Desert banquet
Subtitle: a year of wisdom from the Desert Mothers and Fathers
By: David G.R. Keller
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780814633878; 9780814633885
Subjects: Devotional calendars; Meditations; Monastic and religious life of women; Desert Fathers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: January : withdrawing from the world; title: February : the cell; title: March : praxis: caring for one's soul; title: April : beginning and sustaining an ascetic life; title: May : the mystery of human transformation; title: June : the art of monastic life; title: July : patience; title: August : persistence in prayer and work; title: September : humility; title: October : facing the reality of sin, lack of progress, and hardships; title: November : human transformation in Christ : following the path from image to likeness; title: December : the legacy of the desert fathers and mothers.