In the Sacrament of Confession we are Excepted by Jesus as we our. Fr. Augustine Vallooran

EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE - From: " Brother, save yourself "

by very Rev. James Alberione, S.S.P, S.T.D. 

[1] I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me. EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

•Do I give God time every day in prayer?

•Do I seek to love Him with my whole heart?

• Have I been involved with superstitious practices or have I been involved with the occult?

•Do I seek to surrender myself to God's Word as taught by the Church?

•Have I ever received Communion in a state of mortal sin?

•Have I ever deliberately told a lie in confession or have I withheld a mortal sin from the priest in confession?

[2] You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

•Have I used God's name in vain: lightly or carelessly?

•Have I been angry with God?

•Have I wished evil upon another person?

•Have I insulted a sacred person or abused a sacred object?

[3] Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.

•Have I deliberately missed Mass on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation?

•Have I tried to observe Sunday as a family day and a day of rest?

•Do I do needless work on Sunday?

[4] Honour your Father and your Mother.

•Do I honour and obey my parents?

•Have I neglected my duties to my spouse and children?

•Have I given my family good religious example?

•Do I try to bring peace into my home life?

•Do I care for my aged and infirm relatives?

[5] You shall not kill.

•Have I had an abortion or encouraged anyone to have an abortion?

•Have I physically harmed anyone?

•have I abused alcohol or drugs?

•Did I give scandal to anyone, thereby leading them into sin?

•Have I been angry or resentful?

•Have I harbored hatred in my heart?

•Have I mutilated myself through any form of sterilization?

•Have I encouraged or condoned sterilization?

[6] You shall not commit adultery.

•Have I been faithful to my marriage vows in thought and action?

•Have I engaged in any sexual activity outside of marriage?

•Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?

•Has each sexual act in my marriage been open to the transmission of new life?

•Have I been guilty of masturbation?

•Have I sought to control my thoughts?

•Have I respected all members of the opposite sex, or have I thought of other people as objects?

•Have I been guilty of any homosexual activity?

•Do I seek to be chaste in my thoughts, words and actions?

•Am I careful to dress modestly?

[7] You shall not steal.

•Have I stolen what is not mine?

• Have I returned or made restitution for what I have stolen?

•Do I waste time at work, school or at home?

•Do I gamble excessively, thereby denying my family of their needs?

•Do I pay my debts promptly?

•Do I seek to share what I have with the poor?

[8] You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

•Have I lied?

•Have I gossiped?

•Have I spoken behind someone else's back?

•Am I sincere in my dealings with others?

•Am I critical, negative or uncharitable in my thoughts of others?

•Do I keep secret what should be kept confidential?

[9] You shall not desire your neighbor's wife.

•Have I consented to impure thoughts?

•Have I caused them by impure reading, movies, conversations or curiosity?

•Do I seek to control my imagination?

•Do I pray at once to banish impure thoughts and temptations? 

[10] You shall not desire your neighbor's goods.

•Am I jealous of what other people have?

•Do I envy the families or possessions of others?

•Am I greedy or selfish?

•Are material possessions the purpose of my life?

•Do I trust that God will care for all of my material and spiritual needs? 

Imprimatur:

+ Francis Cardinal Spellman Archbishop of New York Nihil Obstat:

John M.A. Fearns, S.T.D Censor Librorum

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