Ascesis

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The practice of penance, mortification, and self-denial to promote greater self-mastery and to foster the way of perfection by embracing the way of the cross

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Catechism Passages

Passages ranked by relevance to Ascesis, from most closely related outward.

§2015 CHAPTER THREE GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE

The way of perfection passes by way of the Cross. There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual battle. 68 Spiritual progress entails the Ascesis and mortification that gradually lead to living in the peace and joy of the Beatitudes:

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