Repentance From Evil

Tom Stidl | 09/24/2025

Submitted by Thomas Stidl

In my last article, “A Call To Christian Action”, I wrote about people rejoicing about the death of a political or religious opponent. This is sick and pure evil in its vilest form. It brings to mind a passage from the Book of Revelations where the two witnesses are slain in Jerusalem. People rejoiced at their death also. Now all men of the cloth, that is priests, bishops, archbishops, cardinals, and the Pope along with ministers of other religions ask that we like they should repent of our sins. By repentance, I mean that we should acknowledge our sins, be forgiven by sacramental absolution if Catholic, resolve never to commit this evil again, and try to make amends to the people we offended. If you are non-Catholic, you must follow the precepts of your own religion. The last part of repentance which is making amends to the people we offended may be quite difficult due to the amount of time that has lapsed since the offense was committed or the distance of their mutual locations.

Thank God, there is something called prayer. We should always pray for the people we offended. We will never know if our prayers ever reach these people, but, we leave these prayerful intentions in the hands of God. God will surely direct those prayers where they are needed most to do the greatest good according to his divine will.

As I mentioned earlier in this article about the deplorable behavior over the death of an opponent, I thought that I would not live to see the day when this actually occurred. Are some human beings degenerating that quickly to such adverse behavior? If human beings are degenerating that quickly, then there is another profound question to ask. Are we in the time of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? That question should give us pause for thought. We cannot stop the Second Coming, but we can vote for candidates who are in agreement with our moral and ethical values. Do not be afraid to instill your moral values on our Society.

Until next time, Laus Tibi, Christe. Deo Gratias. Gloria Tibi Domini. Laus Deo. See you in Paradise.

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About the Author

Tom Stidl

By way of introduction, I am a 72 year old cradle Catholic who spent approximately 12 years in the Real Estate Industry, 7 years working in a Collectables business (stamps and coins), and 26 years in the Direct Mail Data Processing Industry. I also now run a non-profit corporation in my spare time!!

While working, I also had the longest temporary position of my life being an usher for my local Catholic parish for 49 1/2 years.With the onset of Covid-19, I was retired from Church service although I still give out bulletins and the diocesan newspaper after Mass. I have attended Catholic schools for 13 years counting Kindergarten. I have attended weekly Mass, Holy Days of Obligation, and at times Daily Mass.

I can be contacted at stidl@verizon.net and may God richly bless all of us.