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or temporal, to a neighbor. In the following
exam the positive duties will be enumerated; in the next chapter, the questions will be based on
the sins that must be avoided by one who wishes to practice true love of neighbor.

I. MORTAL SINS

1. Have I, over a long period, refused to give any alms for the relief of the needy, even though I
had many opportunities and sufficient means without depriving myself or my family of the
necessities of life?

2. Have I, on un -Christian principles, refused to give any aid to missionaries working for the
salvation of abandoned souls, though I could have given without great sacrifice?

3. As a doctor or a nurse, have I refused to give my needed services to someone in extreme danger
of death because I knew there was no hope of being paid?

4. Have I demanded gravely exorbitant and unreasonable fees from those who needed my services?

5. Have I deliberately permitted a person to die without a priest and without religious
ministrations?

6. Have I, out of human respect or fear of what others might think, failed to assist the dying
spiritually when I knew they needed my help?

7. Have I squandered or given away money outside my home to the extent that it left my immediate
family in want of necessary things?
8. Have I refused to remind someone of the danger of his state when I knew that that person had
committed a mortal sin and that my warning alone would probably awaken repentance?

9. Have I refused to warn someone subject to my influence when I knew that person was
about to commit a mortal sin and that I could easily and probably prevent it?

10. As a husband or wife have I made no effort to prevent mortal sins of my partner?

11. As a superior or one in authority have I neglected my duty of preventing those in my charge
from committing mortal sin, or correcting them after they had fallen?

12. Have I failed to report to someone in authority the certain sins of a neighbor , which I knew
were doing harm to innocent persons or to the community as a whole?

13. Have I done nothing to prevent the circulation of obscene books and magazines when I had the
opportunity?

14. As a public official, have I permitted evil persons, such as abortionists, dope­ peddlers,
obscene book-dealers to continue their illegal and immoral practices?

15. Have I permitted another to suffer grave injustice or mistreatment when my authority or
influence could have prevented it?

16. Have I refused in my heart to forgive a person who has injured me?

17. Have I over a considerable period of time refused to talk to or acknowledge someone who has
wronged me?

18. When I myself was guilty of doing evil against my neighbor, have I refused in word or in deed
to show that I was sorry and wished to be forgiven?

19. When mutual offense was given between myself and another, have I refused

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