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Morning Offering: 06. 12. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Serenity Prayer (Complete version)

O God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference;
living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as a pathway to peace;
taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will;
so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. – Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

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.

Editor’s note: Re-posted in response to a request

Morning Offering: 06. 07. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Dear God, Help us recognize the magnificence in one another and in this beautiful world You have created around us. Give us the courage to choose connection over isolation, the humility to be vulnerable, and the wisdom to remember how deeply we need one another and You. – Maria Shriver, I’ve Been Thinking

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: 06. 03. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Good and gracious God, Thank you for this new day. Fill my heart with Your peace, my mind with Your wisdom and my hands with kindness for others. Help me to walk in Your light and trust in Your love in all I do today. Amen. – 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: 04. 16. 26

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Today’s Reflection: In moments of unmet needs, may Christ grant us strength to face challenges alone, to find inner resilience and wisdom to overcome obstacles. Amen. – 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.

Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 02. 07. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Prayer for Focus

Holy Spirit, giver of wisdom

Calm my mind and still my heart.

Help me to put aside distractions 

and give myself fully to this work

for the greater glory of God.  Amen. – Rev. Cathal Doherty 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.

Morning Offering: 02. 03. 26

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Today’s Reflection: Dear God, Grant us the courage to choose the right road, the wisdom to recognize it, and the love to walk it together. – Maria Shriver, I’ve Been Thinking

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: 12. 18. 25

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Today’s Reflection:   God,
Grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change, 
the courage
to change the things I can,
and the wisdom
to know the difference.
God, your will, not mine, be done.—from the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr 

 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: 10. 24. 25

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Today’s Reflection: Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen. —from the Serenity Prayer 

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: 07. 27. 25

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Today’s Reflection: A New Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the people I cannot change,
which is pretty much everyone,
since I’m clearly not you, God.
At least not the last time I checked.

And while you’re at it, God,
please give me the courage
to change what I need to change about myself,
which is frankly a lot, since, once again,
I’m not you, which means I’m not perfect.
It’s better for me to focus on changing myself
than to worry about changing other people,
who, as you’ll no doubt remember me saying,
I can’t change anyway.

Finally, give me the wisdom to just shut up
whenever I think that I’m clearly smarter
than everyone else in the room,
that no one knows what they’re talking about except me,
or that I alone have all the answers.

Basically, God,
grant me the wisdom
to remember that I’m
not you. Amen.    — Fr. James Martin, 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.

Note: Re-posted in response to a request


Morning Offering: 05. 30. 25

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Today’s Reflection: God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me. — Variation of an excerpt from the Serenity Prayer, by Reinhold Niebuhr 

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.

Note: This reflection is repeated here in response to a request.