Ignatian and Carmelite Spirituality – Complementary or Contradictory?
Published on: 20 November, 2021
By: David Torkington
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 Prayer of Faith -From Meditation to Contemplation
Published on: 11 November, 2020
By: David Torkington
It only took a few months for Christ to become a massive celebrity who everyone wanted to see. The many miracles that he performed added to the hope that he could indeed be the Messiah they were waiting for, who would free them from domination by the Romans. But like any celebrity, they could not…
Early Christian Spirituality – The Fruits of Contemplation
Published on: 20 February, 2019
By: David Torkington
Bishop Casey of Brentwood appointed me director of his retreat and conference centre in North London, Walsingham House, owned by Dominican sisters.
Giving Back Words their Original Meaning
Published on: 25 March, 2018
By: David Torkington
The local Charismatic group were celebrating forty years since their foundation and were preparing a special Mass for that purpose.
Deus Caritas – God is Love
Published on: 2 December, 2017
By: David Torkington
When Charles Dickens wrote, “God is love,” on the workhouse wall, he was of course being sarcastic. He knew there was no love in that workhouse, as Oliver Twist was about to find
Mourning for My Maker
Published on: 19 October, 2016
By: David Torkington
My family used to spend their summer holidays in our little cottage on the Yorkshire moors just below the mighty Ingleborough, which was the nearest thing I had ever seen to a mountain.
The Love that Surpasses the Understanding
Published on: 30 May, 2016
By: David Torkington
When I first decided to spend my life searching for God I visited the great Carthusian monastery, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Parkminster in Sussex with the intention of living the enclosed eremitical life.
Busy About Many Things
Published on: 3 April, 2016
By: David Torkington
My mother’s death happened so quickly and was so unexpected that I had difficulty coming to terms with it at the time. Everything seemed so unreal. I just didn’t feel anything
From Light to Darkness – Dyslexia and Me
Published on: 15 November, 2015
By: David Torkington
It took more than twenty years after leaving school years before I discovered that I was a dyslexic, thanks to a chance meeting with a doctor..
A Natural Mystical Experience
Published on: 3 November, 2015
By: David Torkington
Prayer and my Personal Journey This new sequence of posts will be developing into the most important and personal series that I have ever published online. Nothing is more important than prayer, because it is quite simply the daily living out of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, so that he be formed in…
First Beginnings
Published on: 26 October, 2015
By: David Torkington
Prayer and My Personal Journey To mark the publication of my new website I would like to introduce you to my own personal spiritual journey, as I first learnt how to pray. I am only doing this so that you may learn from my failures more quickly that I did, and in the hope that…
Carmelite Mystics to the Rescue
Published on: 22 March, 2015
By: David Torkington
Whilst giving a series of lectures on prayer at Belmont Abbey, I was cornered by one of the participants who demanded to know my qualifications. Although I was taken aback, I couldn’t but concede that he had every right to know whether or not the lecturer was worth the time and money he had spent….