Band Aids Into Reconciliation Essay

Band-aids into Reconciliation When I was younger, I believed Band-aids were the thing that healed cuts and scrapes and not the antibiotic ointment, or even time, for that matter. As years went by, I came to find out that Band-aids only protected these cuts and scrapes from getting dirt or bacteria in them, thus causing an infection. Nevertheless, I still in a way believe that Band-aids are what make my cuts and scrapes better. Reconciliation does the same thing for me by making me better. It’s a way to have my sins forgiven and being healed through God. Through this key experience for me, Band-aids are an object for me that symbolize the sacrament of reconciliation.
With each sin that we commit, it harms the relationship that we have with …show more content…
According to Cooke, “It was a common scene on a Saturday afternoon and evening to have numbers of people coming to church to go to confession. Today, Saturday afternoons and evenings are now relatively quiet times around most parishes” (Cooke, 208). Not necessarily as people have gotten older, but as time has gone on, people just don’t go as much as they used to. The same thing has happened with Band-aids. As people have gotten older, they don’t use Band-aids as much. People are starting to outgrow these practices, even though reconciliation brings us back to God. The same is true for Band-aids, as we get older we stop using them as much, leaving scars are causing the cuts to last longer. It is through my hermeneutics and my experiences that I see Band-aids as a symbol of reconciliation. In the end the intended effect of this sacrament of reconciliation is to bring an individual back from sin or to meet with God again. Reconciliation gets rid of the sin that stains our souls and restricts us from being in communion with God and the church. Band-aids do the same by making us whole again and healing the cut of our bodies. These two, reconciliation and Band-aids, are what get rid of the alienations on and in our