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Page 1: Lenten Penance Service Generic - Amazon S3€¦ · Lenten Penance Service Generic Author: Cathy Shiraki Created Date: 11/6/2015 3:25:20 AM

Len

ten

P

en

an

ce S

erv

ice

Page 2: Lenten Penance Service Generic - Amazon S3€¦ · Lenten Penance Service Generic Author: Cathy Shiraki Created Date: 11/6/2015 3:25:20 AM

Gre

etin

g Pr

esid

er:

Gra

ce t

o yo

u an

d pe

ace

from

God

our

Fat

her

and

the

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t.

All:

And

wit

h yo

ur S

piri

t.

Intr

oduc

tion

Pr

esid

er:

Jes

us C

hris

t see

ks o

ut th

ose

who

are

lost

and

re

joic

es w

ith a

ll of

the

heav

enly

hos

t whe

n ev

en o

ne si

nner

re

pent

s. Le

t us a

sk G

od fo

r the

gra

ce to

ope

n ou

r hea

rts to

his

m

ercy

so th

at w

e tru

ly m

ay b

e so

rry

for o

ur si

ns a

gain

st h

im

and

one

anot

her.

Ope

ning

Pra

yer

Pres

ider

: Lo

rd,

hear

the

pray

ers o

f tho

se w

ho c

all o

n yo

u,

forg

ive

the

sins

of t

hose

who

con

fess

to y

ou,

and

in y

our m

erci

ful l

ove

give

us y

our p

ardo

n an

d yo

ur p

eace

.

We

ask

this

thro

ugh

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

All:

Am

en.

2

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Cel

ebra

tion

of th

e W

ord

of G

od:

Firs

t Rea

ding

: Ez

ekie

l 11:

14-2

1

A re

adin

g fr

om th

e B

ook

of th

e Pr

ophe

t Eze

kiel

.

Ezek

iel 3

6:23

-28

A re

adin

g fr

om th

e B

ook

of th

e Pr

ophe

t Eze

kiel

.

Thus

says

the

Lord

God

:

I will

pro

ve th

e ho

lines

s of m

y gr

eat n

ame,

pro

fane

d am

ong

the

natio

ns, i

n w

hose

mid

st y

ou h

ave

prof

aned

it.

Thus

the

natio

ns sh

all k

now

that

I am

the

Lord

, say

s the

Lor

d

God

, whe

n in

thei

r sig

ht I

prov

e m

y ho

lines

s thr

ough

you

. Fo

r I

will

take

you

aw

ay fr

om a

mon

g th

e na

tions

, gat

her y

ou fr

om a

ll

the

fore

ign

land

s, an

d br

ing

you

back

to y

our o

wn

land

. I

will

sprin

kle

clea

n w

ater

upo

n yo

u to

cle

anse

you

from

all

your

impu

ritie

s, an

d fr

om a

ll yo

ur id

ols I

will

cle

anse

you

. I w

ill g

ive

you

a ne

w h

eart

and

plac

e a

new

spiri

t with

in y

ou, t

akin

g fr

om

your

bod

ies y

our s

tony

hea

rts a

nd g

ivin

g yo

u na

tura

l hea

rts.

I

will

put

my

spiri

t with

in y

ou a

nd m

ake

you

live

by m

y st

atut

es,

care

ful t

o ob

serv

e m

y de

cree

s. Y

ou sh

all l

ive

in th

e la

nd I

gave

your

fath

ers;

you

shal

l be

my

peop

le, a

nd I

will

be

your

God

.

The

wor

d of

the

Lord

.

Res

pons

e: T

hank

s Be

to G

od.

3

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Resp

onso

rial

Psa

lm :

23

Psa

lm

R. T

he L

ord

is m

y sh

ephe

rd; t

here

is n

othi

ng I

shal

l w

ant.

The

LOR

D is

my

shep

herd

; I sh

all n

ot w

ant.

In v

erda

nt p

astu

res h

e gi

ves m

e re

pose

;be

side

rest

ful w

ater

s he

lead

s me;

he re

fres

hes m

y so

ul.

R. T

he L

ord

is m

y sh

ephe

rd; t

here

is n

othi

ng I

shal

l w

ant.

He

guid

es m

e in

righ

t pat

hsfo

r his

nam

e’s s

ake.

