David Torkington

David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker, who specializes in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology.  He has sold over 400,000 books in more than twelve different languages. His three most recent books are  'Wisdom from the Christian Mystics - How to Pray the Christian Way', 'Wisdom from the Western Isles – The Making of a Mystic’ and ‘Wisdom from Franciscan Italy – The Primacy of Love’. The Catholic Truth Society has published Prayer Made Simple (March 2018), and OSV has published How to Pray in 2021. His latest book, The Primacy of Loving, the Theology of the Heart will be released in 2022.


His Website in which he blogs, podcasts and publishes his broadcasts and courses on prayer can be found on  http://www.davidtorkington.com


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Latest Articles By David Torkington
Liturgy and Personal Prayer
Liturgy and Personal Prayer
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 deprived of mystical spirituality in their training. This article describes the causes and effects.
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The Living Temple - An Easter Reflection
The Living Temple - An Easter Reflection
Unless we want our faith to degenerate into at best, little more than pleasing liturgical practices, then we must realise something that has too often been forgotten over the centuries and particularly in ours. Unless we are prepared to take up our daily Cross, most particularly in our daily prayer life, then we will remain little more than nominal Catholics.
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From Loving to Union
From Loving to Union
If all are called to union with God how else could this union be realised except in, with, and through Christ. He came, not just to tell us this, but to show us how to be united with him in his mystical body, and in his mystical loving of his Father. This is the essence of the God-given spirituality for which Christ lived and died, that leads us into the fullness of life and love and the happiness
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The Sacred Touch of Christ's Love
The Sacred Touch of Christ's Love
David Torkington describes what true tradition is.
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Duns Scotus and the Immaculate Conception
Duns Scotus and the Immaculate Conception
Blessed Duns Scotus, Champion of the Immaculate Conception
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A Life-Changing Revelation
A Life-Changing Revelation
I want to tell you one of the most remarkable stories that you will hear.
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Blessed John Duns Scotus: A Theology of Love
Blessed John Duns Scotus: A Theology of Love
St Anthony was the only real friend that I had.
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Know Thyself: Lord that We May See
Know Thyself: Lord that We May See
A central scriptural theme that runs through the old and new testament is, in the words of St Paul, that ‘God’s power finds full scope in weakness’. So if a person is totally oblivious of their weakness, they won’t turn to the only One who can help them.
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Pentecost: The Coming of the Kingdom
Pentecost: The Coming of the Kingdom
The whole point of the incarnation was firstly, to enable other human beings to see and experience the love of God, alive and acting within another human being, in their world of space and time.
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Without God's Love, Without Prayer - We Have Nothing
Without God's Love, Without Prayer - We Have Nothing
Once you admit that ‘prayer’ is merely the word we use to describe the practical way we go about allowing God’s love to enter into our lives, to change us, and through us others, then you have to admit that prayer is the most important thing in our lives.
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St Francis and the Message of Christmas
St Francis and the Message of Christmas
Throughout his life, St. Francis was consumed by a desire to give his life for Christ. This desire burst into an unquenchable flame when he received news that six of his brothers had been martyred preaching to the Moslems in Morocco.
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A Christmas Message from a German Soldier
A Christmas Message from a German Soldier
Christmas isn’t just a feast to remind us of what happened on one day, but what is happening on every day. It is meant to remind us that the Jesus once born to be a king in our world, has grown up into a king who now reigns from God’s world.
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How A Morning Offering Prayer Transforms the Ordinary
How A Morning Offering Prayer Transforms the Ordinary
It was my mother who first taught me to say the Morning Offering. She told me that by offering all that I said and did to God in the day ahead of me, I would be able to transform ordinary little things into precious gifts for God, just as Rumpelstiltskin had turned straw into gold.
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The Prayer of Faith
The Prayer of Faith
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 be with him all the time.
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When you stop falling you will be in heaven
When you stop falling you will be in heaven
Some weeks ago I went to a special Mass prepared by a group of laypeople to ask for God’s mercy on them and on their families as part of their preparation for Lent which is now on the horizon.
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