{"id":52825,"date":"2026-04-09T16:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donbosco.press\/?page_id=52825"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:51:20","slug":"evangelical-examination-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.donbosco.press\/en\/evangelical-examination-of-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelical examination of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n <\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1. AUTHENTIC FAITH AND INNER LIFE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 3:8-9<\/td>\nBear fruit worthy of repentance. Do not presume to say to yourselves, \u201cWe have Abraham as our ancestor\u201d; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.<\/td>\nDo I realise that it is not religious heritage that saves me, but my own faith lived every day?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 24:5<\/td>\nWhy do you look for the living among the dead?<\/td>\nAm I seeking the living and risen Jesus or a historical figure from the past?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 24:16<\/td>\nTheir eyes were kept from recognizing him.<\/td>\nIs there something in me that prevents me from recognising Jesus in my life?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 24:21<\/td>\nWe had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.<\/td>\nDo I cultivate hopes about God that are actually my material desires and get disappointed when they do not come true?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 24:32<\/td>\nWere not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?<\/td>\nWhen I listen to the Word of God, does my heart truly burn or do I remain cold and indifferent?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 3:30<\/td>\nHe must increase, but I must decrease.<\/td>\nIs there visible progress in my life of faith, which is Christ living in me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 3:32<\/td>\nHe testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.<\/td>\nDo I bear witness to Jesus based on what I have actually encountered in my experience of faith?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 6:47<\/td>\nVery truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.<\/td>\nDo I truly believe that I already have eternal life by virtue of faith, or is eternal life just a hypothesis for me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 6:67<\/td>\nDo you also wish to go away?<\/td>\nDo I remain faithful to Jesus even when his words seem difficult and many walk away?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 18:8<\/td>\nWhen the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?<\/td>\nDo I realise that if I lose my faith I lose everything, including eternal life?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 9:23<\/td>\nIf you are able! All things can be done for the one who believes.<\/td>\nDo I truly believe that everything is possible for those who believe, or is my faith limited by what I consider reasonably feasible?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 8:12<\/td>\nWhy does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.<\/td>\nDo I look for “signs” or extraordinary wonders, or do I accept believing with pure faith in the Word of God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2. PRAYER AND WORSHIP<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 6:5<\/td>\nAnd whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.<\/td>\nIs my prayer an authentic conversation with God, or is it partly an exhibition for others? Am I more attentive to raising my voice to be heard, or to speaking with God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:7<\/td>\nWhen you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.<\/td>\nDo I pray with a present heart, or do I repeat empty formulas thinking that quantity makes up for quality?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 7:7-8<\/td>\nAsk, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.<\/td>\nDo I trust that God will answer my prayer, or do I pray with resignation and without hope? Do I just complain without asking?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 21:22<\/td>\nWhatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.<\/td>\nDo I pray with true faith, believing that God listens, or is my prayer feeble and hopeless?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 10:35<\/td>\nTeacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.<\/td>\nWhat are my prayers like: demands or humble supplications?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 2:37<\/td>\nShe never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day.<\/td>\nDo I dedicate time to prayer and fasting with daily faithfulness, or am I only a Sunday Christian?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 21:38<\/td>\nAnd all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the temple.<\/td>\nDo I dedicate the first moments of the day to praying and listening to God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 2:16<\/td>\nHe told those who were selling the doves, \u2018Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father\u2019s house a market-place!\u2019<\/td>\nHave I turned my prayer into a market of interests, calculations and negotiations with God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 4:23<\/td>\nBut the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.<\/td>\nDo I worship the Father in spirit and truth — inwardly, sincerely, or do I limit myself to external practices?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 15:8-9<\/td>\nThis people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.<\/td>\nIs my heart close to God when I pray and participate in worship, or is it elsewhere while my lips recite formulas?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 21:13<\/td>\nIt is written,\u201cMy house shall be called a house of prayer\u201d; but you are making it a den of robbers.<\/td>\nHas the church become for me a place of human encounter, of human interests, instead of a place of encounter with the Lord?