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Examination of conscience
Do I involve myself in the occult? In
horoscopes and superstitions?
Do I hold God in His rightful place
above all other things in my life?
Do I give time to pray each day?
Like the
Rich young man do I honour money, and wealth over God?
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“I am the LORD your God. Do not have other gods beside Me”
Do I fail to LOVE God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength?
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compare myself to others? Do I judge others?
Do I put yourself first in my life? Before those less fortunate
than myself?
Do I look after those
immediately close to me,
my friends and family?
Do I give to charity?
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“I am the LORD your God. Do not make an idol of yourself”
James and John argued over who was greatest. Do I
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vain?
Do I stand up for my faith
when others may be
slandering the Lord?
Have I angered others so
as to make them
blaspheme?
Peter denied Jesus and His Kingship. He
misused the name of the LORD.
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“I am the LORD your God. Do not misuse the name of the LORD.”
Do I use the Lord’s name in
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Do I take time on Sunday’s for my
family?
Have I received Holy Communion
when I needed to go to confession?
Am I reluctant to get
ready for Mass? Do I
complain?
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“I am the LORD your God. Keep the Sabbath day holy.”
Have I missed Mass deliberately on
Sunday?
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Like Paul, help me to have
a conversion of heart to
love You, Lord, more each
day.
Have I used my
Have I used destructive
and abusive language to
make myself feel more
important and to put
others down?
anger
in the wrong way?
Paul, persecuted ,
tortured and killed before he
met the Lord on the road to
Damascus
“I am the LORD your God. Do not murder.”
Have I abused alcohol or drugs?
Do I hold on to grudges,
and not forgive?
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respect?
Do I help at
home?
Have I shown gratitude for the
blessings I have in my life?
Like Mary, who trusted in
Jesus wholeheartedly
especially at the Wedding in
Cana, help me Lord to trust in
you.
“Do what ever he tells you”
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“I am the LORD your God. Honour your father and your mother.”
Have I treated my parents and my family with
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Do I deliberately look at impure things on the television,
or the internet?
Do I try to
control my thoughts?
“I am the LORD your God. Do not commit adultery.”
Do I use impure or suggestive words?
Like the adulterous woman, Jesus does
not condemn us but pleads with us to “Go
and from now on do not sin again.”
John 8:11
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Do you steal attention from
those who need it most?
Do I steal attention from
those who need it most,
because of my own self
importance?
“I am the LORD your God. Do not steal.”
Like, Zaccaeus the Tax collector have I stolen what is
not mine?
Have I downloaded
music, films, TV
programmes, books
illegally from the
internet?
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Do I tell lies?
When I have done something wrong, am I
honest and accept my punishment.
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Have I
been
dishonest
when
asked for
the truth?
“I am the LORD your God. Do not give false witness.”
Like Thomas do I not recognise
the truth of the risen Jesus?
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Am I jealous of what
others have?
Do I focus on other people’s
strengths and gifts, rather than
recognising the gifts God has
given me?
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“I am the LORD your God. Do not covet your neighbours things.”
Matthew when he was a tax collector, before he was changed by Jesus regularly stole from
people around him
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