Contrast and Compare: Contemplation and its Counterfeit
‘Contrast and compare’ was a commonly used phrase used by the teachers who set our examination papers when I was at school. It is one of the best ways of highlighting and explaining a word or a truth by differentiating it from another, especially its opposite. That...
Learning How to Pray takes Time and Practice
Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer happens suddenly, or never happens at all. We kid ourselves that saints are born or created by an arbitrary decision of God who every now and then suddenly decides to top up...
To Contemplate and Share the fruits of Contemplation with others
Shock, horror! I have just received a devastating email from a one-time fan to say that in my most recent article, ‘some of the stuff’ I wrote before was repeated. Shock, horror! I am afraid it is true. Some of the stuff’ I wrote six months ago has indeed been...
The Easter Mysteries and The Mystic Way
The very reason why Christ sent out his love on the first Pentecost day was so that it could enter into all who would receive it. This love that would draw us up into his mystical body and then into his mystical contemplation of his Father was God’s plan from the...
These Happenings are Unspeakable but I cannot Remain Silent
These things are unspeakable When the political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote: “These things are unspeakable, but I cannot remain silent,” he could well have been speaking about the terrible sexual scandals that have taken place in our Church. Correction...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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