In general terms, a reconciliation means the reconquest of friendship, love and understanding between two or more parties that are in conflict. The word reconciliation is derived from the Latin "reconcile" which means "to reconcile, to recover." At first, this term was used to refer to the link between God and men, which led to a transformation in the way men connected with each other.
Experts in conflictology consider that reconciliation represents a process in which the parties involved in the conflict begin a relationship that leads them to a communication where faults are recognized and the bases for a supposed agreement are established.
Reconciliation rescues the capacities that come from forgiveness and the understanding of the facts and restoring affective capacities.
This reconciliation is something that comes up a lot in couple relationships. It is common that in every relationship, fights, misunderstandings, moments of crisis and distance arise. The important thing is that each of the parties reflect on what is happening, learn to forgive and seek to reconcile with the other. Reconciliation goes so far as to demonstrate the ability of human beings to objectively appreciate a relationship, giving value to all the good and wonderful things that those involved have experienced.
When in a relationship the love that exists is true, the distance is something that produces uneasiness and anguish. Reconciliation is to offer a second chance to those people who want peace, love and thus be able to live in communion with others.
In religious terms, reconciliation is one of the Catholic signs that seeks to return to the church everyone who, for certain reasons, has strayed from its doctrines. For the church, reconciliation is the sacrament of transformation, of forgiveness; a beautiful act of rapprochement with Jesus, which entails the return to the Father of the man who has distanced himself from Him.
According to the Catholic religion, reconciliation comprises 5 stages:
- An examination of conscience: it is the summary that is made internally of the sins.
- Repentance: it is to feel guilt for the sins that were committed.
- Contrition: it is about the intention to compensate everything that has been done in life in a negative way, for all the sins committed and not repeat them.
- Confession: in this stage, sins are manifested, in front of a priest, who, according to Catholic doctrine, is the person with the power to absolve sins. Priests can never reveal what was said in confession.
