Are you a self-made man who worships his maker?
Like most European Catholics I was born and brought up in the aftermath of the Renaissance influenced by a spirituality that owed as much to the rise of humanism as to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Naturally I thought that if I were to attain the perfection to which I...
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...Radio Maria England
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David Torkington - Author
David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker.
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.
David Torkington reads from The Hermit - Episode 1 - David Torkington
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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....
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 mother
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