Examination of Conscience

Did I deny or doubt God’s existence?
Did I refuse to believe God’s revelation?
Have I gone to a fortune teller, used good luck charms or practiced any other form of the Occult?
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 do unnecessary physical work on Sunday?
Did I disobey or disrespect my parents or legitimate superior?
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?
Did I give a full day’s work in return for my full day’s pay?
Did I give a fair wage to my employee?
Did I give scandal by what I said or did, especially to the young?
Was I the cause of anyone leaving the Faith?
Was I impatient, angry, envious, unkind, proud, jealous, revengeful, hateful toward others, lazy?
Did I give bad example, abuse drugs, drink alcohol to excess, fight or quarrel?
Did I physically injure or kill anyone?
Have or advise for an abortion?
Did I participate in or approve of the grave evil known as “mercy killing?”
Did I attempt suicide?
Did I willfully entertain impure thoughts and desires?
Did I dress immodestly?
Did I use impure or suggestive words?
Tell impure stories?
Or listen to them?
Did I deliberately look at impure things, TV, videos, plays, pictures or movies?
Or deliberately read impure material?
Did I commit an impure act by myself or with another?
Did I abuse my marriage rights?
Was I unfaithful to my marriage vows?
Have I kept company with someone else’s spouse?
Did I steal, cheat, help or encourage others to steal, or keep stolen goods?
Have I made restitution for stolen goods?
Did I fulfill my contracts, give or accept bribes, pay my bills, rashly gamble or speculate, deprive my family of necessities of life?
Did I tell lies?
Deliberately to deceive?
Or injure others by lies?
Did I commit perjury?
Was I uncharitable in word or deed, gossip or reveal others’ faults and sins?
Fail to keep secrets I should have?