by David Torkington | Mar 28, 2022 | Mystical Theology
Every Monday afternoon at 4.30pm there is a programme on BBC radio 4 called ‘Beyond Belief’. Last week the wife of a Jewish Rabbi said that every day she reads a page of the Talmud. The Talmud is an ancient Jewish book that details the everyday customs and prayers...
by David Torkington | Feb 17, 2022 | Mystical Theology
The letter was direct and to the point. I was given the sack and would have to vacate the property by the first of January 1981. Although I was made the Director of what was then the only Retreat and Conference centre in London by Bishop Casey twelve years before, the...
by David Torkington | Nov 20, 2021 | Mystical Theology
In order to shed some light on the complementarity between Ignatian and Carmelite Spirituality that is being discussed at present I would like to say a few words to avoid confusion. The Black Death or the Plague (1348-1350) was so horrific, so widespread and so...
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 | Jul 1, 2018 | Podcast, Retreats
This is the first of a series of talks on Mystical Prayer given by David Torkington to members of the laity and the community at Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire, England. An Introduction to Journeying Deeper David introduces the journey. The Gregorian Chant is sung by...