Examination of Conscience:

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EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE:

Almighty and Merciful God, Whose mercy is boundless and everlasting and of Whose goodness the riches are infinite, I thank You because You have so graciously pardoned all my sins and restored Your Heavenly favor. I am awed by Your divine compassion and the incomprfehensible love of Your Son, which has led Him to institute so gentle and powerful a remedy for sins. In union with all the gratitude that has ever ascended to You from truly penitent hearts, I proclaim Your merciful praises on behalf of all in Heaven, on earth and in purgatory, for ever and ever. Amen.

PRAYER AFTER CONFESSION:

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of hell. But most of all, because they offend Thee, my God, Who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my lfe. Amen.
 

The Sacrament of Reconciliation: - Examination of Conscience


Information from the Fathers of Mercy Auburn, KY 42206 - www.fathersofmercy.com
  • "For those occasions when I have taken the kindness and generosity of others for granted....

  • "For the times when I have been impatient, distant, or unwilling to communicate with those who have a legitimate claim on my time and attention, especially my family...

  • " For demanding more of others than I have the courage to ask of myself...

  • " For the times when I have been a poor steward of God's gifts...

  • " For my sins of omission; those occasions where I've let the problems others fail to move me to compassioate service...

  • " For the times I have spoken unkind words, and participated in gossip about others...

  • " For the times I may have withheld forgiveness of someone who has hurt me...

  • " For the dark and hidden places in myself, where my own poor choices have wounded me most deeply caused me to question my own worth...

  • " Did I deny or doubt God's existence?

  • " Did I refuse to believe God's revelation?

  • " Did I believe in horoscopes, fortune telling, dreams, good luck charms or reincarnation?
  • " Did I deny that I was a Catholic?

  • " Did I abandon the Catholic Faith?

  • " Did I despair of or presume on God's mercy?

  • " Did I neglect prayer for a long time?

  • " Did I blaspheme God or take God's Name in vain, curse or break an oath or vow?

  • " Did I miss Mass on a Sunday or on a Holy Day of Obligation

  • " Am I always reverent in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament?

  • " Was I inattentive at Mass?

  • " Did I arrive at Mass late?

  • " Did I leave Mass early?

  • " Did I do unnecessary servile work on Sunday?

  • " Did I disobey or disrespect my parents or legitimate superiors?

  • " Did I neglect my duties to my husband, wife, children or parents?

  • " Did I fail to actively take an interest in the religious education and formation of my children?

  • " Have I failed to educate myself concerning the teaching of the Church?

  • " Did I give a full day's work in return for a full day's pay?

  • " Did I give scandal by what I said or did, especially to the young?

  • " Was I the cause of anyone abandoning the Catholic Faith?

  • " Did I give a fair wage to my employee(s)?

  • " Was I impatient, angry, envious, unkind, proud, jealous, revengeful, hateful toward others or lazy?

  • " Did I give bad example, abuse drugs, drink alcohol to excess, fight or quarrel?

  • " Did I physically injure or kill anyone?

  • " Have I had or advised anyone to have an abortion?

  • " Did I participate in or approve the grave evil known as 'mercy killing' or euthanasia?

  • " Did I attempt suicide?

  • " Did I willfully entertain impure thoughts and desires?

  • " Did I dress immodestly?

  • " Did I use impure or suggestive words?

  • " Did I tell impure stories or listen to them?

  • " Did I deliberately look at impure television, internet, plays, pictures or movies?

  • " Did I deliberately read impure material?

  • " Did I perform impure acts by myself (masturbation) or with another (adultry, fornication or sodomy)?

  • " Did I marry or advise another to marry outside the Church?

  • " Did I abuse my marriage rights?

  • " Was I unfaithful to my marriage vows?

  • " Have I kept company with someone else's spouse?

  • " Did I practice artificial birth control or was I or my spouse permanently sterlilzed (tubal ligation or vasectomy)?

  • " Did I steal, cheat, help or encourge others to steal or keep stolen goods?

  • " Have I made restitution for stolen goods?

  • " Did I fullill my contracts, give or accept bribes, pay my bills, rashly gamble or speculate or deprive my family of the necessities of life?

  • " Did I tell lies? Deliberately in order to deceive or injure others?

  • " Did I commit perjury?

  • " Did I vote in accordance with a properly informed conscience, in a way consistent with the teachings of the Church, in regard to the sactity of human life and human life issues?

  • " Was I uncharitable in word or deed?

  • " Did I gossip or reveal the faults and sins of others?

  • " Did I fail to keep secrets that I should have kept?

  • " Did I eat meat on Fridays during Lent or on Ash Wednesday?

  • " Did I fast as required on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?

  • " Did I fail to receive Holy Communion during the Easter Season?

  • " Did I fail to confess my sins at least once a year?

  • " Did I go to Holy Communion in the state of mortal sin?

  • " Did I go to Holy Communion without fasting for one hour or more from food and drink (water and medicine are permitted)?

  • " Did I make a bad Confession?

  • " Did I deliberately not tell all the sins I committed during one of my Confessions?

  • " Did I fail to contribute to the support of the Church?

 

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