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 9:29<\/td>\nHe said to them, This kind can come out only through prayer.<\/td>\nDo I face the hardest spiritual battles with prayer and fasting, or do I rely only on my human means?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3. WORD OF GOD AND SACRAMENTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 24:35<\/td>\nHeaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.<\/td>\nDo I build my life on the Word of God that does not pass away, or on what is destined to end?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 7:7<\/td>\nIn vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.<\/td>\nIs my life founded on the Word of God or on human opinions and traditions?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 12:24-25<\/td>\nIs not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.<\/td>\nDo I truly know the Scriptures and the power of God, or do I reason about God with purely human categories?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 4:4<\/td>\n\u201cOne does not live by bread alone.\u201d<\/td>\nDo I nourish my life with the Word of God, or do I live on bread alone — on material things — forgetting what truly satisfies?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 8:21<\/td>\nMy mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.<\/td>\nDo I listen to the Word of God and put it into practice, or am I content with knowing it only intellectually without it changing my life?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 16:17<\/td>\nBut it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.<\/td>\nDo I take every word of God seriously, or do I pick and choose which precepts to observe and which to ignore?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 24:45<\/td>\nThen he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.<\/td>\nDo I ask God to open my mind to understand the Scriptures, or am I content with a superficial reading? Do I realise that without his grace I cannot understand the Bible?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 7:30<\/td>\nBut by refusing to be baptized by him, the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God\u2019s purpose for themselves.<\/td>\nDo I realise that the seven sacraments are not useless or optional and that without them I make God’s plan for me in vain?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 3:5<\/td>\nVery truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.<\/td>\nAm I convinced of the necessity of Baptism to be able to enter Heaven and do I also speak to others about this, or do I show myself indifferent because “it is not politically correct to discuss this topic”?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 6:53-54<\/td>\nVery truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day;<\/td>\nDo I participate in the Eucharist with the awareness of eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of Man, or in an automatic and distracted way?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4. HYPOCRISY, APPEARANCE, AND AUTHENTICITY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 5:20<\/td>\nFor I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.<\/td>\nDoes my life of faith go beyond outward observance or is it just an external respect for the rules?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:1<\/td>\nBeware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.<\/td>\nDo I perform good works to please God or to be admired by others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:2<\/td>\nSo whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.<\/td>\nWhen I do good, do I make sure even if only subtly that someone knows about it and is grateful to me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:16<\/td>\nAnd whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.<\/td>\nAre my penitential practices lived in secret, or do I try to make them noticed?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 23:23<\/td>\nWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth.<\/td>\nDo I attend to the details of religious life, yet neglect justice, mercy, and faithfulness?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 23:24<\/td>\nYou blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!<\/td>\nAm I scrupulous about minor issues, while closing my eyes to large and urgent problems that touch my conscience?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 23:25<\/td>\nWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.<\/td>\nDo I cultivate my public image as a good person, while inside I am full of moral disorder?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 23:28<\/td>\nSo you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.<\/td>\nPerhaps I appear righteous in the eyes of others, but what does God see in the depths of my heart?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 12:1<\/td>\nBeware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy.<\/td>\nAm I careful not to let myself be dragged down by bad example?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 16:15<\/td>\nYou are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts; for what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God.<\/td>\nDo I try to appear righteous in the eyes of men, while in my heart, which God knows, I dwell in injustice and pride?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 3:20-21<\/td>\nFor all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.<\/td>\nDo I think God is pleased with my hidden works? If my hidden works were brought to light, would I be ashamed?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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5. NEIGHBOUR: CHARITY, MERCY, AND FORGIVENESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 5:22<\/td>\nBut I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgement; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, \u201cYou fool\u201d, you will be liable to the hell of fire.<\/td>\nDo I remember that anger is a capital sin? Do I use offensive words that humiliate and belittle my neighbour?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 5:23-24<\/td>\nSo when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.