David Torkington reads from The Hermit – Episode 2
Episode 2: A man who speaks with Authority (25.40min) It is James Robertson’s first meeting with Peter Calvay. James describes his initial impressions and admits to some misgivings and doubts that a hermit who had separated himself from the world could ever fully...
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...
From Selfishness to Selflessness
If I have told you this story before, no matter, I want to tell it again. It  was such a great help to me in my own spiritual life, that I am hoping that it might be of help to you too. During a series of talks that I gave to Cistercian monks in the Cameroon, I was...
Brother John
Brother John was a man with the best of intentions but a terrible temper that made him impossible to live with. He decided to go into the desert and find a monastery where he could come to terms with his affliction. In less than a year the monks found his temper so...Radio Maria England
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David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker.
True Catholic mystical prayer is God-centred. It is not the pursuit of self-gratifying psychological states, or esoteric experiences through man-made techniques to attain instant ‘mysticism’.
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Christian Spirituality was first lived by Jesus Christ himself before it was introduced into the early Church.
Episode 1: From Glasgow to Barra
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...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 motherSubscribe to Podcasts
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