Christ Teaches us How to Pray
Continuing the story of James Robertson’s discussions with the hermit, Peter Calvay, James now asks him for practical advice on how to begin to pray. As soon as James and Peter finished lunch, and not wishing to waste any more precious time, James came straight to the...
Time for what time was made for
The story continues in which James Robertson seeks out the hermit Peter Calvay to seek his spiritual advice. When Peter arrived from his island hermitage the following day, James Robinson immediately started to question him about the sort of time that we should be...
True Imitation of Christ
James Robertson is now meeting regularly with Peter, the Hermit. We continue the story as James begins to confide in Peter. When they sat down again in the living room James began to tell Peter of his own search for wisdom. “I believed that knowledge alone was...
The Hermit Begins to Open My Heart
James Robertson has arrived on Barra and is looking forward to his first meeting with Peter, the hermit. “I woke up feeling warm and well rested. A sense of deep contentment welled up within me and extended to every part of my being. I yawned like a big, fat contented...Radio Maria England
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Introduction“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 no...
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 serv...
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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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