EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE

FIVE STEPS FOR A GOOD CONFESSION

1.       Recall all your sins in a proper order

Recall all the sins committed against God’s Commandments and the Commandments of the Church. The sins remembered are to be noted down on a piece of paper, it will help in making a good confession without missing out any sin.

2.       Repent on these sins

Repent therefore, and turn to God, that your sins may be blotted out (Acts 3:19).

3.       Promise not to sin again

The knowledge of the consequences of sin and the occasions that lead to sin is to be considered.

          It is also important to make a strong decision not to repeat these sins again.

4.       Confess to a priest all the sins

All the sins that have not been confessed in the last confession along with the sins committed until today must be confessed.

When in doubt, whether a sin has been confessed or not, it is better to include that sin in the confession. If any sin has been confessed previously with true repentance then there is no need to mention these sins in the confession again.  They have already been forgiven.  Is 43:18-19, Is 44:22, Is 38:17, Ps 103:12, Job 14:17, Micah 7:19, Is 65:17, Is 51:8, Jer 31:34, Heb 8:12, Heb 10:17.  In the confessional God not only grants forgiveness of sins but also gives the grace not to fall into sin again.  Ps 32:5-6, Prov 28:13, Baruch 4:28, Hosea 12:6, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 14:4, Baruch 5:1-2, Ezek 36:25-33

5.       Fulfill the penance given by the priest

After confession, if it is possible to fulfill the penance do it immediately or else if it is something that  can only be done later, do not prolong it.  Remember to offer thanks giving and praise to God who forgave your sins.  And if you remain for some time in the presence of the Lord, you may experience the grace of deliverance of sin and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  Apart from this, every feeling of guilt will also be erased and you will receive the grace not to sin again.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

FIRST COMMANDMENT

“I am the Lord your God; you shall have no other gods before me.” (Exod 20:2-3, Deut 5:6-7)

1.       Have I been close to other gods and worshiped them? Have I believed in blackmagic, horoscope and occult?

Lev 20:6, 2 King 17:17, Ps 16:4, Deut 31:16-18, Deut 13:1-3, Is 47:12-15, Exod 20:4-5

2.       Have I forsaken the Living God and gone after black magic, occult, sorcery, rahu, astrology and horoscope?

3.       Without depending on God have I rather trusted in the messages given through daily horoscope, palmistry, orniscopy (predicting the future from behavior of birds) etc? Jer 23:16, 1Sam 28-3-19, Ezek 13:17-23, Judges 2:19, Lev 19:31, Lev 20:6-7, Deut 18:9-13

4.       Have I put on or preserved magic bands, girdles, offered threads etc. on myself or encouraged others to do so? Ezek 13:20

5.       Have I buried any items of black magic in the house or in the compound? Deut 7:25-26

6.       Have I believed or practiced or encouraged others towards Palmistry, orniscopy (predicting the future from the behavior of birds), shell predictions, Ouija board, ink pattern predictions?

7.       Have I encouraged or accompanied anyone to black magic or any other such evil practices?

8.       Have I made any vows or made offerings at places of worship of other gods? Exod 23:24, Exod 23:33

9.       Have I indulged in idolatry or made offerings to idols? 2 King 17:16, Lev 19:4, Wisd 14:8-11, 1Cor 10:6-7

10.     Have I kept or consumed any offerings made at places of worship of pagan gods like flowers, water, ashes and Prasad? 1 Cor 10:19-20, Acts 15:29.

11.     Have I indulged in horoscope reading, rahu prediction, face reading, vastu shastra, worshipping or serving Satan Gal 4:10-11

12.     Have I believed and acted as per superstitions like black cat crossing, lizard croaking, right leg first, if one makes a mistake once, three times it will go wrong, fourth daughter, etc? Rom 14:23

13.     Have I given any of the Saints a place higher than God himself? Adoration is only for God. Saints are to be given the highest form of respect which is veneration. Worshipping of saints or depending on Saints more than God or making offerings out of fear of Saints or giving more importance to novenas and feasts of Saints than to Holy Eucharist is wrong and sinful.  Christ centered spirituality is of utmost importance and veneration of Saints should lead us more to Christ and should only be secondary to Christ in every way.

