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8. Have I engaged in servile work, such as gardening, building, repairing, sewing,
laundering, etc., for more than two hours on the Lord's Day, when there was no urgent reason for
so doing?

9. Have I made others work on Sunday when it was not necessary?

10. Have I broken a serious vow made to God, by which I had bound myself under pain of mortal sin?

11. Have I committed a sacrilege by receiving the Sacrament of Communion, Confirmation, or
Matrimony while in the state of mortal sin?

12. Have I tried to lead a person bound to God by the vow of chastity into sin against his vow?

13. Have I stolen something valuable from the House of God, whether an article used in divine
services or money given to the Church?

14. Have I deliberately mocked or made fun of the Sacraments or the Mass or any of the liturgical
functions?

II. VENIAL SINS

1. Have I been unconcerned and indifferent about acquiring a strong and faithful love of God?

2. Have I performed my external duties to God, such as hearing Mass, saying my prayers, receiving
the Sacraments, in a distracted, impersonal, halfhearted manner?

3. Have I seldom, if ever, made a real act of love of God, except such as were implicit in the
fulfillment of other duties?

4. Have I been disrespectful to God's very presence in church, by profane and useless
talking and worldly actions?

5. Have I failed to think of the passion and death of the Son of God in my own suffering thus
permitting myself to grumble and complain instead of making an act of love and submission?

6. Have I been unfaithful to little promises made to God?

7. Have I never shown my love of God by means of gratitude for the many favors He has given me?

8. Have I given in to worldly desires, which I knew in the beginning to be inconsistent with the
love of God?

9. Have I been so fond of some venial sin like petty gossip, or vanity, or exaggerating, that I
have made no effort to overcome it?

10. Have I never made the good intention of doing everything for love of God?

11. Have I been disrespectful towards or concerning those whom God has placed over me and who
represent God?

III. HELPS AND COUNSELS

1. Have I made an effort to arouse strong desires of the love of God in my heart?

2. Have I repeated a direct act of love of God in the morning, at definitely proposed times during
the day, in moments of suffering and misery, at night before retiring?

3. Have I labored to acquire the habit of frequently renewing my intention of doing all things
for the love of God?
4. Have I given any time to the thought of

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