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Brief Examinationof Conscience

This document provides a brief examination of conscience based on evaluating one's actions and thoughts in relation to the Ten Commandments and two greatest commandments of loving God and others. It encourages reflecting on how well one honors each commandment through their words and treatment of people.

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Brief Examinationof Conscience

This document provides a brief examination of conscience based on evaluating one's actions and thoughts in relation to the Ten Commandments and two greatest commandments of loving God and others. It encourages reflecting on how well one honors each commandment through their words and treatment of people.

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A Brief Examination of Conscience

Based on the Ten Commandments


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I am the Lord your God: you shall not have You shall not bear false witness against your
strange Gods before me. neighbor.
Have I treated people, events, or things as more important Have I gossiped, told lies, or embellished stories at the
than God? expense of another?

You shall not take the name of the Lord your You shall not covet your neighbor’s spouse.
God in vain. Have I honored my spouse with my full affection and
Have my words, actively or passively, put down God, the exclusive love?
Church, or people?
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day. Am I content with my own means and needs, or do I com-
Do I go to Mass every Sunday (or Saturday Vigil) and on pare myself to others unnecessarily?
Holy Days of Obligation (Jan. 1; the Ascension; Aug. 15;
Nov. 1; Dec. 8; Dec. 25)? Do I avoid, when possible, work
that impedes worship to God, joy for the Lord’s Day, and
Christ’s Two Commandments
proper relaxation of mind and body? Do I look for ways to How well do we love God and others? Do we love as
spend time with family or in service on Sunday? Christ calls us to? In the Gospel of Matthew, Christ
gives us Two Commandments: “He said to him, ‘You
Honor your father and your mother. shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with
Do I show my parents due respect? Do I seek to maintain all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great-
good communication with my parents where possible? Do I est and the first commandment. The second is like it:
criticize them for lacking skills I think they should have? You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole
law and the prophets depend on these two com-
You shall not kill. mandments’” (Mt 22:37-40).
Have I harmed another through physical, verbal, or
emotional means, including gossip or manipulation of Not sure what love is? St. Paul describes it for us in
any kind? his Letter to the Corinthians. Is this how you love God
and others? “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jeal-
You shall not commit adultery. ous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not
Have I respected the physical and sexual dignity of others rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-
and of myself? tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not
You shall not steal. rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
Have I taken or wasted time or resources that belonged It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
to another? endures all things. Love never fails” (1 Cor 13:4-8).

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