14.     Have I tried to please men rather than please God? Gal 1:10

15.     Do I have pride in me? Have I given credit to myself for the gifts given to me by God and for Gods interventions in my life? 1 Cor 4:7, Sir 3:28, Sir 10:6-18

16.     If you do not consider the positions, prestige, authority, property, profession, income, success as gifts from God, but have a greater attachment towards them it will turn into idols.  Because, these are gifts from God, they are to be accepted and utilized, and these are given, to bring you to closer to God. Mt 19:21, 24, Lk 16:14-15

17.     “Am I stubborn? Have I been adamant about my opinions, wishes, desires and decisions and disrespectful towards the opinions of others?

18.     Am I Selfish? Do I give importance to my own selfish interests and not care for the well being of others while doing so? (Rom 2:8)

19.     Do I have a great desire for the things of the world? Are my ornaments, clothes, makeup and celebrations all in moderation or are they over the top and lavish? (Sir 11:2, 4)

20.     Do I indulge in Gluttony? Am I adamant about eating expensive food and food that tastes good all the time? Consuming food or drinks that are harmful to my body is sin. Sir 31:20-21, Sir 37:29-31

21.     Am I addicted to television or movies? Am I addicted to mobile phones, telephonic conversations and internet browsing? The recreations allowed by God that increases the grace of God is good.  The usage of the above things is not wrong in itself when used for the Glory of God.

22.     Do I consume alcohol, drugs, ‘paan’, tobacco ‘ghutka’ or do I smoke or indulge in gambling and playing cards? Rom 13:13, Lk 21:34, Gal 5:19-21, 1 Cor 6:10, 1 Cor 5:11, Eph 5:18, Mt 24:48-51, Zeph 1:12-13, Habakkuk 2:5, Amos 6:6-7, Hosea 4:11, Sir 9:9, Sir 19:1-2, Sir 26:8, Sir 31:25, Prov 20:1, Prov 23:20-21, Prov 23:30-35, Lev 10:8-9

23.     Have I encouraged or lured other people in to any wrong activity or bad habit? Lk 17:1-2

24.     Have I been grateful for the gifts and blessings that I have received from God? Rom 1:21, Lk 17:18-19

25.     Have I not worked towards the growth and use of the talents and gifts that I have been given. Have I ever not been thankful for the gifts and blessing that I have received from God?

26.     Have I ever given anyone/anything top most priority over God? E.g.: Wealth, person, position, body, beauty, prestige, addictive substances, worldly luxuries, job, family, authority, recognition, friends, etc.

27.     Have I ever defaced the reputation or troubled or spoken ill of any of God’s specially anointed religious and consecrated people (Pope, bishops, priests, religious nuns); similarly, have I ever discouraged or mocked children or youth who have answered their call for the religious life? Ps 105:15, Jude.8

28.     Have I ever raised an unlawful suite or case against any person or institution committed to the ministry of God?

SECOND COMMANDMENT

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” (Exod 20:7, Deut 5:11)

1.       Have I ever falsely used the name of the Lord or have I spoken lie in the name of the Lord or swear in the name of the Lord in vain?

2.       Have I ever spoken in hatred (blasphemed) about God? Rom 2:24

3.       Have I ever spoken disrespectfully or spoken against blessed saints and pious articles?

4.       Have I ever co-operated and been an accomplice to unbelievers of Christ ?   2 Jn 9-11

5.       Have I ever hesitated in witnessing and testifying Jesus Christ as God in front of others? Rom 10:9, Lk 9:26.

6.       Have I ever associated with people who misinterpret/misconstrue the Word of God and are against the beliefs and faith of the Catholic Church? Have I encouraged them to come home or concentrated and paid heed to any of their preaching’s and teachings or even participated in any of their prayer meetings? (Jer 23:36)

7.       Have I ever wished for the downfall of others or desired their destruction or hoped for things against their betterment or spoken in bitterness or cursed others or said things like God will question them and punish them?