Even

thou

gh I

wal

k in

the

dark

val

ley

I fea

r no

evil;

for y

ou a

re a

t my

side

with

you

r rod

and

you

r sta

ffth

at g

ive

me

cour

age.

R. T

he L

ord

is m

y sh

ephe

rd; t

here

is n

othi

ng I

shal

l w

ant.

You

spre

ad th

e ta

ble

befo

re m

ein

the

sigh

t of m

y fo

es;

You

anoi

nt m

y he

ad w

ith o

il;m

y cu

p ov

erflo

ws.

R. T

he L

ord

is m

y sh

ephe

rd; t

here

is n

othi

ng I

shal

l w

ant.

Onl

y go

odne

ss a

nd k

indn

ess f

ollo

w m

eal

l the

day

s of m

y lif

e;an

d I s

hall

dwel

l in

the

hous

e of

the

LOR

Dfo

r yea

rs to

com

e.R

. The

Lor

d is

my

shep

herd

; the

re is

not

hing

I sh

all

wan

t.

4

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Seco

nd R

eadi

ng:

2 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:17-

21

A re

adin

g fr

om t

he s

econ

d Le

tter

of

Sain

t Pa

ul t

o th

e Co

rint

hian

s

Who

ever

is in

Chr

ist

is a

new

cre

atio

n: t

he o

ld

thin

gs h

ave

pass

ed a

way

; be

hold

, ne

w t

hing

s ha

ve

com

e.An

d al

l thi

s is

fro

m G

od,

who

has

rec

onci

led

us t

o hi

mse

lf t

hrou

gh C

hris

t an

d gi

ven

us t

he m

inis

try

of

reco

ncili

atio

n, n

amel

y, G

od w

as r

econ

cilin

g th

e w

orld

to

him

self

in C

hris

t, n

ot c

ount

ing

thei

r tr

espa

sses

aga

inst

the

m a

nd e

ntru

stin

g to

us

the

mes

sage

of

reco

ncili

atio

n.So

we

are

amba

ssad

ors

for

Chri

st,

as if

God

wer

e ap

peal

ing

thro

ugh

us.

We

impl

ore

you

on b

ehal

f of

Ch

rist

, be

rec

onci

led

to G

od.

For

our

sake

he

mad

e hi

m t

o be

sin

who

did

not

kn

ow s

in,

so t

hat

we

mig

ht b

ecom

e th

e ri

ghte

ousn

ess

of G

od in

him

.

The

Wor

d of

the

Lor

d.

Resp

onse

: T

hank

s Be

to

God

.

5

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The

Gos

pel:

Luke

15:

1-10

A re

adin

g fr

om th

e ho

ly G

ospe

l acc

ordi

ng to

Luk

e.

The

tax

colle

ctor

s and

sinn

ers w

ere

all d

raw

ing

near

to li

sten

to

Jesu

s, bu

t the

Pha

risee

s and

scrib

es b

egan

to c

ompl

ain,

sa

ying

,“T

his m

an w

elco

mes

sinn

ers a

nd e

ats w

ith th

em.”

So Je

sus a

ddre

ssed

this

par

able

to th

em.

“Wha

t man

am

ong

you

havi

ng a

hun

dred

shee

p an

d lo

sing

on

e of

them

wou

ld n

ot le

ave

the

nine

ty-n

ine

in th

e de

sert

and

go a

fter t

he lo

st o

ne u

ntil

he fi

nds i

t?

And

whe

n he

doe

s fin

d it,

he se

ts it

on

his s

houl

ders

with

gre

at jo

yan

d, u

pon

his a

rriv

al h

ome,

he c

alls

toge

ther

his

frie

nds a

nd n

eigh

bors

and

says

to th

em,

‘Rej

oice

with

me

beca

use

I hav

e fo

und

my

lost

shee

p.’

I tel

l you

, in

just

the

sam

e w

ayth

ere

will

be

mor

e jo

y in

hea

ven

over

one

sinn

er w

ho re

pent

s th

an o

ver n

inet

y-ni

ne ri

ghte

ous p

eopl

ew

ho h

ave

no n

eed

of re

pent

ance

.

“Or w

hat w

oman

hav

ing

ten

coin

s and

losi

ng o

ne w

ould

not

lig

ht a

lam

p an

d sw

eep

the

hous

e, se

arch

ing

care

fully

unt

il sh

e fin

ds it

?

6

Rit

e of

Rec

onci

liat

ion

1.Th

e pr

iest

giv

es y

ou a

ble

ssin

g or

gre

etin

g.

2.M

ake

the

Sign

of t

he C

ross

and

say:

“B

less

me

Fath

er, f

or I

hav

e si

nned

. My

last

con

fess

ion

was

…”

(giv

e th

e nu

mbe

r of w

eeks

, mon

ths o

r ye

ars)

.

3.Co

nfes

s all

of y

our s

ins t

o th

e pr

iest

. The

pri

est w

ill

help

you

to m

ake

a go

od c

onfe

ssio

n. If

you

are

un

sure

abo

ut h

ow to

con

fess

or y

ou fe

el u

neas

y, ju

st

ask

him

to h

elp

you.

Ans

wer

his

que

stio

ns w

ithou

t hi

ding

any

thin

g ou

t of f

ear o

r sha

me.

Pla

ce y

our

trus

t in

God

, a m

erci

ful F

athe

r who

wan

ts to

forg

ive

you.

4.Fo

llow

ing

your

con

fess

ion

of si

ns, s

ay: “

I am

sor

ry

for

thes

e an

d al

l of m

y si

ns.”

5.Th

e pr

iest

ass

igns

you

a p

enan

ce a

nd o

ffers

adv

ice

to

help

you

be

a be

tter

Cat

holic

.

6.Sa

y an

Act

of C

ontr

ition

, exp

ress

ing

your

sorr

ow fo

r yo

ur si

ns. T

he p

ries

t, ac

ting

in th

e pe

rson

of C

hris

t, th

en a

bsol

ves y

ou fr

om y

our s

ins.

Act

of C

ontr

itio

nG

od, I

am

hea

rtily

sorr

y fo

r hav

ing

offe

nded

you

, and

I de

test

all

my

sins

bec

ause

I dr

ead

the

loss

of h

eave

n an

d th

e pa

ins o

f hel

l; bu

t mos

t of a

ll be

caus

e th

ey o

ffend

you

, m

y G

od, w

ho a

re a

ll go

od a

nd d

eser

ving

of a

ll m

y lo

ve. I

fir

mly

reso

lve

with

the

help

of y

our g

race

to c

onfe

ss m

y si

ns, d

o pe

nanc

e, a

nd to

am

end

my

life.

Am

en.

15

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Lord

’s P

raye

r

Prie

st:

Now

, in

obe

dien

ce t

o Ch

rist

Him

self

, le

t us

joi

n in

pra

yer

to t

he F

athe

r, a

skin

g H

im t

o fo

rgiv

e us

as

we

forg

ive

othe

rs.

“Our

Fat

her…

Conc

lusi

on:

The

prie

st:

Fat

her,

our

sou

rce

of li

fe,

you

know

our

w

eakn

ess.

M

ay w

e re

ach

out

wit

h jo

y to

gra

sp y

our

hand

an

d w

alk

mor

e re

adily

in y

our

way

s.

We

ask

this

thr

ough

Ch

rist

our

Lor

d.

R. A

men

.

IND

IVID

UAL

CO

NFE

SSIO

N A

ND

ABS

OLU

TIO

N F

OLL

OW

You

may

rem

ain

in t

he c

hurc

h ho

wev

er lo

ng y

ou

desi

re_h

owev

er y

ou a

re f

ree

to le

ave

afte

r yo

u ha

ve

conf

esse

d yo

ur s

ins.

14

And

whe

n sh

e do

es fi

nd it

,sh

e ca

lls to

geth

er h

er fr

iend

s and

nei

ghbo

rsan

d sa

ys to

them

,‘R

ejoi

ce w

ith m

e be

caus

e I h

ave

foun

d th

e co

in th

at I

lost

.’

In ju

st th

e sa

me

way

, I te

ll yo

u,th

ere

will

be

rejo

icin

g am

ong

the

ange

ls o

f God

ove

r one

si

nner

who

repe

nts.”

The

Gos

pel o

f the

Lor

d.

Res

pons

e: P

rais

e to

you

, Lor

d Je

sus C

hris

t.

Hom

ily 7

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Exam

inat

ion

of C

onsc

ienc

e

I.  “

I am

the

Lord

, thy

God

, tho

u sh

alt n

ot h

ave

stra

nge

gods

be

fore

Me.

”H

ave

I sin

ned

agai

nst

Relig

ion

by s

erio

usly

bel

ievi

ng i

n N

ew

Age

, Sc

ient

olog

y, A

strol

ogy,

Hor

osco

pes,

Fortu

ne-

telli

ng, S

uper

stitio

n or

eng

agin

g in

the

Occ

ult?  D

id I

en

dang

er m

y Ca

thol

ic F

aith

or

caus

e sc

anda

l by

as

soci

atin

g w

ith a

nti-C

atho

lic g

roup

s &

ass

ocia

tions

(e

.g.,

the

Free

mas

ons)

?  H

ave

fam

e, f

ortu

ne, m

oney

, ca

reer

, pl

easu

re,

etc.

rep

lace

d G

od a

s m

y hi

ghes

t pr

iorit

y?  H

ave

I neg

lect

ed m

y da

ily p

raye

rs?

II. 

“Tho

u sh

alt n

ot ta

ke th

e na

me

of th

e Lo

rd th

y G

od in

va

in.”

Hav

e I

com

mitt

ed b

lasp

hem

y by

usin

g th

e na

me

of G

od a

nd

Jesu

s Ch

rist

to s

wea

r ra

ther

tha

n to

pra

ise? 

Hav

e I

com

mitt

ed s

acril

ege

by s

how

ing

disr

espe

ct t

o ho

ly

obje

cts

(cru

cifix

, ro

sary

) or

con

tem

pt f

or r

elig

ious

pe

rson

s (b

ishop

, prie

sts, d

eaco

ns, w

omen

relig

ious

) or

for

sacr

ed p

lace

s (in

Chu

rch)

.  H

ave

I co

mm

itted

sa

crile

ge b

y go

ing

to H

oly

Com

mun

ion

in th

e sta

te o

f m

orta

l sin

with

out fi

rst g

oing

to c

onfe

ssio

n e.

g., a

fter

miss

ing

Mas

s on

Sun

day

or a

Hol

yday

?  D

id I

viol

ate

the

one-

hour

fast

befo

re C

omm

unio

n?  D

id I

brea

k th

e la

ws o

f fas

t and

abs

tinen

ce d

urin

g Le

nt? 

Did

I ne

glec

t m

y Ea

ster

duty

to

rece

ive

Hol

y Co

mm

unio

n at

lea

st on

ce? 

Hav

e I n

egle

cted

to s

uppo

rt th

e Ch

urch

and

the

poor

by

shar

ing

my

time,

tale

nt a

nd tr

easu

re?

III. 

Rem

embe

r to

kee

p ho

ly th

e Sa

bbat

h da

y.D

id I

miss

Mas

s on

any

Sund

ay o

r Hol

yday

of O

blig

atio

n?  (

Bad

wea

ther

and

bei

ng s

ick

do n

ot c

ount

) H

ave

I sh

own

disr

espe

ct b

y le

avin

g M

ass

early

, not

pay

ing

atte

ntio

n or

not

joi

ning

in

the

pray

ers?  D

id I

do

unne

cess

ary

wor

k on

Sun

day

whi

ch c

ould

hav

e be

en d

one

the

day

befo

re? 

Hav

e I

been

stin

gy i

n m

y su

ppor

t fo

r th

e Ch

urch

?  D

o I g

ive

of m

y tim

e &

tale

nt?

8

Lita

ny

(all

stan

d)

Prie

st:

In h

is g

reat

love

Chr

ist

will

ingl

y su

ffer

ed a

nd d

ied

for

our

sins

and

for

the

sin

s of

all

hum

anit

y.

Let

us c

ome

befo

re t

he L

ord

wit

h fa

ith

and

hope

to

pray

for

the

sa

lvat

ion

of t

he w

orld

.

Prie

st:

By

your

dea

th y

ou r

econ

cile

d us

wit

h th

e Fa

ther

an

d br

ough

t sa

lvat

ion.

All:

Lor

d, h

ave

mer

cy.

Prie

st:

You

gav

e yo

urse

lf u

p fo

r us

to

rede

em u

s fr

om a

ll si

n an

d to

pre

pare

for

you

rsel

f a

holy

peo

ple,

mar

ked

as

your

ow

n, d

evot

ed t

o go

od w

orks

.

All:

Lor

d, h

ave

mer

cy.

Prie

st:

You

bec

ame

the

sour

ce o

f sa

lvat

ion

for

all w

ho

obey

you

.

All:

Lor

d, h

ave

mer

cy.

