Today’s Reflection: Lord, you know the ache of absence and the silence that lingers in our hearts. Comfort those who miss someone dearly – fill the emptiness with Your peace. Hold them close in their sorrow and remind them that love never truly ends. — Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
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Today’s Reflection: Lord,
soften my heart to love as you love, to forgive as you forgive, and to reach out in grace even when it’s hard. Amen. — CAFOD Catholic prayer site
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Today’s Reflection: Holy Week invites you to take your suffering and give it a sense of redemption; accept the cross; embrace it as Christ did; do not be passive, but with love build a civilization of freedom and love. — St. Oscar Romero, Palm Sunday homily, 1978
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: A Prayer to Heal Stress
Loving God, please grant me peace of mind and calm my troubled heart. My soul is like a turbulent sea. I can’t seem to find my balance so I stumble and worry constantly. Give me the strength and clarity of mind to find my purpose and walk the path you’ve laid out for me. I trust your Love, God, and know that you will heal this stress. Just as the sun rises each day against the dark of night. Please bring me clarity with the light of God.
In your name I pray. — 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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Today’s Reflection: Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love. —Attributed to Sir Francis Drake, c. 1577
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 (Third Sunday of Advent): Morning prayer –
Come, Lord Jesus;
make us ready for your advent:
your advent in the crib
as we celebrate your birth,
your advent when the kingdom
comes in all its fullness,
your advent in our lives today,
revealing your kingdom among us
by the love you share,
in us and through us. — Bill Braviner
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
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Today’s Reflection: If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — St. Teresa of Calcutta
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: Each day presents new opportunities to love and bless others;
A smile,
Kind word,
Encouragement,
Prayer, gift, a hug…
We are empowered to make a difference in the lives of others. — Erin Lamb
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 – Dear Lord, May I choose love over perfectionism, love over comparison, love over busyness. Amen. —Lisa Brenninkmeyer, from her book Rest: 31 Days of Peace
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Today’s Reflection – Morning Prayer
Fill us with desire, Lord,
for treasure and wealth,
but not the passing treasures
and fleeting wealth
of material things;
give us rather desire
for your kingdom,
your peace, your love,
a desire to invest them
in one another,
to bring growth
for the blessing of all.— Bill Braviner
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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