
The Hour Of Mercy
PRAY AT 3
EXAMINATION OF CONSIENCE
EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
[1] I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.
-
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] Honor your Father and your Mother.
-
Do I honor 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?