by David Torkington | Feb 14, 2020 | Contemplative Prayer
‘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...
by David Torkington | Aug 16, 2019 | Contemplative Prayer
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...
by David Torkington | May 26, 2019 | Contemplative Prayer
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...
by David Torkington | Apr 21, 2019 | Contemplative Prayer
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...
by David Torkington | Aug 28, 2018 | Contemplative Prayer
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...
by David Torkington | Mar 25, 2018 | Contemplative Prayer
The local Charismatic group were celebrating forty years since their foundation and were preparing a special Mass for that purpose. The readings, the psalms and the prayers had all been chosen to echo the overall theme of asking God to give his love to all those...
