In the opening chapter of Tolkien’s The Two Towers, Aragorn rushes to find Boromir after hearing the desperate calls of his horn. Upon finding him, however, he realizes he has come too late: Boromir has been pierced with many orc arrows and now lays dying. What follows is a beautiful, yet painful account of repentance and forgiveness held within Boromir’s final moments, reminiscent of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.