The Trouble With The World is Me
In his book, Small is Beautiful, Schumacher said, “Although people go on crying out for solutions, they become angry when they are told that the restoration of society must come from within and not from without.” The evil that we read about daily in our...
The Resolution to end all Resolutions
A hermit I know used to say, “When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be in hell.” The fact of the matter is, we all fall. The secret of spiritual growth is how long we take to get up again. St Francis of Assisi used to say...
Pray as You Can, Not as You Can’t
I was determined to leave my mark before leaving school, but, as I could not make it in the academic field, I decided that I would have to do it on the athletic field. I spent hours in the gym building up my muscles, on the track increasing my speed, and with my...
Prepare for Christmas: Open Yourself to God in Prayer
Almost 25 years ago, I spent Christmas with a family who had one son who was adored by everyone. However, that Christmas there was another child present who had been semi-fostered. She stayed with them for some weekends and most of the school holidays. At first, the...
Lessons Learnt at Home
My mother taught me to say my Morning Offering the moment I woke up in the morning. But above all she showed me how to put it into practice by her own example. It wasn’t the little things that I noticed at first, but the big sacrifices that she made, that even I...Radio Maria England
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David Torkington - Author
David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker.
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 motherwww.davidtorkington.com/retreat-belmont-abbey-2-from-meditation-to-the-beginning-of-mystical-cont...
David Torkington podcasts now available
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The two part interview I did with David Torkington, an author and expert on Christian mystical prayer, is now available on the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society website at www.acsociety.org/podcasts. ...To complement my series on spiritualdirection.com and more to come
www.davidtorkington.com/1-an-introduction-to-journeying-deeper/
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The first of a series of talks on a Retreat on Mystical Prayer 1. Introduction to Journeying deeper. Gregorian Chant sung by monks of Belmont Abbey.Subscribe to Podcasts
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