{"id":2831291,"date":"2025-02-14T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin-especiais.cancaonova.com\/santuario\/?p=2831291"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:02:26","slug":"ascese-espiritual-e-possivel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin-especiais.cancaonova.com\/santuario\/formacao\/ascese-espiritual-e-possivel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascese espiritual: \u00e9 poss\u00edvel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Em que consiste a ascese?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vida de todo crist\u00e3o \u00e9 marcada pelo desejo de se unir <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cada <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vez mais <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deus e,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">por isso, busca meios para realiz\u00e1-los. \u00c9 uma busca incans\u00e1vel de progredir\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">como disc\u00edpulos<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eleitos e chamados para uma viv\u00eancia de santidade <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">integridade diante <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deus <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">seu amor por todos n\u00f3s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c9 necess\u00e1rio um esfor\u00e7o de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nossa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">parte na autoconstru\u00e7\u00e3o de nossa\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">personalidade, imagem e semelhan\u00e7a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>O crist\u00e3o, que busca esta autenticidade, deve corroborar a obriga\u00e7\u00e3o de uma disciplina de vida que liberte,\u00a0em n\u00f3s, a caridade para com Deus e para com os outros<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">H\u00e1 na <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ess\u00eancia <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">da <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vida <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">crist\u00e3 uma exig\u00eancia em dar uma resposta ao apelo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">evang\u00e9lico <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nisso h\u00e1 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">necessidade <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma ascese<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ou seja<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exercitar o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">autodom\u00ednio <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">buscar a gra\u00e7a de Deus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span>Todo ser humano deve procurar o m\u00ednimo poss\u00edvel de ascese visando o desenvolvimento de suas potencialidades, ou seja, chegar \u00e0 sua plenitude, \u00e0\u00a0\u00a0santidade.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tudo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dom <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gra\u00e7a de Deus,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">por <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">isso, todo crist\u00e3o necessita se aperfei\u00e7oar e\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s\u00f3 no c\u00e9u alcan\u00e7aremos <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">perfei\u00e7\u00e3o absoluta. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">experi\u00eancia tem mostrado que\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nada se alcan\u00e7a sem esfor\u00e7o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">disciplina<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A gra\u00e7a est\u00e1 vinculada a uma\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ass\u00eddua pr\u00e1tica de ora\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">por sua vez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">somente <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">poss\u00edvel quando se\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assume um m\u00ednimo de ascese.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2831353\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Design-sem-nome-10.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2831353\" class=\"wp-image-2831353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Design-sem-nome-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Design-sem-nome-10.png 1600w, https:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Design-sem-nome-10-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Design-sem-nome-10-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2831353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: Cathopic by @VytasSDB<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>A ascese \u00e9 esta via que ir\u00e1 nos aproximar desse objetivo beat\u00edfico, ou seja, de ver Deus face a face, de O ver tal como Ele \u00e9<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No entanto<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o termo ascese parece\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ser algo t\u00e3o duro\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">para\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">aqueles que est\u00e3o desavisados e acomodados.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong> Segundo\u00a0\u00a0Tanquerey, na terra n\u00e3o podemos adquirir sen\u00e3o uma perfei\u00e7\u00e3o relativa, aproximando-nos sem cessar desta uni\u00e3o \u00edntima com Deus que nos disp\u00f5e para a vis\u00e3o beatifica<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Qual \u00e9 a import\u00e2ncia da ascese na vida do crist\u00e3o?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A ascese tem por finalidade recolocar o homem em sua verdade primeira<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span>identificar-se com Deus. O termo ascese deriva do grego &#8220;<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e1skesis&#8221;,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que \u00e9 definido\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">como exerc\u00edcio ou treinamento esportivo. Para os autores crist\u00e3os,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">termo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um treinamento da alma fundamentado <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">na <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">busca das virtudes <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fuga\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dos v\u00edcios ou <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tenta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. J\u00e1 os Padres Apost\u00f3licos entendem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">termo como\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sentido filos\u00f3fico (pr\u00e1tica da paci\u00eancia) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tamb\u00e9m de mart\u00edrio<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Em que consiste ent\u00e3o a ascese crist\u00e3? Treinar-se em vista de um fim<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">perfei\u00e7\u00e3o crist\u00e3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assim, sem uma vida asc\u00e9tica,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">se chegar\u00e1 a este fim<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u00e3o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tom\u00e1s de Aquino tem por convic\u00e7\u00e3o que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese n\u00e3o s\u00e3o somente\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fen\u00f4menos sobrenaturais<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mas\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">est\u00e1 pautada numa vida de comprometimento<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">seriedade<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dom\u00ednio da vontade<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">corre\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">retid\u00e3o das paix\u00f5es <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">abertura \u00e0 a\u00e7\u00e3o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">da gra\u00e7a.