Resources
Phone: 262-689-9725
E-Mail: womenofchrist@gmail.com
Examination of Conscience
- Am I generous in the way I live the precepts of the church?
- Did I skip Sunday Mass? Did I try to make the most of it, even if distracted? Did I tune it out and not try to tune back in?
- Did I sacrifice other things for the sake of the Sabbath on Sunday, or did I, in effect, sacrifice the Sabbath for the sake of other things?
- Have I been “saying” my prayers instead of “praying” them? Or neither? Do I begin and end my day in prayer? Do I only turn to God when I’m in need?
- What have I done to increase my faith, hope and love? Do I pray for more faith, hope and love?
- Do I dwell on my worries instead of dismissing them from my mind?
- Do I fail in the virtue of hope by my attachment to the things of this world?
- Do I try to see God’s providence in everything that “happens” in my life?
- Do I try to see everything from the viewpoint of eternity?
- Am I confident that, with God’s grace, I will be saved?
- Do I allow myself to worry about my past life and thus weaken my hope in God‘s mercy?
- How often today have I complained, even internally? Have I been moody or angry?
- Did I put myself at the service of others, or have I used others for my sake?
- Did I show my spouse(children, parents, other family) love in words and actions?
- Did I respect my spouse(children, parents, other family) enough to be honest with them?
- How am I with my children? Am I careful about the example I set? Do I try to build their character, or is my discipline reactive, based on what bugs me?
- How am I with my friends? Do I always make things go my way? Do I go along with them, even in what is morally offensive? Do I initiate or participate in gossip?
- Have I dwelt on what I considered someone’s unkindness toward me today?
- How am I with my employer? Do I make the best use of my time? Do I behave with gratitude for my employment?
- How am I with those I oversee? Do I ignore their issues unless I have to deal with them? Am I overly lenient to save face? Am I too strict?
- Is there someone that I consciously avoid because I dislike the person?
- Do I battle the capital sins in myself? (Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth.)
- Do I live my Christian principles when no one is watching? Online? At work? In what I read? In what I watch? In what I listen to? In the car?
- Am I a different person in my thoughts? Do I think things about others I could never say? Or do I strive to live the Golden Rule starting in my own heart?
- What have I done to improve my character? How have I fought against attachments that hold me back?
- Did I send God away and block him out of certain areas of my life – social life, leisure life, work life, studies, etc.?
- “Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother…”(John 19:25). Do I turn to Mary, teacher of the hidden and silent sacrifice, to be strong in the face of difficulties that arise in my life?
