A Reflection on the Easter Mysteries
David Torkington
April 9, AD2023
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The Resurrection, means that Jesus has been swept up out of the world of space and time in which he lived before, not to leave
Our Lady’s Teaching on Prayer – A Lenten Course
David Torkington
April 2, AD2023
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Part Six – The Sword of Suffering Our Lady’s teaching on prayer has always been the same. It is the same teaching that she taught
Our Lady’s Teaching on Prayer – A Lenten Course on Prayer
David Torkington
March 26, AD2023
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Part Five – Our Lady and Mystical Contemplation Everyone has experienced what it feels like to be captivated by a wonderous landscape or a gloriously
Our Lady’s Teaching on Prayer – A Lenten Course on Prayer
David Torkington
March 19, AD2023
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Part Four – A New Type of Temple Our Lady would have known that God was referred to as a Father in the Old Testament and
Our Lady’s Teaching on Prayer – A Lenten Course on Prayer
David Torkington
March 12, AD2023
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Part Three -The Immaculate Conception Most scripture scholars would say that Our Lady was born about fifteen or sixteen years before Christ was born, but
Our Lady’s Teaching On Prayer: A Lenten Course on Prayer
David Torkington
March 5, AD2023
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Part 2 – Garabandal and the Eucharist The Greek Philosopher, Plato, said that although we have emerged from being cave dwellers, built great cities to
Our Lady’s Teaching On Prayer: The First of a Lenten Course on Prayer
David Torkington
February 26, AD2023
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Part 1: The Fatima Secret We did not have a youth club in our parish so when I heard there was a thriving club in
The Way – A Spiritual Journey Through Lent
David Torkington
February 22, AD2023
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If you are travelling to a distant destination you will have to travel by car or coach, by train or ‘plane by ship or space
The Sacrament of Marriage
David Torkington
January 20, AD2023
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That such a highly educated layman with more Catholic credentials than I ever came across before should make such a statement, simply poleaxed me. He
A Resolution to End All Resolutions
David Torkington
January 1, AD2023
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A hermit I know used to say, “When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be
A Christmas Message
David Torkington
December 25, AD2022
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Of the whole gamut of myths, legends and fairy tales that have been told in human history, not even the most outrageous or outlandish can
Marriage and Mystical Loving
David Torkington
December 20, AD2022
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My book ‘The Primacy of Loving’ is being published in the UK on the 9th of December and in the USA on the 1st of
Perfect Man Perfect Mother -The Meaning of the Immaculate Conception
David Torkington
December 8, AD2022
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Of course, I can’t remember being conceived nor growing into a baby in my mother’s womb. Nor for that matter do I remember being baptised
True Wisdom is Open to All
David Torkington
November 25, AD2022
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What do we do here and now to live the spirituality that Christ first gave us? Do we need Christ to come again? No, because
Catholic Spirituality – Scripture, Tradition, and Personal Prayer
David Torkington
November 2, AD2022
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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
The Meaning of Contemplation
David Torkington
October 23, AD2022
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Voltaire once said that God created man in his own image and likeness and man has returned the compliment. Although first fervour or first enthusiasm
The Vision of St Francis – Feast day of St Francis of Assisi
David Torkington
October 5, AD2022
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When something big is about to happen, and I mean really big and important, God has a habit of choosing the person we would not
The Most Powerful Prayer of All
David Torkington
September 17, AD2022
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My doctor has always believed that the Irish are in fact one of the lost tribes of Israel. I always took his conviction with a
Charismatic Renewal – The Challenge
David Torkington
August 18, AD2022
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From the beginning of its arrival into the Catholic Church in the 1960’s its leadership have always insisted that Charismatic renewal is not new, indeed
The Mystery of Marriage
David Torkington
July 19, AD2022
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At the dawn of Christianity when new converts, mainly Jews, asked about the Messiah whom they had not met in person, they were introduced to
The Liturgy and Personal Prayer
David Torkington
June 23, AD2022
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Many of the great theologians and scripture scholars who preceded and had such an influence on the Second Vatican Council had for historical reasons been
Beginning a Journey
David Torkington
May 19, AD2022
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Dean Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels said that we have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love