8.       For my selfish, physical and worldly desires or goals, have I ever misused the Word of God or the ministry of the word? Have I given false messages as messages of God for my own selfish interests? Ezek 13:7-8

9.       Do I not read, meditate and study the Holy Bible daily? Have I not ever helped for the proclamation of the Word of God? Deut 6:6-9, Deut 17:19

10.     Have AI ever misinterpreted the word of God or ignored and dishonoured divine messages received from God?

11.     All the vows are for the glory of God alone and have I ever intentionally not honoured or kept the vows that I had pledged? Do I have a habit of taking a vow for every small thing in life? Sir 18:22-23, Deut 23:21-23

12.     Have you ever felt hatred, extreme disinterest and an indifference towards God or have you ever caused such negative feelings within others? Have you ever spoken against or cursed or tested the Lord our God? Is 28:22, Lk 4:12

THIRD COMMANDMENT

“Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy.”

1.       Have I intentionally missed the Holy Eucharistic celebration on Sundays and other days of obligation? Due to my inappropriate clothing, stance or behavior, have I ever caused others to be distracted during the Holy mass? Have I been involved in hard labour or other unimportant chores on such days  or forced others to do so causing hindrance to their devotional activities; or have I disrespected, dishonoured or been disinterested during the times set aside for prayer and other devotional things? Deut 5:12-15, Is 58:13-14

2.       Have I received Holy Communion unworthily (with mortal sins)? 1 Cor 11:26-32, Jn 13:27, Wisd 6:10.

3.       Have I been a member of the Church of Satan or have I read the Satanic Bible made by the founder of this Church, LaVey; or adulterated my faith by participating in the Black mass or adoration; or have I stolen and given them the Blessed Sacrament for their use? Heb 6:4-8

4.       Have I been involved in hard labour on Sundays or got others to do the same? Exod 20:10, Exod 23:12

5.       How is my prayer life? Have I ever ignored or stopped my personal prayer? Have I ever avoided the family prayer or stayed aloof and instead indulged in other worldly activities and pleasures at that time? Mk 14:37-38

6.       Have I ever received any of the sacraments without preparation, unworthily or without faith?

7.       Have I kept long periods of time between confessions and thus caused myself to forget the sins that I may have committed? Sir 5:7, Sir 7:8, Is 58:6

8.       Have you fasted on the days as instructed by the Church? (Isaiah 58:6)

9.       Have I eaten meat or consumed intoxicating substances on Fridays?

10.     It is a sin not be married in the Church and yet live as husband and wife only with a Registered/Civil marriage.  Divorcing the spouse married, in the church, and living with another person is a sin.  Have I only been married in the Civil court and not in the Church or ever encouraged and supported others to do the same? Judges 3:6, 1 King 11:1-13, Lk 16:18, Mt 5:31-32, Mt 19:9, 1 Cor 7:10-11, Tobit 4:12.

11.     Have I stayed away from offering my due tithe and other contributions to the Church or Gods evangelization ministries? Exod 35:21

12.     Have I disapproved, opposed or caused hindrance to the preaching and proclamation of God’s word or have I ever spoken or acted against such activities?

13.     Have my actions ever been disrespectful or in any way lead to the desecration of the house of God?

14.     Have I been married in the Lenten season or is my spouse, one who is ousted from the church?

15.     Have I ever reacted with unbelief or doubt or dishonoured the plan of God for the salvation and welfare of myself or others; or have I even spoken against this ?

FOURTH COMMANDMENT

“Honor your father and mother.” (Exod 20:12)

1.       Have I ever dishonored my parents? Is 45:10, Sir 3:2-16

2.       Have there been times when I have not loved my parents or disobeyed them or hurt them in anyway? Sir 7:27-28, Eph 6:1, Lev 20:9, Prov 20:20, Prov 28:24

3.       At times of sickness, old age and other needs of my parents, have I failed to serve and help them in every way possible? Sir 3:12-16.

