An Amend

 Did you ever run into someone who said that they were sorry, as in an apology, but then just went on with their same old behavior?  That is not an amend.  It is only an attempt for them to feel better or because they may want something from you down the road.  It is all about them and not you.  An amend is when you apologize for some wrong you did to another, and at the same time, your behavior changes.  You don’t go on to do the same ole stuff.  A Catholic confession is rarely an amend to God because the so called “penitent” just goes on to do the same old stuff.  They just keep coming back to confession.  That may be OK but it is not an amend to God because the behavior never changes.  I am a work in progress.  I hope!