our prayers, be our sustainer, and see us through our turmoil with the assurance that you are on the other side of it. In your merciful name we pray, Jesus. Amen. —Terresa M. Ford
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.
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