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20. Have I exercised no watchfulness over
the company-keeping of my adolescent sons and daughters, permitting and encouraging them to spend
long hours alone and in dangerous circumstances?

21. Have I bought or sold, lent or given, obscene books or magazines or other objects to be used
for impure purposes?

II. VENIAL SINS

1. Have I, without a reason, read books or magazines that were at least dangerous, or
concerned only with impassioned love?

2. Have I allowed my eyes to wander in curiosity over dangerous objects?

3. Have I been slow and half-hearted in trying to banish bad thoughts and desires?

4 . Have I permitted decent expressions of love or friendship for another to be prolonged to the
point of danger of lust?

5. Have I gone to shows or movies that I knew to be somewhat dangerous, at least in port?

6. Have I been careless about my clothing, posture, appearance, thus exposing others to some
danger?

7. Have I shown half-deliberate interest in the evil conversation of others?

8. Have I, on the spur of the moment, uttered double-meaning words or phrases?

9. Have I sought out or continued companionship with others whom I knew to be in­
lined to evil jests and words?

10. Have I supported the publishers of daring and dangerous picture magazines or of
border line periodicals by buying or spreading their publications in any way?

11. Have I neglected to use special opportunities of grace and prayer when I was passing
through a period of more than usual temptation?

12. Have I failed to check vigorously impulses and daydreams of unruly love and affection?

III. HELPS AND COUNSELS

1. Have I learned the necessity of praying daily for the grace to remain pure?

2. Have I acquired the habit of saying an ejaculatory prayer when evil thoughts, desires or
inclinations arise?

3. Have I made regular or frequent use of the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion as a
means of strength against impurity?
4. Have I practiced any special devotion to Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, whose example and
intercession are powerful aids to purity?
5. Have I trained my will power for strength in temptation by practicing some form of voluntary
mortification?

6. Have I tried to avoid idleness, daydreaming, sloth, knowing that to keep occupied is one of
the best defenses against impurity?

7. Have I made known even my serious temptations in confession, realizing that to reveal
temptations is to gain strength against them?

8. Have I been diligent in observing even the smaller rules of modesty, such as not to touch others
even carelessly, and not to let my eyes wander too freely in public?

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