Prie

st:

You

tol

d us

tha

t th

e w

hole

law

dep

ends

on

love

of

God

and

of

our

neig

hbor

.

All:

Lor

d, h

ave

mer

cy.

Prie

st:

You

giv

e lig

ht t

o ou

r da

rkne

ss a

nd le

ad u

s to

you

r tr

uth.

All:

Lor

d, h

ave

mer

cy.

Prie

st:

Mak

e us

a li

ving

sig

n of

you

r lo

ve f

or a

ll to

see

:

peop

le r

econ

cile

d w

ith

you

and

wit

h ea

ch o

ther

.

All:

Lor

d, h

ave

mer

cy.

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Gen

eral

Con

fess

ion

of S

ins

(The

pri

est

invi

tes

the

asse

mbl

y to

kne

el a

nd

pray

)

Prie

st:

My

brot

hers

and

sis

ters

, le

t us

cal

l to

min

d th

e go

odne

ss o

f G

od o

ur F

athe

r, a

nd a

ckno

wle

dge

our

sins

, so

tha

t w

e m

ay r

ecei

ve h

is m

erci

ful

forg

iven

ess.

All p

ray

toge

ther

: I

conf

ess

to a

lmig

hty

God

, an

d to

you

, m

y br

othe

rs a

nd s

iste

rs,

that

I ha

ve

grea

tly

sinn

ed,

in m

y th

ough

ts a

nd in

my

wor

ds,

in w

hat

I hav

e do

ne a

nd in

wha

t I h

ave

faile

d to

do

, th

roug

h m

y fa

ult,

thr

ough

my

faul

t, t

hrou

gh

my

mos

t gr

ievo

us f

ault

.Th

eref

ore

I ask

ble

ssed

Mar

y ev

er V

irgi

n, a

ll th

e an

gels

and

sai

nts,

and

you

, m

y br

othe

rs a

nd

sist

ers,

to

pray

for

me

to t

he L

ord

our

God

.

12

IV. 

Hon

or th

y Fa

ther

and

Mot

her.

Pare

nts:

Hav

e I s

et a

bad

exa

mpl

e fo

r my

child

ren

by

casu

ally

miss

ing

Mas

s, ne

glec

ting

pray

er, o

r ign

ore

my

resp

onsib

ility

to p

rovi

de a

Cat

holic

edu

catio

n by

eith

er

send

ing

my

child

ren

to p

aroc

hial

scho

ol o

r to

C.C.

D.

(Rel

igio

us E

duca

tion

Prog

ram

)?  D

o I s

how

littl

e or

no

inte

rest

in m

y ch

ildre

n’s f

aith

and

pra

ctic

e of

it? 

Hav

e I

show

ed d

isres

pect

for t

hose

in a

utho

rity,

gov

ernm

ent o

r ch

urch

?  H

ave

I not

exp

ress

ed m

y m

oral

val

ues t

o th

em? 

Child

ren:

Hav

e I b

een

diso

bedi

ent a

nd/o

r disr

espe

ctfu

l to

my

pare

nts o

r gua

rdia

ns? 

Did

I ne

glec

t to

help

them

with

ho

useh

old

chor

es? 

Hav

e I c

ause

d th

em u

nnec

essa

ry w

orry

an

d an

xiet

y by

my

attit

ude,

beh

avio

r, m

oods

, etc

.?V

.  Th

ou sh

alt n

ot k

ill.

Did

I co

nsen

t, re

com

men

d, a

dvise

, app

rove

, sup

port

or h

ave

an

abor

tion? 

Did

I

real

ize

that

th

ere

is an

ex

com

mun

icat

ion

for

anyo

ne w

ho p

rocu

res

an

abor

tion? 

Did

I a

ctiv

ely

or p

assiv

ely

coop

erat

e w

ith a

n ac

t of e

utha

nasia

whe

reby

ord

inar

y m

eans

w

ere

stopp

ed o

r m

eans

tak

en t

o di

rect

ly e

nd t

he

life

of

an

elde

rly

or

sick

pers

on? 

Hav

e I

com

mitt

ed a

n ac

t of

vio

lenc

e or

abu

se (

phys

ical

, se

xual

, em

otio

nal o

r ve

rbal

)?  H

ave

I en

dang

ered

th

e liv

es o

f oth

ers b

y re

ckle

ss d

rivin

g or

by

driv

ing

unde

r th

e in

fluen

ce o

f dr

ugs

or a

lcoh

ol? 

