5. 悔改－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄

Christ came to save us, sinners, and guide us on the way of salvation through repentance and conversion.

主基督來拯救我們罪人，並透過痛悔和悔改引導我們走上救恩之路。

With the help of God’s grace, we shall be able to fulfill God’s commandments, overcome temptations, disordered inclinations, avoid sin, and do the natural and supernatural good.

在天主的恩典的協助下，我們將能夠完成天主的誡命，克服誘惑，失序的傾向，避免犯罪，實現自然和超自然的善。

Christ did not come to interpret and trivialize sin by appealing to the love of God, but to remove its deadly sting from our mortal being and to make us capable of living “in true righteousness and holiness” in the following of Christ (cf. Eph 4:24).

主基督來不是要透過強調天主的愛來解釋和輕視罪，而是要除去我們致死的刺，使我們有能力藉由追隨主基督的過程中，成為「具有真實的正義和聖善的新人。」（參見弗4：24）

“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us. …But if anyone sins, we have the Father’s help: Jesus Christ, the righteous one. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1 John 1:10:2, 1f)”.

「如果我們說我們沒有犯過罪，我們就是拿他當說謊者，他的話就不在我們內。…但是，誰若犯了罪，我們在父那裏有正義的耶穌基督作護衛者。他自己就是贖罪祭，贖我們的罪過，不但贖我們的，而且也贖全世界的罪過。」（若一1：10；2：1-2）

Each day during this Lenten Season, I will be offering you a challenge, which will help you prepare for the joyful day of Easter.

在這四旬期的每一天，我都會給你一個挑戰，這將幫助你為在復活節，這個喜樂的日做好準備。

Today’s challenge: Make a bold decision, put aside, or cut off that toxic friendship, which is an occasion of sin.

今天的挑戰：做出一個大膽的決定，擺脫或者切斷那段毒害我們的友誼，這是一個犯罪的機會。