I just learned of this today. In their traditional culture, Hawaiians practice a ceremony of familial and community reconciliation, effecting "mental cleansing: family conferences in which relationships are set right through prayer, discussion, confession, repentance, and mutual restitution and forgiveness." 'Hoʻoponopono' is a combination of the words for moral uprightness and rectitude as a verb. The main feature of the ceremony is the parties repeating the prayer to each other:
"I am sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you."
Lovely.
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