Make your Home in Me as I make Mine in You
James Robertson continues the story of his meeting with Peter Calvay, the Hermit. They have just shared lunch together and Peter presses on with his teaching. Peter stopped talking, sat back in his chair and closed his eyes, remaining silent and quite motionless for a...
Learning to Listen to God
We continue James Robertson’s story who is awake early in the morning in anticipation of Peter Calvay, the Hermit’s visit. I awoke at about five o’clock the next morning, and although I did not at first open my eyes, I became immediately aware of a strange atmosphere...
Praying for What we Desire More than Anything Else
We continue the story of Peter Calvay, the Hermit who has arrived promptly the following morning to see James Robertson and guide him in prayer. James immediately challenges Peter. “I have been thinking about sacrifice. It seems to me that we have forgotten the true...
Fill your Mind with the Goodness of God
When Peter arrived the following morning from his hermitage on the island of Calvay, he was aware that time was running out to instruct James Roberson. So Peter began where he ended the previous day with the mnemonic, or memory-jog using the letters of the Our Father...
Thanking God for Being God
James is aware that time is running out to ask Peter Calvay, the Hermit for practical advice about prayer. Peter too is aware of the limited time left to them so immediately after he and James finished lunch, Peter continued where they left off. There was no more...Radio Maria England
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Episode 1: From Glasgow to Barra![]()
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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 served as Dean of Studies at the National Catholic Radio and Television Centre, London. He was an extra....
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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 mother
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