{"id":19342,"date":"2026-02-21T15:41:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/?p=19342"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:37:50","slug":"reflection-for-the-first-sunday-of-lent-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/reflection-for-the-first-sunday-of-lent-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflex\u00e3o para o Primeiro Domingo da Quaresma 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A Quaresma \u00e9 um tempo de autoexame e esperan\u00e7a.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><strong><em>Primeira Leitura:<\/em><\/strong> G\u00eanesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7\n<strong><em>Salmo Responsorial:<\/em><\/strong> Salmo 51:3-6, 12-17\n<strong><em>Segunda Leitura:<\/em><\/strong> Romanos 5:12-19\n<em><strong>Aclama\u00e7\u00e3o ao Evangelho:<\/strong><\/em> Mateus 4:4b\n<strong><em>Evangelho:<\/em><\/strong> Mateus 4:1-11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-21-at-20.05.10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19354 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-21-at-20.05.10.jpeg 699w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-21-at-20.05.10-293x300.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-21-at-20.05.10-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">A reflex\u00e3o sobre a leitura de hoje \u00e9 da autoria de <strong>S. Anthony IYOKO VILLASON SJ<\/strong>, do Centre Catholique Universitaire, Coordenador do CIEE\/CCU, Rep\u00fablica Centro-Africana.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meus irm\u00e3os e irm\u00e3s,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As leituras deste primeiro Domingo da Quaresma apresentam-nos um contraste marcante: a queda de Ad\u00e3o e a fidelidade de Cristo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O Livro do G\u00eanesis mostra-nos que a humanidade recebe tudo de Deus, mas que, sendo seres fr\u00e1geis, precisamos viver na presen\u00e7a do Senhor. Quando a humanidade rejeita essa depend\u00eancia amorosa e busca decidir por si mesma, coloca-se essencialmente no lugar de Deus e rompe a rela\u00e7\u00e3o que a sustentava rumo a uma autonomia absoluta. \u00c9 precisamente a\u00ed que ocorre a trag\u00e9dia: o pecado n\u00e3o \u00e9 principalmente um ato externo, mas antes uma ruptura interior da rela\u00e7\u00e3o, quando o cora\u00e7\u00e3o cai na desconfian\u00e7a. Contudo, se o pecado entrou no mundo por meio de um s\u00f3 homem, \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m por meio de um s\u00f3 homem que a gra\u00e7a \u00e9 derramada abundantemente sobre a multid\u00e3o, como nos ensina S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O Evangelho apresenta precisamente este homem no deserto: Jesus Cristo. Ele enfrenta as prova\u00e7\u00f5es n\u00e3o por meio de for\u00e7a externa, mas pela Palavra de Deus interiorizada. As cinzas que recebemos em nossas testas marcam o in\u00edcio desta prova no deserto. Onde Ad\u00e3o cedeu no jardim, Cristo permaneceu fiel na aridez. Jesus aparece, assim, como o novo Ad\u00e3o, aquele que restaura a humanidade reconciliando-a com Deus. Sua luta no deserto \u00e9 tamb\u00e9m a nossa hoje, pois o mundo interligado em que vivemos nos exp\u00f5e a outras formas de deserto: a distra\u00e7\u00e3o constante, a depend\u00eancia da opini\u00e3o dos outros, a ilus\u00e3o de autossufici\u00eancia e at\u00e9 mesmo a busca pelo poder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Na espiritualidade inaciana, o deserto \u00e9 o lugar para discernir os esp\u00edritos. Santo In\u00e1cio nos ensina que a vida espiritual \u00e9 marcada por movimentos interiores: consola\u00e7\u00f5es e desola\u00e7\u00f5es. O tentador traz desola\u00e7\u00e3o, enquanto o Esp\u00edrito Santo traz consola\u00e7\u00e3o dentro de n\u00f3s. Com base nessa premissa, a Quaresma torna-se para cada um de n\u00f3s um tempo de autoexame, um tempo para nos fazer estas perguntas: Quais vozes habitam meu cora\u00e7\u00e3o? O que me conduz \u00e0 vida e o que me afasta dela?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\u00e1cio estaria aqui a falar da indiferen\u00e7a inaciana: estar interiormente livre para escolher o que conduz de forma mais plena \u00e0 vida em Deus. Jesus no deserto \u00e9 completamente livre: n\u00e3o busca poder, nem prest\u00edgio, nem seguran\u00e7a. Ele escolhe apenas a vontade do Pai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para n\u00f3s hoje, em nossa experi\u00eancia vivida e nas atividades di\u00e1rias, o deserto pode manifestar-se como nossas prova\u00e7\u00f5es ou lutas interiores. Mas esses lugares nunca est\u00e3o vazios, pois Deus est\u00e1 conosco ali. A Quaresma \u00e9, portanto, um tempo de esperan\u00e7a. N\u00e3o \u00e9 um tempo de tristeza, mas sim um tempo que nos abre \u00e0 alegria da P\u00e1scoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pe\u00e7amos, portanto, ao Senhor a gra\u00e7a de conhecer intimamente Cristo, que luta por n\u00f3s, para que possamos am\u00e1-lo mais e segui-lo com mais liberdade. E que este tempo da Quaresma seja para n\u00f3s uma viagem de retorno aos nossos cora\u00e7\u00f5es e um caminho para a vida nova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ad majorem Dei gloriam .<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lent is a time of Self-examination and Hope First Reading: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51:3-6, 12-17 Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19 Gospel Acclamation:&nbsp;Matthew 4:4b Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 Reflection on Today&#8217;s reading is by, S. Anthony IYOKO VILLASON SJ, Centre Catholique Universitaire, CIEE\/CCU Coordinator, Central African Republic. 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