Greetings everyone. Below is a poem I wrote in honour of Chris, my late Brother-in-Law, who passed away in July 2020. The poem was read out at his funeral and a year later (because of Covid) at a celebration of his life, which many attended. It will be put in the new Family Related section … Continue reading New poem
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 am serving a second term of office on the Provincial Chapter of the Order, as Provincial Secretary and Trustee, my new six-year incumbency starting in February 2023. 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.
I hope you will enjoy browsing over this site, and that you will find something to help you on your spiritual journey.
Don’t believe it…….
I was told that all my data on this site has been deleted due to inactivity. As you can see, I am still able to write and publish on the site. It was probably a spam email that looked like it was coming from Google. With this in mind, I will put up some poems … Continue reading Don’t believe it…….
New Dropdown Menu
Dear Readers, You may have noticed that I have put a new heading on the Homepage today, which will become a dropdown menu in due course. It is called "Family Related" and naturally will be related to poems that I have composed which are connected in some way to members of my family. They may … Continue reading New Dropdown Menu
Possible new menu
I have three poems which relate in some way to members of my family, either in a spiritual or non-spiritual way. One of them has two versions, with a good dose of silliness thrown in! Watch this space for possible developments. Pax, Peter.
Another new poem
Greeting again, As you can see, I have published yet another poem, "Of The Beloved", so soon after "Transfiguration" was published. I have placed it in the Pastoral Poems category for now. This is one of the poems that I had found while looking through old papers that I had written quite a while ago … Continue reading Another new poem
More poems
Hi everyone. My new poem "Transfiguration" is now available for everyone to see. It has been a bit of a labour of love to get it finally onto the website, seeing as I haven't uploaded anything for so long. I was flicking through some of my earlier stuff and I came across two or three … Continue reading More poems
Transfiguration
Upon a lofty mountain top, the Lamb OF God, along with Peter, James and John Hidden from view and purpose yet unknown Unto the three disciples, now before Their eyes, the Lamb of God appeared to them With face now shining brighter than the sun Beauty supreme and majesty sublime A brightness of pure searing … Continue reading Transfiguration
Transfiguration
Upon a lofty mountain top, the Lamb OF God, along with Peter, James and John Hidden from view and purpose yet unknown Unto the three disciples, now before Their eyes, the Lamb of God appeared to them With face now shining brighter than the sun Beauty supreme and majesty sublime A brightness of pure searing … Continue reading Transfiguration
New poem coming….at last!!
Dear friends, as last, after much delay and busyness, new inspiration compels me to write a new piece of verse. It will be in the Life of Christ Episodes section, an enlightening episode in the life of Jesus (that's a clue as to what that episode is, by the way!). I hope to have it … Continue reading New poem coming….at last!!
I forgot to say…………
That "Towards The Light" can be found in the Pastoral Poems section. Sorry about that. Doh! Peter.
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