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
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 “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
Sixth Regina poem published
Greetings everyone. The sixth Regina poem out of nine has just been published on this site. It is called "Immaculate Heart" and can be found under the Regina Immaculata menu. This one has, in places, been one of the more challenging poems I have written in this sequence, me being very new to the Catholic … Continue reading Sixth Regina poem published
Just in case……..
Any of you are having difficulty accessing my latest offering in the Regina sequence, try this link: https://christianverse-peter-tssf.net/immaculate-conception/
Further Regina poem published
Greetings everyone, I have just published the next poem in the Regina Immaculata sequence, titled "Immaculate Conception", the link for which is shown below. This is the fifth poem out of the sequence of nine, more to come later. Enjoy! Immaculate Conception – Dominus-Iesus-est
Link to “New Ark”
New Ark – Dominus-Iesus-est
Fourth Regina poem published
Greetings everyone, The fourth out of nine poems concerning Mary the Mother of God is now on the website. It is called "New Ark" and depicts how Mary, who bore Jesus in her womb, supercedes the old Ark of the Covenant of Moses' time. A link will be posted shortly, but you will find it … Continue reading Fourth Regina poem published