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gra\u00e7a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">segundo S\u00e3o Tom\u00e1s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">colabora para animar a pr\u00e1tica da ascese<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ou\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">seja, vida de uni\u00e3o com Deus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Para <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">santo, enquanto estivermos nesta terra, a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese ser\u00e1 necess\u00e1ria <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">todos est\u00e3o obrigados a ela<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Para ele \u00e9 t\u00e3o importante uma vida de ascese, pois exige do homem uma\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">busca rigorosa de intimidade com Deus e ao seu servi\u00e7o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tanquerey<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ao falar de ascese, determina que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>&#8220;ci\u00eancia dos santos&#8221;<\/strong>, pois\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">estes <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ensinam a buscar com grande apre\u00e7o e como viver a santidade e os\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">meios para alcan\u00e7\u00e1-la<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Segundo ele, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese forma homens de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vida interior <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ou\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">espirituais que se deixam animar <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pelo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Esp\u00edrito Santo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">objetivo da ascese \u00e9 instruir as almas na viv\u00eancia das virtudes que conduzem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e0 perfei\u00e7\u00e3o crist\u00e3, \u00e0<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vida sobrenatural. \u00c9 por meio da ascese que o crist\u00e3o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ocupa-se em dar seus primeiros passos para uma vida espiritual<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A ascese crist\u00e3 visa como o maior dos mandamentos <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">amor<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">miseric\u00f3rdia\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">como bem perfeito<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">excede <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">todos os bens <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assim, encontra<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">se <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um motivo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">v\u00e1lido para a pr\u00e1tica das mortifica\u00e7\u00f5es em nossa vida<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tendo em vista que a boa vontade <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">insuficiente para a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o da caridade,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que exige <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dom\u00ednio do <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">corpo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">faz-se necess\u00e1rio <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uso de tais pr\u00e1ticas para\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">afugentar a in\u00e9rcia, a pregui\u00e7a<\/span><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">medo do esfor\u00e7o, o prazer da comodidade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assim<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a ascese est\u00e1 para a caridade assim como <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rel\u00f3gio est\u00e1 para marcar as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">horas <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">seu objetivo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">aperfei\u00e7oar o homem na rela\u00e7\u00e3o com <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c9 pr\u00f3prio da ascese crist\u00e3 \u00e0 escuta e \u00e0 submiss\u00e3o \u00e0 vontade do pr\u00f3prio Deus,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que pede <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pr\u00e1tica do amor ao pr\u00f3ximo como sinal e express\u00e3o do amor que se\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tem por Ele.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dessa forma, a ascese se justifica por conta do fim de santifica\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">para viver\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">em profundidade o mandamento <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">do <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">amor a Deus sobre todas as coisas <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ao\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pr\u00f3ximo. Do<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s passos para iniciar <\/span>este <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">caminho asc\u00e9tico, s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">egundo os Padres do Deserto, a medita\u00e7\u00e3o das Sagradas Escrituras <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">primeiro para se chegar <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uma vida de ascese, pois eles tinham\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">consci\u00eancia que, por meio desta ass\u00eddua pr\u00e1tica, podiam encontrar-se com Deus;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o objetivo da ascese <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">promover este encontro. O <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pr\u00f3prio <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senhor Jesus\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ensinou aos seus disc\u00edpulos tal pr\u00e1tica<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">forma que os Padres do Deserto procediam era justamente levar um conselho<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">um ensinamento de vida <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pretende levar as Sagradas Escrituras para o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">quotidiano dos homens, como luz para clarear o caminho <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">todos os crist\u00e3os<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Agindo assim, eles marcavam suas reflex\u00f5es pela pr\u00e1tica ass\u00eddua de uma\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese que exigia deles \u00e1rduo esfor\u00e7o.