<\/td>\nIs there someone with whom I have an unsettled score and who is still waiting for my reconciliation, while I continue to present myself before God as if nothing were wrong?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 5:42<\/td>\nGive to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.<\/td>\nWhen someone asks me for help, do I immediately find an excuse to turn the other way?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 5:43-44<\/td>\nYou have heard that it was said, \u201cYou shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.\u201d But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.<\/td>\nDo I pray for those who have harmed me, or do I secretly harbour the desire for things to go wrong for those who have hurt me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 5:46<\/td>\nFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same?<\/td>\nDoes my love go beyond the circle of those I like and who reciprocate? Am I amiable only with those who suit me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:14-15<\/td>\nFor if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.<\/td>\nIs there someone I have not yet forgiven from the heart, knowing that this also closes the door to God’s forgiveness for me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 9:13<\/td>\nGo and learn what this means, \u201cI desire mercy, not sacrifice.\u201d For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.<\/td>\nDo I seek God’s mercy and exercise it towards others, or do I lose myself in religious formalisms empty of heart?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 18:21-22<\/td>\nThen Peter came and said to him, \u2018Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.\u2019<\/td>\nAm I willing to always forgive those who ask my forgiveness, without limits, imitating God, as his child?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 6:36<\/td>\nBe merciful, just as your Father is merciful.<\/td>\nAm I merciful as the Father is merciful, or is my mercy selective and conditioned by the merit of others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 6:37<\/td>\nDo not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.<\/td>\nDo I easily judge and condemn others, forgetting that I will be judged by the same measure with which I judge?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 10:33-34<\/td>\nBut a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.<\/td>\nDo I stop for those in need, even when it is inconvenient, or do I think it wastes my time?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 17:3-4<\/td>\nBe on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, \u201cI repent\u201d, you must forgive.<\/td>\nDo I know how to fraternally correct those who err and forgive when they repent?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 23:34<\/td>\nFather, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.<\/td>\nDo I ask God to forgive those who have harmed me, perhaps without being aware of what they were doing?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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6. HUMILITY AND PRIDE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 18:3<\/td>\nTruly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.<\/td>\nDo I have the simplicity and trusting abandonment of a child before God, or am I hardened by self-sufficiency?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 23:12<\/td>\nAll who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.<\/td>\nDo I exalt myself, or do I wait for the Lord to do so if, how or when it is needed?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 6:39<\/td>\nCan a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?<\/td>\nDo I presume to guide others in the faith despite being blind myself to fundamental aspects of my life?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 11:46<\/td>\nWoe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them.<\/td>\nDo I impose burdens on others, expectations, rules, judgements that I myself am not willing to carry?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 17:10<\/td>\nWhen you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, \u201cWe are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!\u201d<\/td>\nDo I do my duty without expecting special merits or recognition?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 18:11-12<\/td>\n\u201cGod, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.\u201d<\/td>\nDo I avoid comparing myself with others to feel superior, recognising that I too have my sins? Have I made this rule my own, “not the best of all at any cost, but better than yesterday whatever the sacrifice”?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 18:14<\/td>\nAll who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.<\/td>\nIn my spiritual life, is there more self-promotion and protagonism, or more sincere humility before God and others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 3:27<\/td>\nNo one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.<\/td>\nDo I recognise that every gift of nature and grace comes from above? Do I believe the words of St Paul: “What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 13:8<\/td>\nPeter said to him, \u2018You will never wash my feet.\u2019 Jesus answered, \u2018Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.\u2019<\/td>\nDo I let Christ wash my feet; do I let myself be purified, corrected, humbled, or do I refuse this service out of pride?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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7. WEALTH, DETACHMENT FROM GOODS, AND GENEROSITY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 6:19-20<\/td>\nDo not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.<\/td>\nWhere does my energy, my time, my creativity really go, towards what passes away or towards what remains for eternity?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:21<\/td>\nFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.