Paving the Way to Meeting the Hermit
Broadcast on Radio Maria England We left James Robertson in the small island ‘plane on his way to meet the hermit Peter Calvay in the Outer Hebrides. The meeting would change his life irrevocably for the better. But let the story continue and speak for itself. All of...
The Primacy of Personal Prayer
Broadcast on Radio Maria England James Robertson is on the small island ‘plane on his way to meet the hermit Peter Calvay in the Outer Hebrides. The meeting will change his life irrevocably for the better. But let the story continue and speak for itself. “After...
The Hermit Begins to Open My Heart
James Robertson has arrived on Barra and is looking forward to his first meeting with Peter, the hermit. “I woke up feeling warm and well rested. A sense of deep contentment welled up within me and extended to every part of my being. I yawned like a big, fat contented...
A Man who Speaks with Authority
James Robertson continues his story . He has met Peter the Hermit for the first time, but Peter failed to live up to James’ puerile expectations. “I had no objections to meeting him again as I would be doing that very day. However, I could no longer see the...
A Supernatural Fusion of loving
James Robertson has spent the morning with Peter, the hermit. It began to rain after lunch so they sat around the kitchen table with a third cup of tea. James started the ball rolling by asking Peter what he meant by saying that most of us are in practice, Stoics. But...Radio Maria England
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David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker.
True Catholic mystical prayer is God-centred. It is not the pursuit of self-gratifying psychological states, or esoteric experiences through man-made techniques to attain instant ‘mysticism’.
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Christian Spirituality was first lived by Jesus Christ himself before it was introduced into the early Church.
Episode 1: From Glasgow to Barra
In the first episode, the hermit, Peter Calvay, introduces himself and describes his spiritual journey which led to him living the eremitical life on a remote island off the Scottish Outer Hebrides. James Robertson, the academic who visits Barra with the intention of seeking spiritual help from Peter, takes up the story. He describes how he came to know of Peter and how he persuaded him to see him over a period of a week. He describes his journey on the island plane landing on the famous cockleshell beach. He arrives filled with expectation of how Peter, the Hermit will change his life over the forthcoming week.
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The hermit, Peter Calvay, introduces himself describes his spiritual journey to the eremitical life on an island off the Outer Hebrides.David reads from The Hermit. First broadcast on Radio Maria England on 10th January 2021
New Programme: Wisdom from the Western Isles: Part One – The Hermit – Radio Maria England
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David Torkington is an English Spiritual Theologian, author and speaker, specializing in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology. Educated at the Franciscan Study Centre, England, he serv...Second talk: From Meditation to the beginning of Mystical Contemplation
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Each morning after his mother's death, David's father brought tea into his bedroom. Sitting on his bed, David's father told him of his love for his motherSubscribe to Podcasts
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