傳福音七大理由

我若不傳福音，我就有禍了！(格前9:16)

羅伯廸神父在10月19日傳教節感恩聖祭的講道中，提到傳福音七大理由，非常精彩，跟大家分享：

1.      告訴別人天主存在、天主是愛！

天主藉聖子顯示自己，告訴我們生命有意義、痛苦有價值；我們可以活得更正面及更快樂！

2.      與別人分享自己在信仰內的喜樂！

信仰給予我們力量，使生命更豐盛，與朋友、親人分享，使他們也能體驗信仰的力量！

3.      天主創造世界，也創造人，同時賦予人自由。人可以選擇善或惡，基督徒要反對惡、要堅持。在憎恨、不公平的環境裡，邪惡會蔓延，傳播福音與愛可以對抗邪惡，使世界更美善！

4.      尋找同路人一起為基督作證

為基督及真理作見證，讓世界更新，記得耶穌時代，祂派遣門徒兩個兩個外出傳教，所以傳教不是單獨去做的。

5.      繼承耶穌的使命

耶穌是第一位傳教士，祂離開時留下使命，叫我們去傳播喜訊，祂說：「你們要去使下下萬民都成為我的門徒，因父及子及聖神之名給他們授洗。」

6.      與別人分享信仰

我們因基督徒、堅信者的身份而自豪，我們需要保護信仰，讓信仰壯大。教宗若望保祿二世曾說：「當我們與別人分享信仰時，信仰便更強大。」

7.      世界受人的態度及行為改變，我們需要常留意內心，改變不淨的想法，並邀請其他人一起為主的國度來臨而奮鬥。

以下是羅神父的原稿：

Here the 7 points about the reason to spread the Gospel:

1. We have a Good News: God exists, God is love, He sent His Son to show us and to call us to love, life has a meaning, suffering has value, we can live more positively, lead happier lives. This is a good news worth to tell everyone.

2. We experience joy in believing, we experience faith and are strengthened by it and acquire the fullness of life. This needs to be shared with friends and relatives so that they may also experience the same strength and life we do.

3. In the world there is also the influence of evil in the form of hate, injustice etc. by spreading the gospel of life and love we fight against evil with goodness and we make the world a better place.

4. We need to find companions in our journey of faith so that we may be witness to Christ and to the truth and in this way renew the world.

5. It is the will of Christ and His command that we go to the whole world and preach the good news. He is the first missionary of God the Father and in the same way sends us to be missionary as well of God Father Son and Holy Spirit.

6. We are proud to be Christians, Catholics, believer. We need to strengthen and protect our faith, we do this by sharing our belief with others, Pope John Paul II said "Faith is strengthened when it is shared with others".

7. The world is affected by peoples' attitude and behavior, we need to change for the better and invite others to fight for the coming of the Kingdom of God.