David Torkington

David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author and Speaker, who specializes in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology.  He has sold over 300,000 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’. He is at present working on three booklets commissioned by the Catholic Truth Society: Prayer Made Simple (March 2018), Meditation made Simple and Contemplation made Simple.


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Latest Articles By David Torkington
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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The Power of Love - Where Love is there is God
The Power of Love - Where Love is there is God
I had a cousin called John who was a bit of a rake. If he was not genially propping up the bar at the rugby club, he was engaged in a similar exercise at the golf club. He drank too much, smoked incessantly and generally ended up gambling late at night.
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Are You a Christian Stoic? True Imitation of Christ
Are You a Christian Stoic? True Imitation of Christ
While still at school I went on a moral leadership course run by a group of priests. Before splitting us up into groups the priest in charge explained that Jesus was the embodiment of all true virtue. If we wished to imitate him we must first study him and his exemplary dealings with others.
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Have you made a New Year's Resolution? Here is a Suggestion.
Have you made a New Year's Resolution? Here is a Suggestion.
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 in hell’. The fact of the matter is, we all fall. The secret of spiritual growth is how long we take before we get up again.
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God has Chosen to Become Man and Make His Home Within us
God has Chosen to Become Man and Make His Home Within us
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 compare with the message that we can so easily take for granted. It is the message first delivered to poor shepherds as they tended their flocks in the early hours of the first Christmas day.
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Christmas Wishes with St Francis of Assisi
Christmas Wishes with St Francis of Assisi
Francis wept to see the love of God made flesh.
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'My Soul Thirsts for God, For the Living God'
'My Soul Thirsts for God, For the Living God'
I am as delighted as all other orthodox Catholics that the Spanish Bishops have spoken out against all forms of prayer involving Eastern meditation techniques and the mindfulness movement in their document, My Soul Thirsts for God, for the Living God: A Doctrinal Orientation on Christian Prayer (published 3rd September 2019). But is it too little, too late?
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The Essence of Prayer - Gently Trying
The Essence of Prayer - Gently Trying
Prayer is a process of continual inner conversion that involves gently trying to turn, open and surrender the heart to God. As the process is practised, the heart of man is made accessible to the heart of God, and his love shafts down to purify and empty it, so that Christ can come to birth again in all of us.
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Learning How to Pray takes time and Practice
Learning How to Pray takes time and Practice
Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer happens suddenly, or never happens at all. We kid ourselves that saints are born, or created by an arbitrary decision of God who every now and then suddenly decides to top up humanity’s quota.
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To Contemplate and Share the fruits of Contemplation with others
To Contemplate and Share the fruits of Contemplation with others
Shock, horror! I have just received a devastating email from a one-time fan to say that in my most recent article, ‘some of the stuff’ I wrote before was repeated. Shock, horror! I am afraid it is true.
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