<\/td>\nWhat is my true treasure? What would cost me more to lose, material goods or the grace of God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:24<\/td>\nNo one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.<\/td>\nAm I trying to serve God and wealth together, deluding myself that it is possible?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 10,8<\/td>\nYou received without payment; give without payment.<\/td>\nDo I freely share what I have received: time, talents, faith or do I keep it for myself as if it were my own merit?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 19:23-24<\/td>\nThen Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.<\/td>\nAm I aware that attachment to earthly goods is an impediment to heavenly ones?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 6:24-25<\/td>\nBut woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.<\/td>\nDo I seek my ultimate consolation in material well-being, knowing that it comes only from God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 12:15<\/td>\n\u2018Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one\u2019s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.\u2019<\/td>\nDo I truly believe that my life depends on God and not on what I possess?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 12:33<\/td>\nSell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.<\/td>\nAm I building up treasures in heaven with concrete acts of generosity and detachment, or am I accumulating treasures on earth?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 14:33<\/td>\nSo therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.<\/td>\nAm I willing to totally detach from what I possess, to be a true disciple of Jesus?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 16:10<\/td>\nWhoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.<\/td>\nAm I faithful in small daily things, knowing that my true faithfulness in great things is revealed there?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 19:20-21<\/td>\n\u201cLord, here is your pound. I wrapped it up in a piece of cloth, for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.\u201d<\/td>\nHave I hidden the talents I received out of fear, laziness, or calculation, not making them bear fruit for the kingdom of God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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8. FOLLOWING CHRIST AND CHRISTIAN VOCATION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 7:13-14<\/td>\nEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.<\/td>\nAm I walking the broad way of comfort and conformity, or do I accept the narrowness of the counter-cultural way that leads to life?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 10:39<\/td>\nThose who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.<\/td>\nDo I cling to my life, to my plans, or am I willing to lose everything that is unnecessary to find what is truly worthwhile?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 12:50<\/td>\nFor whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.<\/td>\nDo I truly do the Father’s will, or do I merely belong to Him nominally while following my own will?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 16:24-25<\/td>\nThen Jesus told his disciples, \u2018If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.<\/td>\nDo I deny myself and take up my cross every day, or do I seek a comfortable Gospel that costs nothing?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 1:38<\/td>\nHere am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.<\/td>\nDo I truly say, “let it be done to me according to your word”, or is my obedience to God always conditional and negotiated?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 14:26<\/td>\nWhoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.<\/td>\nDo I love Christ more than any other person and myself, or does He only occupy one place among many in my scale of values?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 14:27<\/td>\nWhoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.<\/td>\nDo I carry my cross every day following Christ, or do I rebel against suffering and try to unload it on others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 17:33<\/td>\nThose who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.<\/td>\nDo I cling to myself, my interests, my security, or do I offer them to God to do His will?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 2:5<\/td>\nHis mother said to the servants, \u2018Do whatever he tells you.\u2019<\/td>\nDo I do what Christ tells me or do I obey only when it suits me or I understand it?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 12:26<\/td>\nWhoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour.<\/td>\nIf I want to serve Christ, do I truly follow him wherever He goes or do I try to serve Him while staying where I want to be?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 14:21<\/td>\nThey who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me.<\/td>\nWhoever loves me keeps his commandments: how much is my love for Christ measured in my concrete obedience?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9. PURITY OF HEART, AND CHASTITY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 5:28<\/td>\nI say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<\/td>\nDo I give free rein to my gaze and imagination, or do I guard my heart knowing that sin can be committed even before the act?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 5:29<\/td>\nIf your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.<\/td>\nAm I willing to cut off what leads me to evil, even if it is something I care about very much? Do I give up friendships that lead me to sin?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 18:8<\/td>\nIf your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire.<\/td>\nAm I determined to cut off what leads me to sin, even when it seems to bring something good?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 19:6<\/td>\nSo they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.<\/td>\nDo I respect the sacred bonds that God himself has established or do I treat them as modifiable human conveniences? Do I know that marriage is indissoluble?