Tag Archives: Faith/Spirituality/Social Justice

Morning Offering: 01. 20. 25

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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.

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Morning Offering: 01. 15. 25

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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.

Morning Offering: 01. 08. 25

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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.

Morning Offering: 11. 29. 24

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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.

Morning Offering: 11. 27. 24

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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.

Morning Offering: 11. 25. 24

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Today’s Reflection:  There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. — G.K. Chesterton 

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: 11. 22. 24

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Today’s Reflection: May we find the serenity to block out the noise of the world, to find peace amidst chaos and clarity in times of confusion. Let Christ help us focus on what truly matters and stay grounded in His presence.— 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.

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Morning Offering: 11. 17. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Aspire not to have more, but to be more. —  Oscar Romero

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: 11. 13. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Do all the good you can.

By all the means you can.

In all the ways you can.

In all the places you can.

At all the times you can.

To all the people you can.

As long as ever you can. — John Wesley, English cleric, theologian, evangelist

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: 11. 12. 24

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Today’s Reflection: Never Give Up Prayer

No matter what is going on, never give up.

Develop the heart.

Too much energy in your country is spent developing the mind instead of the heart.

Be compassionate, not just to your friends, but to everyone.

Work for peace in your heart and in the world.

Work for peace and I say again, never give up.

No matter what is happening, no matter what is going on around you, never give up.— Attributed to His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama

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.