The penitents were to be able to join in the Easter celebrations;therefore they had to be "reconciled" on the day before the Paschal Triduum began, that is, on Maundy Thursday.

因为悔罪者能够在复活节的庆典中加入，因此在逾越节之三重日之前那天，也就是濯足日，他们必须被「复和」。