
The Beginning of Contemplation: Part 39 Mini-Course on Prayer
David Torkington encourages us to persevere in prayer, even in the dry times, for that is the only path into contemplation.

David Torkington encourages us to persevere in prayer, even in the dry times, for that is the only path into contemplation.

Love is a lightning rod, says David Torkington, igniting a life of contemplative prayer.

Reform in the Church must begin with prayer, just as it did in the early Church, David Torkington reminds us.

“It is not by suffering that a person is united with God, but by love.” With these words, Francis of Assisi was transformed and with him, the world.

St. Francis radically revolutionized the practice of prayer and spiritual life within the Church. David Torkington shares another segment of his series on prayer.

The birth of new religious orders breathed new life into the Church. David Torkington continues his history of the Mystical Tradition.

Why does God refuse some souls the grace of contemplation?
David Torkington reveals the connection between the Easter mysteries and the mystic way of prayer.

David Torkington continues his series on prayer with a look at the meaning of contemplation and Christian joy even in the midst of martyrdom.

David Torkington continues his course with a deeper explanation of the experience of the beginnings of mystical prayer.