Examination of  Conscience
            for Those Who Are Not Sure What Sin Is

Do I love God above everything else?  Do I live as a child of God, confident in the Father's mercy?

Am I humble?  Am I mindful of my nothingness?  Do I depend on God as I should?

Am I prideful?  Do I try to make the world revolve around me?  Do I live out a sense of self -sufficiency, imposing my will on others, acting as if I were the cause of good in my life?

Am I presumptuous?  Do I think I can do whatever I want and that it will not matter to God?

Do I yearn to know God's will and do I abandon myself to divine Providence moment by moment?

Do I pray everyday?  Do I go to Mass every Sunday and Holy Day?

Do I devote myself to growing in faith?

Am I thankful?  Do I express my gratitude sincerely and outwardly, especially in works of mercy?

Do I make excuses for my faults, blame others, rationalize, or relativize?  Am I self-righteous?

Am I forgiving?  Do I harbor grudges, resentments - do I take delight in the misfortunes of others?

Do I judge others, label others, exclude others, and condemn others?

Is my life in any way ruled by anger, jealousy, envy, or impatience?

Do I make gods of money, power, prestige, accomplishment, materialism, sensuality, vanity, pleasure, comfort, leisure, complacency, apathy, or anything else?

Do I put myself first through self-centeredness, egoism, selfishness, vanity, self-aggrandizing, etc.

Do I engage in extra-marital sex?  Do I use sex recreationally?

How's my driving?

Do I dedicate myself to knowing, loving, and living the Truth as it is taught by the Catholic Church?

Do I live in the Truth and do I tell the truth, always and without compromise?

Do I misuse speech through cheating, gossiping, backbiting, profanity, blasphemy, complaining, being silent when I should speak, etc?  Am I true to my vows, my commitments, my contracts, and my word?

Is my mind filled with thoughts that are lustful, viscous, carnal, mean-spirited, prejudicial, venal, worldly, etc?

Do I waste time?  Am I generous with my time?  Am I lazy?

Do the priorities in my life reflect and serve the precious gift of faith God has given me?  Do I love more for myself than for God and others?

Do I live by faith or by emotions, by worldly philosophy, by current fads, by popular ideologies, by the pressures and deceptions of media and culture?

Do I recognize how God is present and active in every moment of my life?  Do I live by any standard other than the way of love revealed by Jesus Christ?