Wicked, Evil
See also: Goodness, Good.
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Herod - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.
Evil men afflict us by the evil they commit, yet God wishes for their conversion. Their apparent and fleeting prosperity should not be envied.
Yes, even the wicked must be loved. Not for their wickedness, but out of pity for their Souls whom they mortally wound. They must be loved with a love that pleads the heavenly Father to heal and redeem them.[1]
In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"
- Pray for the wicked.[2]
- It is often, too often, heard that the wicked have more joy than the good and that this is not just.[3]
- The more a man has remorse, the more his Conscience pricks him, and the more he exercises his wickedness over inferior beings.[4]
- The guilty man realizes that compared to the one who is without sin, his guilt stands out all the more, with his vices, and out of spite he takes revenge by making the good suffer (Bartholomew).[5]
- Yes, even the wicked must be loved. Not for their wickedness, but out of pity for their Souls whom they mortally wound. They must be loved with a love that pleads the heavenly Father to heal and redeem them.[6]