![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Listening to Read Aloud, Silently by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem whose complete title reads "Listening to Read Aloud Silently, the NSRV" is a statement on happiness on hearing the Bible. Written by aspiring poet Peter Menkin, this text below comprises the entire short poem: Listening To Read Aloud Silently The NSRV Jan 29, 2001 I wanted to hear about Lions, Biblical Commentary, and things that go my lips are clean, touched then with burning coal my words become praise... Keywords: Bible; lector; Church of Our Saviour; Mill Valley Downloads: 18 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Thursday's vigil, night time by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religous and spiritual poem written 2001 by aspiring "Parish Poet" Peter Menkin who attends Church of Our Saviour, Mill Valley, California, this work is a short arrow to heaven. These words appear in the seasonal poem of the Episcopal Church year: "a mystery promise. A surprise of one in three, eternity opens its gates. The cross, the tomb, sorrow allows ecstacy of kindness..." The "Parish Poet" believes this to be another of the short or very short poems written as arrows to heaven... Keywords: sorrow; vigil; Church of Our Saviour; prayer; Christ Downloads: 25 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | This God, the Ground of Being by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem about God as ground of being. Just like the title says. The poem by "a Parish Poet" Peter Menkin, speaks of how God is, as in "faithful." It speaks directly, in a straightforward manner, of wanting to be with God. The poem says so. These words from the work, read by the poet Peter Menkin for Archive.org : Some people want to be with Christ, his spirit, all the day and long through the day, which lasts for such a while they speak to the Lord and offer their inner most... Keywords: Christ; being; intimacy; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 22 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lilies at the Front of the Church by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem describing fictional people and their reasons for going to Church. This poem, by "a Parish Poet" Peter Menkin, is set at Easter time and talks of the seasonal event. The poet, an Oblate of Immaculate Heart Hermitage (Camaldoli), Big Sur, California attends Church of Our Saviour, Mill Valley, California where the imaginary, descriptive poetic recitation takes place. The work was favorite of a Priest friend, who felt it a warm statement on Church living... Keywords: Easter; Lilies; Church of Our Saviour; Christian; Mill Valley Downloads: 26 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Wonder of Christ by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem, Christological and Trinitarian in focus. A work of praise and thanksgiving read by the "Parish Poet" Peter Menkin, his comment on it is this: "You as reader may find this a refreshingly short poem, that makes a point using threes. The implication of the use of threes is to elicite a sense of the Trinity's presence. As the poet, I have license to say such things and hope they are within reach by the imagination of the reader." Some poems posted on Archive.org have ap... Keywords: Christ; kindness; Eucharist; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 66 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Colored streamers move in the wind by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem about the Holy Spirit in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, written in 2000. This poem by the "Parish Poet" Peter Menkin, read here by him, originally appeared on The Atlantic Monthly Writers Workshop. There Australian poet Janet Kenny commented on the unusual use of the terms of the opening that uses the word "upon" by itself to describe an unknown (the Holy Spirit:) "The upon came incessant, gentle as breeze, light, waving banners narrow, these colored streamers..." P... Keywords: Grace Cathedral; Holy Spirit; San Francisco; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 15 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Day Belongs to Faith & God by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem about a meditative walk, reflecting on the rest of the day. Written by a "Parish Poet" Peter Menkin. Written in 2001, these words from the short poem: This morningâs rain and rising cried for a short walk allowing the day then to belong to my life and many lives in faith. The audio reading is by the poet Peter Menkin. A text of the work appears on his website, "Hello World," ( http://www.petermenkin.com ), and also has photographs of the Holy Land by travel photogra... Keywords: Christ; meditative; walk; Faith; God; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour; Episcopal Downloads: 38 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Peacemaker blessed, may he banish From us striving and hatred: Archangel Michael (Hymn 282), homily by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Peacemaker blessed, may he banish From us striving and hatred: Archangel Michael (Hymn 282) âThe Hymnal 1982,â Episcopal Church USA Homily Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) Mill Valley, CA USA Wednesday Eucharist, September 30, 2009 Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 1994 Genesis 28: 10-17 Revelation 12: 7-12 John 1: 47-51 Psalm 103 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit... Keywords: Archangel Michael; angels; Episcopal Church; San Francisco; Mill Valley; Homily; Sermon; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 4 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Christ in Jerusalem, denied...