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Reconciliation (also known as Confession)
"God the Father of Mercies, through the death and resurrection of His Son, has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins. Through the ministry of the Church may God grant you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
These words of forgiveness are available to us today. All we need to do is to confess our state and ask for God's forgiveness. Catholics do this in a special way through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Through the ministry of the priest we confess our sins to the person of Jesus Christ; and through that same ministry we hear from Jesus Christ himself words of forgiveness.
Saying sorry is never easy; or should never be easy. The struggle that we have in saying the S word is in itself a mark and demonstration of our true repentance and genuine contrition. Saying sorry should never be easy; and the Sacrament of Reconciliation helps us to keep it real.