4.       Have I disobeyed any elderly person or person of authority or teachers; or been disrespectful towards them in anyway? 1 Time 5:1-2

5.       On realizing that I would not inherit any ancestral property or wealth from my aged and sick parents, did I stop caring for them, or lead them to an untimely death by not serving them in any way or leaving them unattended without any medical care and attention? Prov 30:17

6.       Have I refrained from offering mass and other prayers for the salvation of the souls of my dead parents and ancestors? Sir 22:12

7.       Have I lived my married life without accepting God’s gift of children and only enjoying the sexual pleasures involved; or have I delayed or evaded the blessed act of child bearing? Jer 29:4-6.

8.       Have I ever been unsupportive towards the spiritual, emotional and physical growth of my children and have I been reluctant in supporting their education in anyway? 1 Time 5:8

9.       In my futile anger or stubbornness have I even punished, troubled, derided, slammed or cursed my children? Sir 21:27

10.     Do I continually discourage my children and fail to appreciate their good acts and am I always criticizing their actions and putting them down in front of others thus causing hurts in them and eventually hampering their growth? Eph 6:4

11.     Have I only worked towards the betterment of my children’s future careers, educational qualification and financial prospects and in turn ignored their spiritual growth or any calling they might have had for the work of God by sacrificing their worldly life? Jer 29:11-1

12.     In revenge or anger have I withheld the rightful inheritance of my children and instead given it away to other people?

13.     Have there been times when I have received a message about the will of God for me from an anointed priest or a counselor and instead of paying heed to this plan have I instead disregarded and mocked the same? Malachi 2:7, Rom 13:1-2

FIFTH COMMANDMENT

“You shall not kill.” (Exod 20:13, Deut 5:17)

1.       Have I ever murdered anyone or been the cause of anyone’s death? Have I conspired with anyone to kill? Mt 5:21-22

2.       During strikes, agitated movements, road blocks, work related agitations and other such public movements of disruptions in the community, have I ever hurt anyone physically or mentally or caused the death of any person?

3.       For national political parties or for other such groups and communities or for acquiring wealth or vindictive acts or in situations of short tempered reactions, have I ever hurt or troubled anyone?

4.       Have I ever aborted a child? The woman who aborted, the man responsible for the conception, the doctor who conducted the process, people who assisted in the procedure, people who encouraged this, people who could have stopped it from happening yet did not react appropriately are all guilty of this sin.

5.       Have I ever attempted an abortion or decided on going ahead with an abortion or had the desire to do the same and even though the act was not completed in actuality, I am still guilty for the sin since I have committed it in my mind and there is a need to confess the same.

6.       Have I ever attempted suicide or caused another’s or encouraged any other person for the same? Ps 49:7

7.       Do you hate anyone? Anyone who hates a brother is a murderer. (1 Jn 3:15) According to this word of God, hatred is equivalent to murder. Heb 12:15, Sir 28:1-7, Sir 25:14

8.       Have I ever indulged in smoking, consumption of alcohol, drugs and other such substances that cause physical damage to the body, emotional illnesses, and mental tortures and thus harmed myself? Have I spent the wealth, granted to me as a gift by God, in such malpractices; and have I sinned against God and my brethren in doing so?

9.       With the sole motive of amassing wealth, have I ever worked unceasingly thus tiring and hurting my body? Ps 127:2

10.     By the consumption of harmful food substances and an unhealthy diet have I harmed my body?

11.     Have I defaced anyone by slander or gossip and thus been a cause for disrupting their life? Sir 28:13-17

12.     Have I ever hurt anyone by calling of a wedding or breaking up a married relationship?

13.     Has my sending of an anonymous letter or mail ever caused someone’s marriage to be broken up or name to be belittled or someone’s job to be sabotaged? Sir 28:20-21

SIXTH & NINTH COMMANDMENT

“VI You shall not commit adultery.” (Exod 20:14, Deut 5:18)

“IX Neither shall ;you covet your neighbours wife” (Exod 20:17, Deut 5:21)

1.       Have I committed adultery? Prov 7:22-23, 1 Sam 2:22-25

2.       Have I ever looked at any woman or man with lust or in an unholy manner? Mt 5:27-28

3.       By indulging in sexually immoral acts like masturbation, homosexuality, pornography and reading filthy books with similar texts, have I defiled the holiness of my mind and body? 1 Cor 3:16-17, 1 Cor 6:19-20, 1 Thes 4:3-8, Rom 1:26-32, Rom 12.

