22 - Anthony of the Desert: The Solitary Celebrity | Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina

Through one man’s witness, monasticism took the world by storm. Anthony of Egypt became history’s least probable celebrity. He gave up his money and possessions. He couldn’t read or write. He fled to the desert to be alone with God. Yet he drew disciples wherever he went. His desert became a city populated by monks and hermits. Philosophers and emperors sought his sage advice. In the course of his life he exercised a profound influence on the history of religion.
Links
St. Athanasius, Life of St. Anthony full audiobook www.catholicculture.org/comme...
Episode on the Temptation of St. Anthony in art history • The Temptation of St. ...
St. Athanasius, Life of St. Anthony (text) www.catholicculture.org/cultu...
Palladius, The Lausiac History - a fifth-century history of monasticism www.tertullian.org/fathers/pal...
Peter H. Gorg, The Desert Fathers, a recent introduction to the lives of the solitaries www.ignatius.com/The-Desert-F...
More works by the Fathers www.catholicculture.org/cultu...
Mike Aquilina's website fathersofthechurch.com
Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed www.ccwatershed.org.
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[@_Pia12]

One of my favourite Saints 🙏🏻🤍

[@LostArchivist]

I long for that supernatural resolve for our Blessed Lord.

[@CatholicCulturePod]

We should all ask for it and it will be granted if we have faith!

[@DavidRodriguez-er4rq]

Sounds like a big brother version of Padre Pio but in the past