List of Sins for Our next Confession
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| Examination of Conscience: List of Sins to recall for our next Confession |
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| ☐ I have performed my duties towards God reluctantly or grudgingly. |
| ☐ I did not recite my daily prayers with faith and devotion. |
| ☐ I received the Holy Communion in the state of mortal sin. |
| ☐ I deliberately told a lie in confession or intentionally failed to mention a mortal sin during my previous confession. |
| ☐ I seriously believed in superstition or engaged in superstitious practices. |
| ☐ I seriously doubted the matters of faith. |
| ☐ I did not make an effort to study my religion. |
| ☐ I put my faith in danger by reading something contrary to Catholic faith and morals. |
| ☐ I put my faith in danger by joining activities contrary to the Church (protestant services, non-Catholic prayer meetings, communist party, freemasonry, “weird cults”). |
| ☐ I have used God’s name in vain. |
| ☐ I have used the name of Mary or a saint in an irreverent manner. |
| ☐ I have been angry with God. |
| ☐ I have wished evil upon a person. |
| ☐ I have insulted a sacred person. |
| ☐ I have abused a sacred object. |
| ☐ I have been a sponsor in baptism and ceremonies outside the Catholic Church. |
| ☐ I broke a private or public vow (esp. for religious). |
| ☐ I did not try to fulfill a promise and resolutions I made to God. |
| ☐ I deliberately missed Mass on Sundays or Holy Days of obligation. |
| ☐ I did not make an effort to arrive early at Mass. |
| ☐ I allowed myself to be distracted during Mass but not paying attention, thinking of something else, etc. |
| ☐ I misbehaved during mass and distracted others by my attire or posture. |
| ☐ I did not generously help the Church or the poor to the extent that I am able. |
| ☐ I did not fast and abstain on days prescribed by the Church. |
| ☐ I did or commanded service work on Sundays. |
| ☐ I have broken the one-hour Eucharistic fast. |
| ☐ I have neglected to teach my children their prayers (for parents). |
| ☐ I have neglected to send my children to Church (for parents). |
| ☐I have neglected to give my children Christian education (for parents). |
| ☐ I have not given my family good religious example (for parents). |
| ☐ I neglected to watch over my children: reading materials, movies, and their companions (for parents). |
| ☐ I have not seen to it that my children receive the Sacraments especially Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion (for parents). |
| ☐ I have been disrespectful towards my parents, elders, and superiors (for children). |
| ☐ I have neglected my parents of their needs (for children). |
| ☐ I felt hurt and reacted proudly when I was corrected by my parents (for children). |
| ☐ I have not done well my duties at home, in school, in church (for children). |
| ☐ I have not been cooperative with my family activities and prayers (for children). |
| ☐ I have quarreled with my sibling/s (for children). |
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| ☐ I got very angry and lost my temper that caused harm. |
| ☐ I was envious or jealous of others. |
| ☐ I harmed or took the life of someone. |
| ☐ I was careless in my driving. |
| ☐ I gave scandal to someone due to my dirty jokes, immodesty, etc. thereby leading them to sin of… |
| ☐ I neglected my health by… |
| ☐ I attempted to take my own life. |
| ☐ I have had an abortion (for women) or encouraged someone to do it (men and women). |
| ☐ I got drunk and harmed someone. |
| ☐ I took prohibited drugs. |
| ☐ I have kept anger in my heart and desired revenge. |
| ☐ I did not ask pardon to someone I have offended. |
| ☐ I caused harm to someone with my words and/or actions. |
| ☐ I did not accept a sincere apology from someone. |
| ☐ I have entertained indecent thoughts, feelings, or impure conversations. |
| ☐ I have been guilty of impure acts with myself (masturbation) or with others (pre-marital and extra-marital acts). |
| ☐ I have been guilty of homosexual acts. |
| ☐ I consented to evil desires against the virtue of purity by an affinity with a married person or a consecrated person. |
| ☐ I had a hand in contributing to the contraceptive atmosphere by my advice, jokes, attitudes, etc. |
| ☐ I intentionally put myself in proximate occasions of sin though immoral movies or shows, concerts, comedies, dances, readings, bad company, staying in houses of ill-repute. |
| ☐ I intentionally put myself in proximate occasions of sin by sharing a room with a person of opposite sex, or being alone with a person of opposite sex in dark places. |
| ☐ I have friends who cause me habitual occasions of sin and I am not prepared to break off with them. |
| ☐ I allow lust as a reason of courting instead of true love (for single lay men). |
| ☐ I have not been faithful to my marriage vows in thought and action (for married people). |
| ☐ I have engaged in sexual activity outside marriage (for married people). |
| ☐ I have used method/s of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage (for married people). |
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| ☐ I stole an object or an amount of money that I have not returned or made restitution for what I have stolen. |
| ☐ I caused damage to other’s property. |
| ☐ I harmed someone by deception, scam, fraud, or coercion in transactions. |
| ☐ I wasted time at work, school, or at home. |
| ☐ I gave in to laziness or the love of comfort and luxuries. |
| ☐ I did not work diligently and cheated on time. |
| ☐ I gambled and denied my family of their needs. |
| ☐ I did not pay my debts or did not returned what I borrowed promptly. |
| ☐ I have been greedy, selfish and jealous of what others had. |
| ☐ I told lies. |
| ☐ I harmed the good name or reputation of someone by talking ill about them. |
| ☐ I told secrets about myself and others without due cause. |
| ☐ I have been critical, negative, or uncharitable in my thoughts of others. |
| ☐ I engaged myself in gossiping or back-bitting. |
| ☐ I have unjustly accused others. |
Note that in each of the lines, you need to add the number of times you have committed such sin if applicable. Some entries might need further description (example: I have been angry with God because…..).
Let us serve Christ and the Church in all circumstances!
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