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 7:14-15<\/td>\nListen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.<\/td>\nAm I more concerned about what enters me from the outside than what comes out of my heart: words, thoughts, intentions?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 10:11-12<\/td>\nWhoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.<\/td>\nDo I truly believe that the sacrament of marriage is indissoluble, or do I relativise it because so many do the same and live in “partnerships”?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 8:34<\/td>\nVery truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.<\/td>\nIn which habitual sins am I a slave, despite believing I am free, that Christ wants to break?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10. LANGUAGE, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 5:37<\/td>\nLet your word be \u201cYes, Yes\u201d or \u201cNo, No\u201d; anything more than this comes from the evil one.<\/td>\nAm I sincere in speaking, or is my word worth little because I am ambiguous and two-faced?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 7:3<\/td>\nWhy do you see the speck in your neighbour\u2019s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?<\/td>\nAm I stricter with the faults of others than with my own, perhaps ignoring that they are greater than those of others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 12:31-32<\/td>\nTherefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.<\/td>\nHave I ever spoken or acted against the known truth, so as to slander or for other reasons? Do I know that by doing this I openly oppose the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of truth, and that with this I confirm myself in lies without the possibility of escape?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 12:36-37<\/td>\nI tell you, on the day of judgement you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.<\/td>\nDo I realise that I will have to give an account to God for all my useless, offensive, false, cruel words, or do I think they carry no weight before God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 26:52<\/td>\nPut your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.<\/td>\nDo I use violence, physical, verbal, psychological as a means to defend myself or what I care about?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 8:17<\/td>\nFor nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light.<\/td>\nDo I live my life knowing that everything will come to light one day, in this life or the next? Will I have anything to be ashamed of?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 7:24<\/td>\nDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgement.<\/td>\nDo I judge actions and situations with fairness and depth, beyond appearances?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11. WITNESS AND MISSION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 5:14<\/td>\nYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden.<\/td>\nDo I let my faith shine through in daily life, or do I keep it hidden for fear of the judgement of others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 7:19<\/td>\nEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.<\/td>\nDoes my life bear recognisable good fruits, or am I a tree that consumes resources without giving anything?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 12:30<\/td>\nWhoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.<\/td>\nAm I truly with Christ, or do I contribute to scattering His kingdom with my choices?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 8:38<\/td>\nThose who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.<\/td>\nAm I ashamed to be a Christian in front of people and in contexts where faith is mocked or ignored?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 6:26<\/td>\nWoe to you when all speak well of you.<\/td>\nDo I seek everyone’s approval and adapt to be well-regarded, or am I willing to go against the grain out of faithfulness to the Gospel?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 6:46<\/td>\nWhy do you call me \u201cLord, Lord\u201d, and do not do what I tell you?<\/td>\nIs there a distance between what I say I believe and what I do in practice?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 14:34-35<\/td>\nSalt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure heap; they throw it away.<\/td>\nDo I still have the flavour of the Gospel in my life, or has it become tasteless?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 1:41-42<\/td>\n\u2018We have found the Messiah\u2019 (which is translated Anointed). He brought Simon to Jesus.<\/td>\nAm I convinced that true faith is intrinsically missionary? That having truly found Jesus compels me to proclaim him to others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 13:35<\/td>\nBy this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.<\/td>\nCan it be recognised from the love I bear for others that I am his disciple, or am I a Christian in words only?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 15:18<\/td>\nIf the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.<\/td>\nFaced with the hostility of the world, do I unite myself with Jesus who has already experienced it before me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 19:15<\/td>\n\u2018We have no king but the emperor.\u2019<\/td>\nHave I ever denied Christ, implicitly or explicitly by proclaiming someone else king in his place?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12. TEMPTATION, SIN, AND CONVERSION<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 5:19<\/td>\nTherefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.<\/td>\nDo I ignore small precepts thinking they do not matter and implicitly teach others to do the same with my bad example?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 5:38-40<\/td>\nYou have heard that it was said, \u201cAn eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.\u201d But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well.