4.       With my stare or look, speech, behavior or body language, have I ever caused anyone to be lured into unholy and sexual desires in their emotions and thoughts? Prov 6:12-15

5.       Have I failed to accept my desires and thoughts as God’s gift and thus refrained from thanking and praising God for the same? Unholy desires are not received from God. Have I lagged in controlling the emotions? Sir 9:1-9, Prov 7:10-27, Prov 25:28

6.       Has my speech, look, touch, behavior, telephonic conversations, letters or mails sent, ever caused another person to sin? Mt 5:27-30, Mt 18:6-9, 1 Cor 8:12

7.       Have I ever raped or molested anyone? (Gen 34:1-29) – Negative Consequences of Rape

8.       Have I ever misused any of my family members or brethren to satisfy my sexual pleasures? 1 Cor 6:12-20

9.       Have I ever been complacent with my body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit and been careless, not cared enough and desecrated it in anyway?

10.     Have I discouraged myself from growing in spirituality and purity? 1 Pet 1:15-16

11.     Have I subjected myself to see vulgar pictures, books, movies, posters or websites in anyway and thus sinned? Also, have I ever been responsible in production and distribution of such items? Mt 6:22-23

12.     Have I led myself to sin through vulgar conversations and songs? Have I exchanged any vulgar conversations over online chat or emails? 2 Tim 2:16-1

13.     Have I fantasized and encouraged unholy thoughts? Sir 37: 16-19

14.     Have I indulged in bestiality i.e. sexual acts with animals? Lev 20:15

15.     Did I have sexual relations with my fiance before I was married; then, did I receive the sacrament of Holy Matrimony (without repenting and confessing this sin)?

16.     Have I undergone any medical procedures for birth control?

17.     Have I used contraceptives of any kinds and therein prevented the conception and birth of children? Heb 13:4

18.     I.V.F. (In vitro Fertilization) or test tube babies with the disruption of a womb are not ways of God. Have you ever been party to such acts or encouraged or even suggested such techniques?

19.     By disobeying the will of God have I been sexually involved only for the pleasures involved and delayed or prevented child bearing?

20.     Have you been sexually involved with your wife in an inebriated state, i.e. after the consumption of alcohol or drunken state?

21.     During sexual intercourse, have I ever fantasized a person other than my partner?

22.     Have I ever dressed in an immoral or vulgar manner and therein led another person to temptation and unholy thoughts and thus caused him/her to sin? Lk 17:2

23.     By exposing my body have I led others to sin?

24.     With the intention of lusting after or ogling at another person’s body have I resorted to certain actions (like sneaking up or photography)?

25.     Have I ever passed obscene comments, touched anyone with unholy thoughts, looked at a person in a filthy way or indulged in vulgar conversations over the phone or internet?

26.     Have I ever recollected, pondered and fantasized about sexual experiences that I had in the past and thus led myself to sin?

27.     Have I let unholy thoughts and desires linger around in my imagination?

28.     Have I ever led innocent people, children and weak hearted people to sin through my vulgar conversation, look or touch?

SEVENTH & TENTH COMMANDMENT

“VII You shall not steal.”

“X Neither shall you covet your neighbours goods” (Exod 20:15, 17, Deut

5:18, 21)

1.       Have you stolen?

2.       Have you tried to get by sinful ways, what God has not given, nor allowed, nor blessed? Have you accumulated properties by sinful ways? Prov 10:2-3

3.       Have I ever tried to amass wealth or take loans or look out for jobs using deceitful methods like false documents, certificates or credentials?

4.       Have I ever demanded unrightful interest?

5.       Have I mortgaged the properties of those who could not pay back the money I had lent?

6.       Have I forged or manipulated the will document prepared by my parents?

7.       Have I ever tried to extend my property beyond the legitimate or permissible limits? Prov 22:28

8.       Have I failed to return the money I ever borrowed from someone?

9.       Have I included in my wealth, the things I found accidently?

10.     It is unlawful and unfair to withhold the wages or salary of the people I have employed and instead use it for my personal benefits or amass it with my existing property. It is also wrong to demand or accept any salary or payment for myself without working and putting in sufficient efforts.

