Desert Banquet Quotes

“We can ask ourselves each day, how has my “inner person” been given the opportunity to speak and act today?”
― David Keller, Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers

“Abba Antony said, “Whatever you find in your heart to do in following God, that do, and remain within yourself in Him.”
― David Keller, Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers

“As we “press forward to what lies ahead,” the transformation we desire already “lies within us.”
― David Keller, Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers

“Antony wanted to be whole and to experience more progress in his desire for God. The angelic vision corrected his desire for something “better” than what he was doing. It reassured him to continue his pattern of constant integration of work and prayer, mundane as it was.”
― David Keller, Desert Banquet: A Year of Wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers