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# First Commandment

- **Category:** TEN_COMMANDMENTS
- **Framework:** TEN_COMMANDMENTS
- **Scripture:** "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart." (Mt 22:37)
- **Description:** Examine how you have loved God above all things.

### 1
Have you neglected your morning or evening prayers without good reason?
> I neglected my prayers without good reason.

### 2
Have you doubted the faith, or sought out content contrary to Catholic teaching out of curiosity rather than to understand and refute it?
> I entertained doubts about the faith or sought content contrary to Catholic teaching.

### 3
Have you placed excessive trust in fortune-telling, horoscopes, or superstitions?
> I placed trust in fortune-telling, horoscopes, or superstition.

### 4
Have you received Holy Communion while in a state of mortal sin?
> I received Holy Communion while knowingly in a state of mortal sin.

# Second Commandment

- **Category:** TEN_COMMANDMENTS
- **Framework:** TEN_COMMANDMENTS
- **Scripture:** "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain." (Ex 20:7)
- **Description:** Examine your reverence for the name of God and holy things.

### 1
Have you used God's name carelessly, as an exclamation, or in anger?
> I used God's name carelessly or in anger.

### 2
Have you spoken disrespectfully about sacred persons, places, or things?
> I spoke disrespectfully about sacred persons, places, or things.

### 3
Have you broken an oath or promise made in God's name?
> I broke an oath or a promise made in God's name.

# Precepts of the Church

- **Category:** PRECEPTS_OF_THE_CHURCH
- **Framework:** PRECEPTS
- **Scripture:** "Whoever listens to you, listens to me." (Lk 10:16)
- **Description:** Examine your faithfulness to the duties the Church places on all the faithful.

### 1
Have you missed Mass on a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation without a serious reason?
> I missed Mass on a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation without a serious reason.

### 2
Have you failed to fast or abstain on the days prescribed by the Church?
> I failed to observe the Church's fast or abstinence.

### 3
Have you gone at least one year without receiving the sacrament of Confession?
> I went more than a year without going to Confession.

# Duties of Your State in Life — Married

- **Category:** STATE_IN_LIFE
- **Framework:** DUTIES_OF_STATE
- **Scripture:** "Love one another as I have loved you." (Jn 15:12)
- **Description:** Examine how you have lived out your vocation as a married person.

### 1
Have you been faithful to your spouse in thought, word, and deed?
> I was unfaithful to my spouse in thought, word, or deed.
- **Applicable To:** MARRIED

### 2
Have you been patient, kind, and attentive to the needs of your spouse and children?
> I was impatient, unkind, or inattentive to my spouse and children.
- **Applicable To:** MARRIED, PARENT

### 3
Have you neglected to pray with your family or to provide for their spiritual formation?
> I neglected to pray with my family or to provide for their spiritual formation.
- **Applicable To:** PARENT

# Duties of Your State in Life — Single Adults

- **Category:** STATE_IN_LIFE
- **Framework:** DUTIES_OF_STATE
- **Scripture:** "I say to the unmarried and to widows: it is good for them to remain as I am." (1 Cor 7:8)
- **Description:** Examine how you have lived your vocation as a single person.

### 1
Have you used your freedom as a single person for good works, service, or growth in virtue?
> I have not made good use of the freedom of my single state for service or growth in virtue.
- **Applicable To:** SINGLE_ADULT

### 2
Have you maintained appropriate boundaries in friendships and relationships?
> I failed to maintain appropriate boundaries in my friendships or relationships.
- **Applicable To:** SINGLE_ADULT, ADOLESCENT_YOUNG_ADULT

# Seven Capital Sins — Pride

- **Category:** SEVEN_CAPITAL_SINS
- **Framework:** CAPITAL_SINS
- **Scripture:** "Pride goes before destruction." (Prov 16:18)
- **Description:** Examine how pride has manifested in your life.

### 1
Have you boasted of your accomplishments in order to impress others or put them down?
> I boasted of my accomplishments to impress others or put them down.

### 2
Have you refused to acknowledge your faults, or been unwilling to accept correction?
> I refused to acknowledge my faults or rejected correction.

### 3
Have you thought yourself better than others because of your faith, abilities, or status?
> I thought myself better than others because of my faith, abilities, or status.