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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. I hope you will enjoy browsing over this site, and that you will find something to help you on your spiritual journey.

Different Schools Together

I thought that I would add some humour to the Family Related section of the website, and simply rename it Family Related/Humour. I have added A Flight of Stars to the section, and now a silly poem, which will appear in two versions, will now be published. It is based on a humourous expression of … Continue reading Different Schools Together →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 1 Minute

A Flight of Stars

From humble earthly origin, a star Began to rise from childhood, rising high To academic stardom, there to leave Behind a life of questioning and turmoil. Success in academia brought forth The gift of teaching whereby others would Receive from wisdom's light the chance to learn And themselves blossom on life's journeying. Now wedding bells … Continue reading A Flight of Stars →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment October 30, 2023 1 Minute

New poem

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 →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment September 27, 2023 1 Minute

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……. →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment September 21, 2023 1 Minute

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 →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment May 21, 2023 1 Minute

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.

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment May 19, 2023 1 Minute

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 →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 1 Minute

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 →

petrath1 Uncategorized Leave a comment May 16, 2023 1 Minute

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 →

petrath1 Life of Christ Episodes Leave a comment May 16, 2023 2 Minutes

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 →

petrath1 Life of Christ Episodes Leave a comment May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 2 Minutes

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