This book is a guide to living the sacrificial, contemplative spirituality of the early Church. It offers practical, orthodox advice for serious seekers, providing a step-by-step blueprint for prayer, from meditation to contemplation.

If you want to know and learn how to live the sublime sacrificial, contemplative and redemptive spirituality that Our Lord introduced into the early Church, then look no further than this book.

From Chapter 1 of Passport to Perfection: “Before I begin to speak about prayer let me make a few observations about the journey ahead. The journey upon which the traveller is about to depart is not a day trip, nor is it a brief excursion, or even a long sabbatical. It is a journey that begins here and now, from here to eternity.

Our Guide has said that those who seriously set out, but turn back, are not fit for His Kingdom of Love, because they stop looking where they are going and begin looking where they came from, to the world of self-indulgence where they started.”

As Torkington invites us to take up this ‘passport’ and begin the journey from here to eternity, we are reminded that spiritual growth is not just about personal improvement or religious observance. It’s a path toward the ultimate goal: union with God in love.

The journey is not easy, and it requires perseverance and dedication, but the reward is eternal bliss and fulfillment.

In the words of David Torkington, “The journey which begins in the person of Jesus Christ, leads us, in, with, and through Him, to first contemplate the Glory of the God who created us, and then to travel onwards into the Glory of God, who is the perfection of endless loving for which we yearn.”