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conta-se que os monges de S\u00e3o Pac\u00f4mio decoravam os Textos Sagrados, o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 poss\u00edvel sem ascese. E, por isso,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">experi\u00eancia tem mostrado que\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nada se alcan\u00e7a sem esfor\u00e7o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">disciplina<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese crist\u00e3 tem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">na <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese de Cristo seu fundamento. Passando pela cruz\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">com o Cristo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">asceta encontra a justifica\u00e7\u00e3o de sua ascese<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">servo n\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">maior do que o seu Senhor <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">em tudo o imita. \u00c9 um cont\u00ednuo morrer com Cristo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1 Cor 15,31; 2Cor <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4,10-12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">),\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no batismo seu s\u00edmbolo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Todos que buscam viver <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ascese dizem que pela pr\u00e1tica da ascese de Cristo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cresce-se em virtude da caridade. A ascese crist\u00e3 tem, por finalidade, erradicar o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">amor pr\u00f3prio <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ego\u00edsmo do cora\u00e7\u00e3o do homem<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lev\u00e1-lo \u00e0 supera\u00e7\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">si e\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nele fazer progredir o amor divino<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">levar <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">homem a amar com o cora\u00e7\u00e3o de\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A via da ascese \u00e9 a do sofrimento; a ren\u00fancia <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">supera\u00e7\u00f5es di\u00e1rias tornam-se, na f\u00e9,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eventos Pascais<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ou seja<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">liberta\u00e7\u00e3o da morte e do pecado<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">passagem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">da <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">morte\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">para <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vida. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vida <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">do <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cristo no homem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exercita <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">viver aqui o que viver\u00e1 na\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eternidade.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A ascese <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">importante para os que querem avan\u00e7ar na senda espiritual<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">porque\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">permite um caminhar em dire\u00e7\u00e3o a seu fim, que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a participa\u00e7\u00e3o na vida divina<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A alma que se permite tal disciplina livra-se de suas imperfei\u00e7\u00f5es, apesar das\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">barreiras que poder\u00e1 encontrar dentro ou fora de si.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atento \u00e0s mo\u00e7\u00f5es do Esp\u00edrito Santo em seu interior<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o homem encontra o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sentido profundo de sua submiss\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deus, porque se une <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pessoa de Jesus\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cristo, assumindo-o como Salvador e Senhor. Paulo enfatiza que a vida em\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cristo comporta o abandono do velho homem que faz as obras da carne, a qual\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">obscurece a intelig\u00eancia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">guiando-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">para o que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">falso<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">isto <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as faltas contra a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">caridade, contra a temperan\u00e7a e contra a mod\u00e9stia. O homem penitente ou o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">asceta tem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">m\u00e1rtir <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">seu modelo, fundamentado no Cristo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">na <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cruz, cruz essa\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">que<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">como mist\u00e9rio escondido<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">expressa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mais sublime totalidade de entrega a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">si<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cristo crucificado na fidelidade at\u00e9 a morte<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o asceta<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">abra\u00e7a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mart\u00edrio da\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cruz e atesta o seu poder salv\u00edfico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jo\u00e3o Batista aparece nas Sagradas Escrituras como <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">grande asceta, que, de\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">forma pedag\u00f3gica<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">insere seus disc\u00edpulos <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mist\u00e9rio asc\u00e9tico <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cristo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o qual<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">por sua vez, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dispensa a ascese, que ter\u00e1 sua express\u00e3o m\u00e1xima na <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">op\u00e7\u00e3o\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pela <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cruz<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trilhando este caminho de <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">abnega\u00e7\u00e3o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de si \u00e9 que <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">crist\u00e3o chegar\u00e1 \u00e0s vias\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mais <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">elevadas de uni\u00e3o com Deus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">O <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pr\u00f3prio Catecismo da Igreja Cat\u00f3lica mostra <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">import\u00e2ncia da ascese na vida\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">crist\u00e3 e como faz manter <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">v\u00ednculo com Cristo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a fidelidade \u00e0 promessa do\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Batismo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><strong>&#8220;todo aquele que permanecer fiel \u00e0s promessas de seu batismo e\u00a0resistir \u00e0s tenta\u00e7\u00f5es cuidar\u00e1 em tomar os meios: o conhecimento de si, a\u00a0pr\u00e1tica de uma ascese adaptada \u00e0s situa\u00e7\u00f5es em que se encontra, a obedi\u00eancia\u00a0aos mandamentos divinos, a pr\u00e1tica das virtudes morais e a fidelidade \u00e0\u00a0ora\u00e7\u00e3o&#8221;.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Por fim, o Evangelho ensina que de nada adianta a um homem ter muitos bens\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">materiais, grande conhecimento das ci\u00eancias, bel\u00edssimo corpo, se sua alma\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">estiver privada das virtudes <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">carcomidas pelos v\u00edcios<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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