(2002)...(revise) by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem about Palm Sunday, this work contains these words: The sunlight in the yard awakened me to Palm Sunday--as we gathered on ground that was labrynth. Perhaps a little mysterious because of the gathering ground, the poem is a recitation poetic on Palm Sunday at Church of Our Saviour in Mill Valley, California (Marin County) where the courtyard has a labrynth. Near San Francisco, California, where the city's Grace Cathedral has a labrynth, such designs are in the Episcop... Keywords: Christ; Holy Week; Palm Sunday; San Francisco; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 15 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Hope Humility Brings by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem about hope, humility, and Communion. A statement, an expresssion on the experience of Communion in the Episcopal Church (Priest Richard Helmer who is Rector of Church of Our Saviour, Mill Valley, California says the same words as other US Episcopal Churches in Communion). These words from the poem: Coming back, to the self. All day, wait on the love, recognizing relationship-- Self to man, self to others, To the self with God... Keywords: humility; Knowing God; hope; Richard Helmer; Church of Our Saviour; Mill Valley; Oblate; Incarnation Monastery Downloads: 47 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Waiting on the Spirit by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin Religious and spiritual poem by a "Parish Poet" Peter Menkin described this way regarding the one word ending: "The ending of this poem says, "Quenches." The grace of God quenches the spirit, bringing peace is the thought I wish to communicate. Yet I think the right word is "Quenching", according to those who have read the poem. The grace of God is quenching my spirit for its thirst and its jangle of thoughts and busyness... Keywords: Holy Spirit; waiting; Church of Our Saviour; Mill Valley; Parish life Downloads: 39 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Homily, That God is Love, Commentary on John 15 1 through 8 - Peter Menkin Homily given at Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), Mill Valley, CA USA by Camaldoli Benedictine Oblate Peter Menkin (May 13, 2009). That God is Love, Commentary on John 15: 1-8 âMe in thee, and thee in meâ¦â Homily Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) Mill Valley, CA USA (North of San Francisco) Fifth week of Easter Wednesday Eucharist, May 13, 2009 Acts 15: 1-6 John 15: 1-8 Psalm 122 In the name of God: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit... Keywords: John; Gospel; Homily; God; Love; John 15: 1-8; Church of Our Saviour; Episcopal Church; Mill Valley; San Francisco Downloads: 4 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Homily: Reflection on two Apostles, by Peter Menkin - Peter Menkin The October days are here, We reflect on two Apostles ââ¦he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far offâ¦â Homily Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) Mill Valley, CA USA (North of San Francisco) Wednesday Eucharist, October 28, 2009 Deuteronomy 32: 1-4 Ephesians 2: 13-22 John 15: 17-27 Psalm 119: 89-96 In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Words from Deuteronomy, and they well describe the words an Apostle speaks... Keywords: Saint Simon; Saint Jude; Homily; San Francisco; Mill Valley; Apostles; Church of Our Saviour; Episcopal; Episcopal Church |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Homily: Holiness and Bernard of Clairvaux - Peter Menkin Let us Speak of Holiness this morning: Bernard of Clairvaux A homily, Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) Mill Valley, CA USA Wednesday Eucharist, August 19, 2009 Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 1994 Ecclesiasticus 39: 1-10 John 15: 7-11 Psalm 139: 1-9 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let us speak of Holiness this morning, Godâs Holiness, as we learn of Bernard of Clairvaux... Keywords: Bernard of Clairvaux; Holiness; holy; Saint; Episcopal Church; San Francisco; California; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 9 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Homily: Let us speak of Holiness, Bernard of Clairvaux - Peter Menkin Let us Speak of Holiness this morning: Bernard of Clairvaux A homily, Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) Mill Valley, CA USA Wednesday Eucharist, August 19, 2009 Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 1994 Ecclesiasticus 39: 1-10 John 15: 7-11 Psalm 139: 1-9 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let us speak of Holiness this morning, Godâs Holiness, as we learn of Bernard of Clairvaux... Keywords: Bernard of Clairvaux; Holiness; holy; holy man; Saint; Homily; San Francisco; Episcopal Church; Mill Valley; California; Church of Our Saviour Downloads: 8 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Homily She has always spoken to my heart Mary Magdalene - Peter Menkin She has always spoken to my heart: Mary Magdalene A homily, Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) Mill Valley, CA USA Wednesday Eucharist, July 22, 2009 Lesser Feasts and Fasts, 1994 Judith 9:1, 11-14 2 Corinthians 5: 14-18 John 20: 11-18 Psalm 42: 1-7 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. So many have said of Mary Magdalene, of her story with Jesus and her transformation through faith: âShe has always spoken to my heart.â So frequently, the merit a... Keywords: Homily; Mary Magdalene; religion; spirituality; Bible; San Francisco; Mill Valley; Church of Our Saviour; Saint; Holy Woman Downloads: 5 |
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