<\/td>\nFaced with a wrong suffered, do I seek retaliation or revenge? Am I even willing to give up some of my rights just to avoid arguing?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 7:15-17<\/td>\nBeware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.<\/td>\nDo I know how to discern false prophets who speak in the name of God, or do I let myself be seduced by those who say pleasant things but lead away from God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 16:6<\/td>\nWatch out, and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.<\/td>\nDo I let myself be leavened by ideologies and mentalities of the world that contradict the Gospel, almost without noticing?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 18:6<\/td>\nIf any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.<\/td>\nWith my words, my behaviour, or my bad example, have I ever led someone to fall or to doubt the faith?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 22:12-14<\/td>\nFriend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe? And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, \u201cBind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\u201d For many are called, but few are chosen.<\/td>\nDo I prepare myself adequately for the encounter with God, taking care of my inner life? Or do I think I will enter anyway without conversion?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 26:41<\/td>\nStay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.<\/td>\nDo I watch and pray so as not to fall into temptation, or do I put myself in occasions of sin trusting in my own strength?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 9:62<\/td>\nNo one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.<\/td>\nDo I give in to the temptations of past vicious habits not yet mortified, instead of saying with St Paul, “For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ”?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 17:1-2<\/td>\nJesus said to his disciples, \u2018Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom they come! It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble.\u2019<\/td>\nAm I aware of my responsibility not to be a source of scandal for others?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 5:14<\/td>\n\u2018See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.\u2019<\/td>\nAfter receiving God’s forgiveness and healing, do I truly stop sinning or do I consciously return to the same sins?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 8:11<\/td>\nNeither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.<\/td>\nDo I realise that if no one condemned a sinner, neither would God condemn him?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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13. SPIRITUAL VIGILANCE, END OF TIMES, AND ETERNITY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 16:26<\/td>\nFor what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?<\/td>\nAm I so busy improving the things of this world, totally forgetting the salvation of my soul?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 24:4-5<\/td>\nJesus answered them, \u2018Beware that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, \u201cI am the Messiah!\u201d<\/td>\nDo I let myself be deceived by false spiritual securities or by guides who speak in the name of God but betray the Gospel?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 24:13<\/td>\nAnyone who endures to the end will be saved.<\/td>\nDo I persevere in faith even in difficulties and dark nights, or do I give up at the first serious trial?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 24:42<\/td>\nKeep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.<\/td>\nDo I live in a state of spiritual vigilance, or am I asleep and unprepared for the coming of the Lord?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 25:41<\/td>\nYou that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.<\/td>\nDo I take seriously the reality of sin and the risk of going to Hell for all eternity?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 13:22<\/td>\nFalse messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.<\/td>\nDo I have my eyes open to the false prophets and false christs of today, or do I let myself be seduced by spectacular signs and seductive words?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 12:48<\/td>\nFrom everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.<\/td>\nAm I aware of how much I have received and that I will be asked to give an account of this on the last day?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 16:26<\/td>\nBesides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.<\/td>\nAm I aware that the choices of this life have eternal consequences? That, having arrived in Heaven or Hell, I remain there for all ETERNITY?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 21:34-35<\/td>\nBe on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.<\/td>\nHas my heart become weighed down by the worries, distractions, and pleasures of life, so much so as to lose vigilance?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 16:33<\/td>\nIn the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!\u2019<\/td>\nDo I have courage in the face of the tribulations of the world, knowing that Christ has overcome the world, or does every adversity discourage me?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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14. KINGDOM OF GOD, PRIORITIES, AND WORRIES<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 6:33<\/td>\nBut strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.<\/td>\nDo I truly put the kingdom of God first, or does it always come after work, money, rest?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 6:34<\/td>\nSo do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today\u2019s trouble is enough for today.<\/td>\nDo I live in the present entrusting myself to God, or am I consumed by worries about the future?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 11:12<\/td>\nFrom the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.