Do

I sh

ow c

onte

mpt

for m

y bo

dy b

y ne

glec

ting

to ta

ke

care

of

my

own

heal

th? 

Hav

e I

been

mea

n or

un

just

to a

nyon

e?  H

ave

I hel

d a

grud

ge o

r sou

ght

reve

nge

agai

nst s

omeo

ne w

ho w

rong

ed m

e?  D

o I

poin

t ou

t ot

hers

’ fa

ults

and

mist

akes

w

hile

ig

norin

g m

y ow

n? 

Do

I co

mpl

ain

mor

e th

an I

co

mpl

imen

t? 

Am

I u

ngra

tefu

l fo

r w

hat

othe

r pe

ople

do

for

me?  D

o I

tear

peo

ple

dow

n ra

ther

th

an e

ncou

rage

the

m? 

Am

I p

reju

dice

d ag

ains

t pe

ople

bec

ause

of

thei

r co

lor,

lang

uage

or

ethn

ic-

relig

ious

bac

kgro

und?

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VI. 

Tho

u sh

alt n

ot c

omm

it ad

ulte

ry.

IX. 

Thou

shal

t not

cov

et th

y ne

ighb

or’s

wife

.D

id I

have

any

sex

bef

ore

or o

utsid

e of

mar

riage

?  D

o I v

iew

po

rnog

raph

ic m

ater

ial (

mag

azin

es, v

ideo

s, in

tern

et,

hot-l

ines

)?  H

ave

I gon

e to

mas

sage

par

lors

or a

dult

book

stor

es? 

Did

I co

mm

it th

e sin

s of m

astu

rbat

ion

and/

or a

rtific

ial c

ontra

cept

ion?  H

ave

I not

avo

ided

th

e oc

casio

ns o

f sin

(pe

rson

s or

pla

ces)

whi

ch

wou

ld te

mpt

me

to b

e un

faith

ful t

o m

y sp

ouse

or t

o m

y ow

n ch

astit

y? 

Do

I en

cour

age

and

ente

rtain

im

pure

thou

ghts

and

desir

es? 

Do

I te

ll or

liste

n to

di

rty j

okes

Hav

e I

com

mitt

ed f

orni

catio

n or

ad

ulte

ry?

VII

.  Th

ou sh

alt n

ot st

eal.

X. 

Thou

shal

t not

cov

et th

y ne

ighb

or’s

goo

ds.

Hav

e I

stole

n an

y ob

ject

, co

mm

itted

any

sho

plift

ing

or

chea

ted

anyo

ne o

f th

eir

mon

ey? 

Did

I k

now

ingl

y de

ceiv

e so

meo

ne i

n bu

sines

s or

com

mit

fraud

Hav

e I s

how

n di

sres

pect

or e

ven

cont

empt

for o

ther

pe

ople

’s

prop

erty

Hav

e I

done

an

y ac

ts of

va

ndal

ism? 

Am

I g

reed

y or

env

ious

of

anot

her’s

go

ods?  D

o I l

et fi

nanc

ial a

nd m

ater

ial c

once

rns

or

the

desir

e fo

r co

mfo

rt ov

errid

e m

y du

ty to

God

, to

Chur

ch,

to m

y fa

mily

or

my

own

spiri

tual

wel

l-be

ing?

10

VII

I.  T

hou

shal

t not

bea

r fa

lse w

itnes

s aga

inst

thy

neig

hbor

.H

ave

I tol

d a

lie in

ord

er to

dec

eive

som

eone

?  H

ave

I to

ld th

e tru

th w

ith th

e pu

rpos

e an

d in

tent

ion

of

ruin

ing

som

eone

’s

repu

tatio

n (s

in

of

detra

ctio

n)? 

Hav

e I

told

a l

ie o

r sp

read

ru

mor

s w

hich

may

ruin

som

eone

’s re

puta

tion

(sin

of

calu

mny

or

sland

er)?  D

id I

com

mit

perju

ry b

y fa

lse s

wea

ring

an o

ath

on t

he

Bibl

e? 

Am

I a

bus

ybod

y or

do

I lo

ve t

o sp

read

gos

sip a

nd se

cret

s abo

ut o

ther

s?   

Do

I lo

ve to

hea

r bad

new

s abo

ut m

y en

emie

s?

11