{"id":16779,"date":"2015-10-02T01:01:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=16779"},"modified":"2015-09-08T06:38:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:38:52","slug":"an-examination-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/10\/02\/an-examination-of-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"An Examination of Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

For you to make a good confession you need to examine your conscience<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is necessary to evaluate the conscience\u00a0with courage, in the light of the Holy Spirit. <\/span>And to hide nothing from the priest, because there it represents Jesus himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/b> -Do I love God more than the things, people and my programs? <\/span>Or have I worshiped false gods, like the pleasure of sex before or outside marriage, the pleasure of gluttony, pride showed up, the vanity of showing off etc.?<\/span><\/p>\n

2<\/b> -Have I, against the law of God, sought power, knowledge, wealth, solutions to my problems in prohibited things as horoscopes, birth chart, reading cards, Buzios, Tarot readings, pyramids, crests, spiritism, macumba, candombl\u00e9, black magic, summoning the dead, reading of the hands etc.? Have I<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0cultivated superstition?<\/b> <\/span>Fingers crossed, amulets, elves, gnomes and stuff? <\/span>Hear songs that influence me and cause alienation, violence, desire for sex, rebellion and depravity?<\/span><\/p>\n

3<\/b> -I Pray, trust God, looking for the Church, participate in the Holy Mass on Sundays?<\/b> <\/span>I confess? <\/span>I share?<\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/b> – I read<\/strong>\u00a0the Gospels,<\/b> the living Word of Jesus, or is it that it is\u00a0\u00a0a stranger to me?<\/p>\n

5<\/b> -Do I respect, love and defend God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the angels and saints, the sacred things or am I a blasphemer who acts as an enemy of Jesus?<\/p>\n

6<\/b> -Do I Love, honor, help my parents or my brothers, my family? <\/span>Or am I “a problem” in my house? Do I make<\/span>\u00a0my parents cry? Am I<\/span>\u00a0a son or daughter who only knows how to demand and require? Do\u00a0<\/span>I lie and I’m faking with them? Do I l<\/span>ive the commandment: “honor your father and mother”?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

7<\/b> -How’s my dating? <\/span>Do I see my girlfriend or boyfriend as an object of pleasure for me, as a cigarette I smoke and then throw\u00a0out? Is he or she\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0a “person” with which I want to live, or just a “thing” to give me pleasure?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

8<\/b> \u2013 Do I live sex life before marriage, out of God’s plan? Do I think<\/span>\u00a0thoughts, words and deeds regarding issues such as masturbation, porn magazines, movies, erotic shows and provocative clothes? Do I live in\u00a0<\/span>homosexuality?<\/span><\/p>\n

9<\/b> -Respect my body and my health, which are gifts of God? <\/span>Or will I destroy my body, which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, with prostitution, drugs, high-risk adventures, quarrels, violence, provocation etc.?<\/span><\/p>\n

10<\/b> -I’m honest or to the other? Do I fool\u00a0<\/span>my parents?\u00a0Take<\/span>\u00a0money from them or hide it from them? Have\u00a0<\/span>I stole something from somebody, even if it’s something without much value?Did I\u00a0<\/span>return it?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

11<\/b> \u2013 Did I wrong\u00a0someone? <\/span>Hurt someone with words, thoughts, attitudes, weapons? Did\u00a0<\/span>I deny my forgiveness to someone? Did I seek\u00a0<\/span>revenge? Do\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>I hate someone?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

12<\/b> -Did I speak ill of others? <\/span>gossiping, destroying the honor and good name of individuals?Am\u00a0<\/span>I a slanderer and tattler? Do I\u00a0<\/span>Live judging and condemning others?<\/b>\u00a0Am\u00a0<\/span>I compassionate, patient and meek? Do\u00a0<\/span>I forgive as Jesus does?<\/span><\/p>\n

13<\/b> – I’m humble<\/b>, simple, helpful and real friend?<\/p>\n

14<\/b> – Am I charitable, Do I know how to suffer to help those in need from me?<\/span>
\nDo I share what I have or am I selfish?<\/span><\/p>\n

15<\/b> -Am I detached from material things, money?<\/p>\n

16<\/b> -Am I\u00a0greedy? Do I\u00a0<\/span>live just to eat?<\/span><\/p>\n

17<\/b> -Is my drinking \u00a0out of control? Do I l<\/span>et the alcohol destroy my life and my family’s disgrace?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

18<\/b> -Am I lazy? <\/span>Don’t work right? Do I\u00a0<\/span>spoil myself?<\/span><\/p>\n

19<\/b> -Do I feel anger and don’t forgive the evil done to me? Do I d<\/span>esire revenge against someone? am\u00a0<\/span>I mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

20 <\/b>-AmI jealous? <\/span>W<\/span>ishing evil to others?<\/span>
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