{"id":17169,"date":"2016-02-04T01:01:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T06:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=17169"},"modified":"2015-12-17T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T23:04:13","slug":"an-examination-of-conscience-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2016\/02\/04\/an-examination-of-conscience-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Examination of Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

For you to make a good confession you need to examine your conscience<\/h2>\n

It is necessary to evaluate your conscience with courage, in the light of the Holy Spirit. <\/span>And not to hide something from\u00a0the priest, because he\u00a0represents 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 , the vanity of showing off, of wanting to be “the good one” etc.?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nPhoto: Yamin\/cancaonova.com<\/sup><\/p>\n

Cultivation of superstitions<\/h3>\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, Tarot readings, pyramids, crests, spiritism, macumba, black magic, summoning the dead, palm reading? Have\u00a0<\/span>I cultivated superstition? <\/span>Fingers crossed, amulets, elves, gnomes and stuff? Do I listen to\u00a0<\/span>songs that influence me and cause alienation, violence, desire for sex, rebellion and depravity?<\/span><\/p>\n

3<\/b> -Do I Pray, trust God, look\u00a0to\u00a0the Church, participate in the Holy Mass on Sundays? Do <\/span>I confess? <\/span>I share?<\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/b> -Do I read the Gospels, the living Word of Jesus, or is it that you are a stranger to me?<\/p>\n

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

6<\/b> -Love, honor, help my parents and siblings, my family? <\/span>Or am I “a problem” in my house?Do I make\u00a0<\/span>my parents cry? <\/span>I am a child\u00a0\u00a0who only knows how to demand and require? Do I\u00a0<\/span>lie and am I fooling\u00a0them? Do I l<\/span>ive the commandment: “honor your father and mother”?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Live the chastity<\/h3>\n

7<\/b> -How’s my dating life? <\/span>Do I see my date as an object of pleasure for me, like a cigarette I smoke and play the “bita” out? Is\u00a0my date\u00a0<\/span>a “person” with which I want to live, or is my date\u00a0just a “thing” to give me pleasure?<\/span><\/p>\n

8<\/b> \u2013 Do I live sexbefore marriage, out of God’s plan?\u00a0Do I invite<\/span>\u00a0thoughts, words and deeds regarding issues such as masturbation, porn magazines, movies, erotic shows and provocative clothes? do I l<\/span>ive homosexuality?<\/span><\/p>\n

9<\/b> -Do I 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> -Am I honest or do I fake\u00a0the other? Do I fool<\/span>\u00a0my parents? Do I secretly g<\/span>et money away from them? Did\u00a0<\/span>I steal something from somebody, even if it’s something without much value? It is a<\/span>lready returned?<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m a vengeful person<\/h3>\n

11<\/b> \u2013 Have I wronged someone? Have I\u00a0<\/span>Hurt someone with words, thoughts, attitudes, \u00a0weapons? Have\u00a0<\/span>I denied my forgiveness to someone? <\/span>Wanted revenge? Have I hated\u00a0<\/span>someone?<\/span><\/p>\n

12<\/b> -Do I speak ill of others? Do I gossip<\/span>, destroying the honor and good name of individuals? Am\u00a0<\/span>I a slanderer and tattler? Do I l<\/span>ive judging and condemning others? Am I\u00a0<\/span>compassionate, patient and meek?Do I <\/span>\u00a0know to forgive as Jesus commands?<\/span><\/p>\n

13<\/b> -Am I\u00a0humble, simple, helpful and real friend?<\/p>\n

14<\/b> -Do I live charity, Do I know suffer to help those in need?<\/span>
\nDo I share what I have with\u00a0others or am I selfish?<\/span><\/p>\n

15<\/b> -Am I\u00a0detached from material things,money?<\/p>\n

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Sin of gluttony<\/h3>\n

16<\/b> -Am I greedy? Do I live to eat or eat to live<\/span>?<\/span><\/p>\n

17<\/b> -Is my\u00a0drinking out of control? Do I l<\/span>et the alcohol destroy my life and disgrace my family?<\/span><\/p>\n

18<\/b> -Am I lazy? <\/span>Don’t work well? Do\u00a0<\/span>Leave all my stuff around?\u00a0Am I spoiling myself?<\/span><\/p>\n

19<\/b> -Do I feel anger and refuse to forgive what another did to me? Do I d<\/span>esire revenge against someone?am I\u00a0<\/span>mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

20 <\/b>-am I jealous?\u00a0<\/span>Do I wish evil upon others?<\/span><\/p>\n

From the book: “Jovem, levanta-te” [Young Man, Get up]<\/em><\/p>\n

Prof Felipe Aquino<\/p>\n

Professor Felipe Aquino\u00a0is a\u00a0widower, father of five children. <\/span>On TV Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova he presents the program \u201cEscola da F\u00e9\u201d [School of faith] and \u201cPergunte e Responderemos\u201d [Ask and respond], on Radio he presents the program \u201cin the heart of the Church\u201d. <\/span>On weekends he preaches deepening meetings throughout Brazil and abroad. He w<\/span>rote 73 books of Catholic background by publishers, Loyola and Cleopas and Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova. His t<\/span>eacher\u2019s page:www.cleofas.com.br<\/a>\u00a0Twitter: @pfelipeaquino<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For you to make a good confession you need to examine your conscience It is necessary to evaluate your conscience with courage, in the light of the Holy Spirit. And not to hide something from\u00a0the priest, because he\u00a0represents Jesus himself….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25884,18855],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17170,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17169\/revisions\/17170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}