Greetings everyone, the above heading on the website now has its own short poem attached to it. Simply click on the heading and you will see the short three verse poem that I have written for it. Here is a link in any case. Thank you. The Three Notes of the Order – (poem attached) … Continue reading The Three Notes of the Order
Author: petrath1
As the letters after my surname would suggest, I am a member of a religious order; Third Order, Society of St. Francis. I served a second term of office on the Provincial Chapter of the Order, as Provincial Secretary and Trustee for three years and have since stood down. I have been a Tertiary Franciscan since my profession in 1996. As well as writing poetry, I enjoy the theatre, and have been a member of a local theatre company. I enjoy cricket too, and am a Life Member of Sussex County Cricket Club.
In April 2026, after approximately one year on a "Discernment Pathway", I was received into the Roman Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. It was such a joyous occasion, being supported by so many people at my Confirmation. Those memories will live with me forever.
I hope you will enjoy browsing over this site, and that you will find something to help you on your spiritual journey.
Link to poem “On Seeking the Lowest Place.”
Link to new poem “Work”
Here is the link: Work – Dominus-Iesus-est
New poem “Work”
Greetings a third time today! Well, the three aims of the Third Order, Society of St. Francis is now finally complete with the new poem "Work" being added today. It is under the heading "The Three Ways of Service" and I will post a link shortly. Or you can simply scroll down and find it. … Continue reading New poem “Work”
Poem rediscovered!
Greetings again! I have just rediscovered a poem I wrote a few years ago now, entitled "On Seeking the Lowest Place." I have put it in the Pastoral Poems 3 section, towards the bottom of the listing. Read and enjoy! Pax, Peter.
Franciscan Poems updating
Greetings everyone, I am finally finishing off the unfinished Franciscan Poems section. After the poem "Study" will come the third poem "Work" which will complete the trilogy of "The Three Ways of Service." Also, please note that you will see that the headings "The TSSF Object" and "The Three Ways of Service" have poems attached … Continue reading Franciscan Poems updating
Link to “Assumption”
Regina poem number 7
Greetings everyone. I have now published the seventh poem in the Regina Immaculata sequence. It is called "Assumption" and deals with that very subject. The notion of the Assumption, like that of the Immaculate Conception, goes back to centuries of Christian thought on the subject, and was only promulgated as ex cathedra from the Chair … Continue reading Regina poem number 7
Site re-ordering completed!
Greetings everyone. I have now completed the re-ordering of the Pastoral Poems section, and have created three new Pastoral Poems sections, each poem in each new section having its own page. Quite a number of these poems are very early ones, some written as far back as 2012! Also, a number of them were written … Continue reading Site re-ordering completed!
Site re-ordering
Greetings everyone. I have started to re-order the Pastoral Poems section on the site. A new Pastoral Poems heading has been created and I have started to copy and paste the original pastoral poems on to the new heading. They will now be able to be shown separately and not bunched into one page as … Continue reading Site re-ordering
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