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5- MORTIFICACION CORPORAL. "NOSOTROS" Palestra ascética para hombres
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5- MORTIFICACION CORPORAL. "NOSOTROS" Palestra ascética para hombres

Discussion on Mortification and the Body

In this section, the speaker delves into the concept of mortification, particularly focusing on external or bodily mortification. The discussion highlights the importance of bodily mortification in aligning one's body with the will of God and dispels misconceptions surrounding it.

The Significance of Bodily Mortification

  • Bodily mortification is deemed necessary despite its negative connotations in contemporary society.
  • Christians do not seek pleasure in pain as masochism contradicts Christian doctrine; instead, they view their bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit.
  • The reverence for the body is evident in Christian practices such as burial, emphasizing the sanctity of the body awaiting resurrection.

Avoiding Misinterpretations of Mortification

  • Historically, Christian mortification has been influenced by dualistic views that pit body against soul, leading to misinterpretations.
  • Bodily mortification serves to align natural impulses with reason illuminated by faith, promoting self-control and freedom from base instincts.

Purpose and Benefits of Bodily Mortification

This segment explores how bodily mortification aids in achieving holiness by subduing natural impulses and aligning them with reason guided by faith. It emphasizes self-mastery and spiritual growth through disciplined control over physical desires.

Self-Mastery Through Bodily Mortification

  • Subduing natural impulses allows individuals to act freely without being controlled by instinctual drives.
  • Dominating one's body through reason prevents enslavement to animalistic desires like pleasure, food, or comfort.

Spiritual Growth and Redemption

  • Mastery over the body fosters freedom from modern enslavements caused by unchecked animal instincts.
  • Offering one's body in mortification unites personal sins with Christ's sacrifice, aiding in redemption and salvation.

Completing Christ's Sacrifice

  • By participating in bodily mortifications akin to Christ's suffering, individuals contribute to completing Christ's redemptive work.

Understanding the Role of Mortifications in Christian Life

In this section, the speaker delves into the significance of embracing suffering and mortifications in Christian life as a means of uniting with Christ's passion and offering oneself spiritually to God.

Embracing Suffering and Mortifications

  • Embracing suffering is not about being a mere spectator but actively associating oneself with Christ's passion daily.
  • Offering oneself spiritually in daily life, becoming a pleasing offering to God, is the vocation of a Christian.
  • By uniting one's sufferings with Christ's passion through voluntary mortifications, life gains meaning and contributes to the world's salvation.

Historical Perspectives on Mortifications in Christianity

This part explores how various saints like St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Ávila, and others practiced severe bodily mortifications as part of their spiritual journey.

Saints' Practices of Bodily Mortifications

  • Many saints such as St. Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Ávila, and more undertook bodily mortifications that may seem excessive to us today.
  • These practices included using cilices and disciplines under the guidance of confessors or spiritual directors without harming their health.

The Significance of Fasting in Christian Life

Fasting plays a crucial role in the Christian faith by propitiating God's mercy, suspending divine wrath, and enhancing prayer efficacy.

Importance of Fasting

  • Fasting serves as a sacrificial act that appeases God's justice and is emphasized throughout sacred scriptures for conversion.
  • Combining fasting with prayer enhances its effectiveness before God by demonstrating dedication and self-offering.

The Power of Prayer Combined with Fasting

The synergy between prayer and fasting amplifies spiritual efficacy, illustrated through biblical references emphasizing faith alongside these practices.

Synergy Between Prayer, Faith, and Fasting

  • Certain challenges require both intense prayer and fasting for effective outcomes according to Jesus' teachings.

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In this section, the speaker discusses the importance of sacrificing sleep to spend time with God and prioritize spiritual practices over physical comfort.

Sacrificing Sleep for Spiritual Priorities

  • Parents sacrifice sleep to spend time with God, emphasizing the priority of spiritual practices over physical rest.
  • Engaging in sacrifices like prayer on one's knees and mortification demonstrates a deep commitment to placing God first.
  • Physical mortification is essential for engaging the body in spiritual life, ensuring a holistic dedication to God.
  • Mortification involves the participation of the entire being in spiritual life, not just through prayer but also bodily sacrifices.
Video description

Los cristianos no encuentran en el dolor placer. El masoquismo es contrario a la doctrina cristiana. Yo soy mi cuerpo. No solo mi alma, como pretenden visiones desencarnadas, espiritualistas y maniqueas. Por lo tanto amo y respeto a mi cuerpo. Peligro: La mortificación cristiana sufrió, a veces, influencias de corrientes maniqueas y dualistas – dicotomía alma-cuerpo. La mortificación fue interpretada como muerte literal al cuerpo considerado fuente de los pecados y en guerra con la parte superior, el alma. Entonces, ¿qué sentido tiene la mortificación corporal? ‘Mortificación exterior’: “Freno deliberado a los impulsos naturales con el fin de ayudar a la persona a alcanzar la santidad, obedeciendo a la razón iluminada por la fe”. Someter al dictado de la razón mi carne para poder actuar libremente y no cohartado por los instintos. Platón Dos motivos: 1º Dominar nuestro cuerpo para ser libres… Grandes esclavitudes del h. actual de ser movido por los instintos animales: placer, sexo, comida, bebida, bienestar, comodidad… 2º Reparar los pecados propios y los del mundo unidos a Cristo. "Completo en mi carne lo que falta a los sufrimientos de Cristo por la salvación del mundo" (Col 1, 24).