{"id":56554,"date":"2025-11-16T01:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=56554"},"modified":"2025-11-16T01:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:01:12","slug":"athlete-convert-to-catholicism-and-future-priest-the-story-of-josh-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/athlete-convert-to-catholicism-and-future-priest-the-story-of-josh-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Atleta, convertido ao catolicismo e futuro padre: A hist\u00f3ria de Josh Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Seminarista Josh Brooks. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Cortesia do Catholic Philly, jornal oficial da Arquidiocese de Filad\u00e9lfia<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Equipa da ACI Prensa, 13 de julho de 2025 \/ 14:55 (CNA).<\/p>\n

Josh Brooks, natural do Condado de Delaware, na regi\u00e3o metropolitana de Filad\u00e9lfia, sonhava em seguir os passos do seu \u00eddolo LeBron James e tornar-se jogador profissional de basquetebol. No entanto, Deus tinha outros planos para ele.<\/p>\n

Hoje, Brooks est\u00e1 no terceiro ano dos seus estudos universit\u00e1rios no Semin\u00e1rio St. Charles Borromeo, na Arquidiocese de Filad\u00e9lfia, e prepara-se para o sacerd\u00f3cio.<\/p>\n

\u201cN\u00e3o quero viver apenas para mim, quero levar a alegria que Deus me deu a outras pessoas\u201d, disse Brooks numa entrevista recente ao Catholic Philly<\/a>, o jornal oficial da Arquidiocese de Filad\u00e9lfia.<\/p>\n

Criado na f\u00e9 batista, Brooks teve o seu primeiro contacto com o catolicismo quando os seus pais o matricularam na Escola Prim\u00e1ria St. Ignatius Loyola, em West Philadelphia. Mais tarde, na Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School, o seu interesse pela f\u00e9 cat\u00f3lica cresceu.<\/p>\n

\u201cE, muito lentamente, a minha aten\u00e7\u00e3o come\u00e7ou a gravitar para as minhas aulas de teologia cat\u00f3lica, onde aprendi sobre a identidade do padre. O que realmente me atraiu foi aprender como a Igreja Cat\u00f3lica \u00e9 uma fam\u00edlia universal, porque eu n\u00e3o tive a melhor fam\u00edlia enquanto crescia, por isso isso fez-me sentir chamado a fazer parte de algo especial\u201d, partilhou Brooks.<\/p>\n

Embora durante a sua adolesc\u00eancia tenha passado muito tempo a treinar para entrar na equipa de basquetebol da escola secund\u00e1ria, acabou por n\u00e3o conseguir realizar esse sonho. \u201cIsso deixou-me com a quest\u00e3o do que faria da minha vida se o basquetebol, que era o meu grande sonho, j\u00e1 n\u00e3o fosse uma op\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d, recordou.<\/p>\n

Na sua busca por sentido, tentou preencher o vazio com uma rela\u00e7\u00e3o amorosa, mas percebeu que o seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o ansiava por algo mais profundo. Inseguro sobre a sua voca\u00e7\u00e3o, perguntou \u00e0 jovem: \u2018Serias capaz de esperar por mim?\u2019 Ela respondeu: \u2018N\u00e3o vou esperar por ti.\u2019 Ent\u00e3o olhei para o crucifixo e disse ao Senhor: \u2018Se ela n\u00e3o espera por mim, ent\u00e3o quem esperar\u00e1?\u2019 E ent\u00e3o percebi que, durante todo o tempo, Ele estava \u00e0 minha espera, para que eu aceitasse o Seu amor. Ele disse: \u2018Seu idiota, eu tenho o melhor amor para te dar.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Esse momento marcou um ponto de viragem. \u201cAcho que reagi sem pensar. E vejam o que isso me trouxe. Trouxe-me tanta alegria, este fogo intenso de querer apenas ser para Deus e ser para os outros\u201d, refletiu Brooks.<\/p>\n

No Semin\u00e1rio St. Charles Borromeo, encontrou n\u00e3o apenas uma voca\u00e7\u00e3o, mas tamb\u00e9m irm\u00e3os. \u201cNunca tive irm\u00e3os, por isso n\u00e3o sabia como seria ter um. Quando entrei no semin\u00e1rio, encontrei rapazes diferentes com interesses diferentes, personalidades diferentes. No centro de tudo, estes rapazes tentam construir uns com os outros\u201d, disse.<\/p>\n

O colega seminarista Sean Barker destacou o esp\u00edrito fraternal de Josh. Num retiro \u201cVem e V\u00ea\u201d, \u201centrei e a primeira pessoa que vi foi o Josh sentado com a sua batina\u201d, recordou. \u201cAo falar com ele, ao conhec\u00ea-lo, senti-me mais \u00e0 vontade. Ele preocupa-se e tem um grande respeito e admira\u00e7\u00e3o pela profunda espiritualidade hist\u00f3rica da Igreja.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEle quer que eu seja melhor, quer que eu passe mais tempo na capela, que leve a vida de ora\u00e7\u00e3o mais a s\u00e9rio, que leve os estudos mais a s\u00e9rio... Acho que \u00e9 o facto de ele ser um modelo que mais me inspira\u201d, acrescentou Barker.<\/p>\n

Na entrevista, Josh destacou a \u201crica tradi\u00e7\u00e3o e hist\u00f3ria\u201d da Igreja Cat\u00f3lica, mas tamb\u00e9m que \u00e9 \u201cuma grande fam\u00edlia\u201d. Ele tamb\u00e9m convidou outros que tentam redescobrir a sua f\u00e9 a aproximarem-se: \u201cSomos um povo imperfeito, mas somos governados por um Deus que transcende todas as coisas e nos conhece melhor do que n\u00f3s pr\u00f3prios\u201d, disse.<\/p>\n

O que mais define este jovem seminarista \u00e9 a sua profunda vida de ora\u00e7\u00e3o e o seu desejo de se tornar padre. Embora os seus pais n\u00e3o sejam cat\u00f3licos, apoiam a sua voca\u00e7\u00e3o, e ele reza todos os dias pela convers\u00e3o deles.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo centro da nossa busca pela forma mais elevada de amor, encontr\u00e1-la-emos aqui, onde nos reunimos no altar de Deus e poderemos fazer a nossa morada n\u2019Ele\u201d, resumiu o jovem seminarista.<\/p>\n

Esta hist\u00f3ria<\/em> foi publicada pela primeira vez<\/em><\/a> por ACI Prensa, parceiro de not\u00edcias em espanhol da CNA. Foi traduzido e adaptado pela CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265327\/athlete-convert-to-catholicism-and-future-priest-the-story-of-josh-brooks<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seminarian Josh Brooks. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Catholic Philly, official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 13, 2025 \/ 14:55 pm (CNA). Josh Brooks, a native of Delaware County in metro Philadelphia, dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idol LeBron James and becoming a professional basketball player. 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