Examination of conscience

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I am a brand new Catholic and I would like to develop lifelong habits regarding examining my conscience. I carefully prepared for First Communion through RCIA and reconciliation, but it wasn’t until the actual Easter Vigil mass that I felt worthy enough to approach for Eucharist. It might sound funny, but I was unsure of my worthiness until I prayed and realized that as long as I was in a state of grace and approached with love and faith, I should be fine.

So, now, to prepare for the next mass, would you please recommend how to do a daily examination of conscience to determine when I need to do reconciliation? I thought perhaps I would plan on reconciliation monthly, no matter what. Is it better to do an EOC daily, or should I do it less frequently (like the day before mass)?
 
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I am a brand new Catholic and I would like to develop lifelong habits regarding examining my conscience. I carefully prepared for First Communion through RCIA and reconciliation, but it wasn’t until the actual Easter Vigil mass that I felt worthy enough to approach for Eucharist. It might sound funny, but I was unsure of my worthiness until I prayed and realized that as long as I was in a state of grace and approached with love and faith, I should be fine.

So, now, to prepare for the next mass, would you please recommend how to do a daily examination of conscience to determine when I need to do reconciliation? I thought perhaps I would plan on reconciliation monthly, no matter what. Is it better to do an EOC daily, or should I do it less frequently (like the day before mass)?
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Some religious do an abbreviated EOC daily, generally at the end of the day.

It’s in individual choice, though, as to how often.
 
lutheran_farmer said:
I am a brand new Catholic and I would like to develop lifelong habits regarding examining my conscience. I carefully prepared for First Communion through RCIA and reconciliation, but it wasn’t until the actual Easter Vigil mass that I felt worthy enough to approach for Eucharist. It might sound funny, but I was unsure of my worthiness until I prayed and realized that as long as I was in a state of grace and approached with love and faith, I should be fine.

So, now, to prepare for the next mass, would you please recommend how to do a daily examination of conscience to determine when I need to do reconciliation? I thought perhaps I would plan on reconciliation monthly, no matter what. Is it better to do an EOC daily, or should I do it less frequently (like the day before mass)?
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Try getting into the habit of doing an EOC at night before going to bed as part of your daily night prayer. End with an Act of Contrition.
 
lutheran_farmer said:
I am a brand new Catholic and I would like to develop lifelong habits regarding examining my conscience. I carefully prepared for First Communion through RCIA and reconciliation, but it wasn’t until the actual Easter Vigil mass that I felt worthy enough to approach for Eucharist. It might sound funny, but I was unsure of my worthiness until I prayed and realized that as long as I was in a state of grace and approached with love and faith, I should be fine.

So, now, to prepare for the next mass, would you please recommend how to do a daily examination of conscience to determine when I need to do reconciliation? I thought perhaps I would plan on reconciliation monthly, no matter what. Is it better to do an EOC daily, or should I do it less frequently (like the day before mass)?
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There are two times during the day the Church officially does it, and that is at the beginning of Mass, and at the night prayer.

However we were always taught that we should make one before retiring for the night, following with an act of contrition.

In the exam, it isn’t so much fault finding as it is fact finding. Just what stands out that day as wrong. Then try to determine how the matter might be handled better the next time. Or a person may concentrate on one of their most difficult traits to control. For instance saying something unbecoming about others. This might be a fault or sin that keeps coming back again and again. So a person might look back on the day and see if they made derogatory remarks about someone else. Of it they always said something nice or worthwhile about other people. It is good to take one, or possible two faults like this and work on them so they are turned into your good strong points. Trying to take on too much usually results in discouragement.

Bye the bye, congratulations on your baptism. May you always experience the goodness of God.
 
lutheran_farmer said:
I am a brand new Catholic and I would like to develop lifelong habits regarding examining my conscience. I carefully prepared for First Communion through RCIA and reconciliation, but it wasn’t until the actual Easter Vigil mass that I felt worthy enough to approach for Eucharist. It might sound funny, but I was unsure of my worthiness until I prayed and realized that as long as I was in a state of grace and approached with love and faith, I should be fine.

So, now, to prepare for the next mass, would you please recommend how to do a daily examination of conscience to determine when I need to do reconciliation? I thought perhaps I would plan on reconciliation monthly, no matter what. Is it better to do an EOC daily, or should I do it less frequently (like the day before mass)?
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I like this. Do it before you go every month.

followthissite.com/list-of-sins.php
 
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