11.     Have I ever illegally acquired or amassed the property of my neighbor or any other person for myself?

12.     Have I caused hindrance or deprived my neighbours or others of water, roadways, electricity and other such lawful rights?

13.     Have I ever tried to illegitimately annex the property that another person is deserving of?

14.     When another person’s lawfully deserving possession is unjustly withheld in some way or other, have I refused to be perturbed about it thinking that it is not of my concern? Have I not acted in a supportive way in such situations and instead gone against truth and law, favouring the majority at that time?

EIGHT COMMANDMENT

“You shall not bear false.” (Exod 20:16, Deut 5:19)

1.       Do I lie? Sir 20:24

2.       Have there been situations where I have withheld the truth from someone who deserves to know it and as a result have others faced negative consequences due to this negligence of mine?

3.       In courts or any judicial body or council have I ever borne false witness or spoken untruth? Prov 4:24

4.       Have I ever disclosed secrets that I should have kept to myself?

5.       Have I ever spoken about things that in actuality were not true and gained profits in doing so?

6.       Have I ever broken my promises?

CARDINAL SINGS

PRIDE

1.       When pride sets in, a person drifts away from the Lord, It is in pride that we begin to sin, Instead of God, who is all deserving of praise and honour and glory, we give ourselves the position and credit that He deserves, or when we treat the gifts of God as our personal belongings or when we have a superiority complex over others, we fall into the sin of pride. Sir 10:12-13, Obadiah 1:3-4, Sir 10:7,” Prov 16:5, Jer 50:31, Prov 21:24, Prov 16:18, Prov 18:12, Prov 21:4, Sir 3:26-28.

2.       Have I taken pride in anything (beauty, ability, wealth, job, recognition, etc)? Prov 11:2, James 4:6

3.       Have I felt a sense of security in the wealth I possess and led a life without depending on God? Lk 12:15-20, Sir 5:1, Sir 11:19

4.       With the arrogance of the security I feel due to my earthly possessions have I lived with the feeling of not needing anything and an aura of self sufficiency?

5.       Have I ever neglected or avoided the poor, helpless, handicapped and sick? Does even an association of any kind with such people seem like an insult to me? Acts 10:28

6.       Have I ever had the feeling of having a supernatural ability of being able to accomplish anything, or the feeling of being the only one who is able to do things correctly or any other such arrogant thoughts and actions? Deut 8:17-18, Sir 5:2-3, 1 Cor 8:1-2, Sir 3:26-28

7.       I have good health on my side and I need not fear anything; have I lived with this arrogant envision? Sir 10:9

8.       Have I ever claimed myself to be righteous and taken pride in my spirituality or looked down upon sinners and the helpless and lived in the impression of being more virtuous than others? Is 14:12-15, Jer 13:17

9.       Have I ever refused to accept the gifts and blessings of God that I received as His giving with gratitude and instead taken credit for them as being the result of my own ability and efforts, or even admonished such benefits received from the almighty? Daniel 4:29-31, 1 Cor 4:7, Deut 8:13-14, Deut 8:17, Deut 9:4

GREED

1.       In everything I do, is my heart filled with delinquent and sinful intentions and do I always look for my personal benefits and gains? 1 Tim 6:10, Prov 10:2-3, Prov 20:21

2.       In the road to desiring of wealth, have I ever led others to sin and destruction? Have I ever been involved with movie productions of a bad content and their distribution, vulgar and provocative propagation of any kind, distribution of immoral texts and publications, distribution of vulgar songs and audio clips or adulteration of food? Wisdom 15:12, Prov 28:8

3.       Have I ever accumulated wealth by selling alcohol, cigarettes, ‘beedis’, drugs, ‘paan parag’, tobacco and other harmful substances? Have I ever encouraged anyone towards such activities? Prov 22:16

4.       While practicing my business, have I acted in immoral or illegitimate ways and cheated the community/customers in anyway? Have I ever cheated others in measurements and weights or manipulated accounts for my personal benefits and thus acted against Go? Prov 26:18-19, Amos 8:5-6, Prov 11:29, Prov 13:11, Prov 20:10

LUST

1.       “When the desire is conceived it gives birth to sin” (Jam 1:15) Desire is the root of all evils.

