“It is time for everyone in the Church today to wake up to the reality that the first Christians knew so vividly. It is time to become aware of the grace of the Name dwelling in our hearts.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
It takes time for the reality of the Resurrection to transform our lives.
Death to self allows us to receive the infused virtues–the sign and fruit of contemplative prayer. David Torkington reveals the wisdom of the Church as his series continues.
The morning offering is the beginning of a life lived completely in self-donative love, united to Jesus and given to the Father. David Torkington explains how this practice took root in the lives of the first Christians.
David Torkington continues his mini-course on prayer with a close look at the mystical body and our incorporation into it through an ever-deepening death to self.
Reform in the Church must begin with prayer, just as it did in the early Church, David Torkington reminds us.
David Torkington illustrates how the monastic life did much to preserve the mystical tradition of the Church.
David Torkington explains how heresies caused great damage to Christianity, and to our understanding and practice prayer itself.
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.
