Below is my Examination of Conscience on Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4b, 5-6 on the feast of All Saints:
“The Lord’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.”
Am I grateful for God’s creation or do I take it for granted?
Do I respect the environment that surrounds me, or am I wasteful and hoard material goods?
Am I really concerned with the people of this world, or do I only care about my own needs or my immediate family?
Do I respect life in all its forms and work for the protection of all life?
“For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers”
Do I thirst for the living God or am I to set in my ways?
Do I uphold my baptismal promises or do I seek pleasure in worldly desires and evil deeds?
“Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in his holy place?”
Do I lift up my heart to the Lord in prayer and really listen to the voice of God speaking to me or am I distracted in prayer and just recite words? Do I have the right attitude about prayer?
Do I see myself and others as temples of the Holy Spirit and love the person I am? Do I love others made in the image and likeness of God?
“One whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain.”
Do I use my hands skillfully and lovingly? Do I balance my thinking with a heart full of love? Do I have the right intention in what I do? Or am I jealous, selfish, lustful and resentful?
“He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, a reward from God his savior.”
Do I accept God’s love, and promise of salvation graciously? Do I offer all I think, do and say back to God in conforming with the will of God?
Do I model my life after the saints by living the Beatitudes and willing to lay down my life for the sake of Christ and my brothers and sisters?
“Such is the race that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.”
Do I wish to be in the presence of God for all eternity with all the saints and angels or do I choose my own destructive path?
Can I allow God to love me? Can I surrender all to Him at my final breath whenever it comes?