18/03/2026
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(A Lenten Examination of Conscience)
๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐:
Abortion
Adultery
All use of illegal drugs
Any dealing with the occult (i.e., Ouija boards, etc.)
Artificial birth control
Blasphemy: disrespect toward God or toward His Holy Name
Breaking promises deliberately
Bringing dishonor to family, school, community or the Church
Calumny: telling lies about another
Despair: to believe that God will refuse to forgive you
Destruction of other personsโ property
Detraction: telling an unkind truth about another
Disobedience toward parents/teachers
Drunkenness, including any drinking under the age of 21
Excessive materialism
Gluttony: eating or drinking to excess
Gossip: talking about others
Hatred
Homos*xual actions
Impure thoughts
Indifference to good or evil
Ingratitude
Intentional violation of school rules
Jealousy
Laziness
Lying
Malice: the deliberate choice of evil
Ma********on: impure actions with yourself
Missing Mass on any Sunday or Holyday
Murder
๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ
Not giving to the poor and the Church
Premarital s*x, including oral s*x, in*******se, impure touching of another
Presumption: sinning and saying God MUST forgive me
Pride
Prostitution
Reckless driving that endangers you, passengers or others
Rudeness
Selfishness
Stealing
Superstition
Unjustified anger
Using others for your own personal gain
Watching or looking at pornographic materials
โ๏ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Lent is a sacred season given by God for the conversion of our souls. It is not enough to pray and fast externally โ we must also examine our conscience sincerely and recognize the sins that separate us from God.
Many of these sins have become common and even accepted in the world today. Yet, according to the teachings of the Church, especially as explained in the Baltimore Catechism, sin is an offense against God, who is infinitely good and worthy of all our love.
We must not fall into despair, thinking God will not forgive us, nor into presumption, thinking we can sin without consequence. Both are dangerous for the soul.
The Sacrament of Confession is a great mercy given by Our Lord. No matter how grave our sins may be, if we confess them with true contrition, God forgives and restores our soul to grace.
Let this Lent be the time we return fully to God โ not tomorrow, not later, but now.
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
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O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen
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Give me the grace to make a sincere confession, to amend my life, and to avoid the occasions of sin. Strengthen me to carry my cross and follow Thee faithfully.
Amen.
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐. โ๏ธ
