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Appendix 1
EXAMINATION
OF CONSCIENCE
(for children)
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(The following points are a few hints to help the child to be
aware of the sins he/she may have committed) Ø
Did I keep anger and
bitterness in my heart? Ø
Did I grumble when I was
corrected or punished? Ø
Did I refuse to help other children
even those who are not in my family or among my friends – especially the poor
and the sick? Ø
Did I try to bluff or tell
lies? In this did I hurt anyone? Ø
Did I, spoil another’s good
name by carrying tales? Ø
Did I say my prayers only
with my lips, without thinking or trying to join myself to God? Ø
How do I behave in church? Ø
Do I remember that the
church is the place where especially I meet Jesus? Ø
Am I attentive at Mass and
participate in it properly and meaningfully by offering myself together with
the bread and wine? Ø
Have I disobeyed my
parents? Ø
Do I remember that my
parents and my elders stand in the place of God? Ø
Do I respect them and
listen to them? Ø
Have I been rude to my
family members? Ø
Have I made fun of old or
handicapped people? Ø Do I take things that do not belong to me? (If I have taken
anything I should return it before I go to confession) Ø
Do I use my tongue and my
mouth for saying kind and good words to God and to people or do I misuse them
by saying bad words? Ø
Am I greedy? Ø
Have I been jealous of
others? |
CATECHISM for FIRST HOLY COMMUNION