David Torkington – Page 9

The Sacrament of Touch

David Torkington June 25, AD2016 2 Comments

In 1986 the Sea of Galilee receded during a drought exposing an ancient fishing boat, 27 feet long by 7.5 feet wide. It was taken

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Catholic Spirituality – Scripture and Tradition

David Torkington June 3, AD2016 1 Comment

Forty years ago I was challenged by a Canoness. I had just finished a weekend course on personal prayer at the retreat centre that I ran

Divine Love Is ‘Supra-Rational’

David Torkington May 27, AD2016 4 Comments

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

Not Just A Father But A Dad

David Torkington May 9, AD2016 No Comments

I am supposed to be a spiritual theologian, at least that’s what some people call me, but sometimes I feel that I know nothing at

Lessons Learned at Home

David Torkington April 25, AD2016 2 Comments

My mother taught me to say my Morning Offering the moment I woke up in the morning. But above all she showed me how to

A Night in the Holy Sepulchre

David Torkington April 6, AD2016 No Comments

If you want old ideas read new books, but if you want new ideas read old books’. With these words my spiritual director gave me

A Reflection on The Resurrection

David Torkington March 27, AD2016 No Comments

The Resurrection Means… The Resurrection means that Jesus has been swept up out of the world of space and time in which he’d lived before,

Before the Age of Starbucks Coffee.

David Torkington March 21, AD2016 3 Comments

Before the Age of Starbucks Coffee I used to travel all over the country trying to spread the ‘Good News’ that I hadn’t really understood

I Remember, I Remember!

David Torkington February 25, AD2016 3 Comments

‘I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at dawn’. (Thomas Hood – 1826)

Prayer – How to get started

David Torkington February 4, AD2016 4 Comments

Many years ago I used to run a retreat and conference centre in London. As I had to run the place on a shoe string