2.       To fulfil my sexual desires have I shown a lack of self control and eventually fallen prey to such temptations and sinned?

3.       Have I given a chance for unholy thoughts and desires to grow in me, which defile my body, the temple of the Holy Spirit, or any other person’s body? Rom 8:5-13, Rom 13:14

4.       Instead of discarding such unholy thoughts and desires of lust have I instead lived my life encouraging and nourishing such feelings in me? Gal 5:16-17, 24, Prov 11:22

ANGER

1.       Refrain from strife, and your sins will be fewer; for the hot-tempered kindle strife. (Sir 28:8) Prov 17:1 Prov 12:16, Prov 19:19, Prov 29:22

2.       Uncontrollable anger is sin. (Eph 4:26) Also, it is the root cause of many other mortal sins. Prov 10:12,  Prov 14:17, 29, Prov 15:18, Ecclesiastes 7:9, Mt 5:21-22

3.       Have I ever justified my anger and refrained from freeing myself of the wrath in me? Prov 10:18

4.       In anger have I ever abused or cursed anyone? Gal 5:26

5.       Due to my anger and wrath have I ever caused sadness in another person’s life? Eph 4:26

GLUTTONY

Gluttony is one amongst the sins of the flesh.

1.       Has indulging in food and drink been the ultimate motive of my living? Prov 23:2-3

2.       Have I always demanded food that tastes extremely good and been the kind that otherwise creates a fuss at home, without ever compromising on the taste? Phil 3:19, Ps 78:18

3.       Has the love of food ever led me to evil desire and sinful tendencies? Sir 23:5-6, Prov 23:31-34

4.       Out of my craving, have I ever consumed food that was meant for another person?

ENVY

1.       Envy makes the bones rot. (Prov 14:30)

2.       Where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. James 3:16, Prov 27:4, Prov 6:34, Pro 23:17, 1 Tim 6:4-5

3.       Does witnessing another’s success or another person being honoured more than me, make me envious of him? 1 Sam 18:6-10

4.       Out of jealousy have I ever slandered or spoken falsely about a person and thus caused him/her discomfort in life? Sir 30:24, Sir 9:1

5.       Have I ever been envious of another person’s spirituality and spiritual growth? Have I ever desired their failure in whatever ministry they are involved in? 1 Cor 3:3-4

SLOTH/LAZINESS

1.       Have I in laziness refrained from performing good deeds that I was capable of or was supposed to do Prov 26:13-15, Prov 24:30-31, Prov 10:4, Prov 6:6-11, Prov 18:9, Prov 19:15, 24, Prov 21:25 Prov 12:24, 27, Prov 13:4, Prov 15:19

2.       Have I misused God given precious time, facilities and opportunities in leisure activities like television internet surfing, telephonic conversations or wasted them in sheer laziness, instead of doing good deeds and growing in grace? Prov 26:16-17, 2Thes 3:11-12, Prov 22:13

SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT

1.       The despairing thought of not receiving Salvation,

2.       Presuming to gain salvation without good deeds.

3.       Resisting truths that have been revealed to oneself.

4.       Envious of another’s spiritual good.

5.       Stubbornness in sin and continuing to live in sin.

6.       Staying un-repented until the last hour of life and dying without repentance

TRINITARIAN ADORATION PRAYER

People        :        Heavenly Father, Jesus our Saviour, Holy Spirit our Consoler, we love you, we praise you and worship you (Thrice) Halleluia, Halleluia, Halleluia

Leader        :        Abba father, Purify us in the Holy Blood of Jesus

Response    :        And fill us with your Holy Spirit

People        :        Heavenly Father, Jesus our Saviour.…

“Us” can be replaced by various intentions.

Example     :        Our body, mind, soul, intellect, emotions, behavior, family, members of the family, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, ancestors, the sick, the sinners, those under bondage, students, teachers, spiritual father, kingdoms of the world, the Catholic Church, India, etc.