<\/td>\nThe kingdom of God requires an inner struggle. Do I commit myself with determination, or do I wait for it to arrive on its own without cost?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 16:3<\/td>\nIt will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.<\/td>\nDo I know how to read the signs of the times in which I live with the eyes of faith, or am I spiritually blind despite being skilled in the things of the world?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 4:8<\/td>\n\u201cWorship the Lord your God, and serve only him.\u201d<\/td>\nDo I worship the Lord my God with all my being, or do I reserve my worship for modern idols, success, pleasure, money, image?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 4:12<\/td>\n\u201cDo not put the Lord your God to the test.\u201d<\/td>\nDo I trust God without putting Him to the test with requests for proofs or guarantees?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 8:32<\/td>\nNow there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.<\/td>\nDo I truly believe that nothing can happen without God’s permission?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 8:37<\/td>\nThen all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them.<\/td>\nHave I pushed God away from my life because by living as a Christian I was losing some material goods or comfort?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 10:41-42<\/td>\nBut the Lord answered her, \u2018Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing\u2019.<\/td>\nDo I know how to choose “the better part”, namely the presence and word of Jesus, amidst so many activities?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 12:56<\/td>\nYou hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?<\/td>\nDo I know how to spiritually read the time I am living in, or am I attentive to everything except the signs of God in history?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 14:24<\/td>\nFor I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.<\/td>\nHave I refused God’s invitation to participate in Holy Mass with trivial excuses, work, commitments, sport, travel, etc.?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 16:31<\/td>\nIf they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.<\/td>\nDo I realise that it is not miracles that convert, but the grace that God gives on that occasion to those who are willing to receive it? That the grace given in Sacred Scripture surpasses that of miracles?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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15. SERVICE, HUMILITY IN SERVING, AND GRATUITOUSNESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mt 7:12<\/td>\nIn everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.<\/td>\nBefore acting towards others, do I truly ask myself how I would like to be treated in their place?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 18:5<\/td>\nWhoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.<\/td>\nDo I welcome the little ones, the weak, the last as if in them I welcome Christ himself?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 18:10<\/td>\nTake care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.<\/td>\nDo I despise or ignore the little ones and the simple, forgetting that they are God’s favourites?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 19:14<\/td>\nLet the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.<\/td>\nDo I put myself as an obstacle between the little ones and Christ with my judgement, my coldness instead of opening the way for them?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 20:26-27<\/td>\nWhoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave.<\/td>\nDo I understand that serving others with the grace of God that has been given to me is an imitation of Christ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 22:21<\/td>\nGive therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor\u2019s, and to God the things that are God\u2019s.<\/td>\nDo I give to God what is God’s my heart, my time, my obedience?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 22:37<\/td>\nYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.<\/td>\nDo I love God with all my being or only with my mind?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mt 25:35-36<\/td>\nI was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.<\/td>\nDo I recognise Jesus in the poor, the foreigners, the sick, the imprisoned (not only in material aspects) whom I meet?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 2:20<\/td>\nThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.<\/td>\nDo I live the practice of fasting as a deprivation lived in love for the absent Bridegroom, or is it for me just to lose weight?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mk 3:4<\/td>\nIs it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?<\/td>\nDo I realise that the omission of a good is an evil? That, for example, if I could have saved someone and did not do so, I am responsible for their death?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 17:18<\/td>\nWas none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?<\/td>\nDo I thank God for the benefits received, or do I receive them as my due, without gratitude?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 13:34<\/td>\nI give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.<\/td>\nDo I realise that the “new” in the commandment lies in the “how”?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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16. SCANDAL, EXCLUSIVISM, AND OPENNESS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mk 9:38-40<\/td>\n\u2018Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.\u2019 But Jesus said, \u2018Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwards to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us.\u2019<\/td>\nDo I prevent or hinder the good done by others just because they do not belong to my group or my movement?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 9:54-55<\/td>\nLord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them? But he turned and rebuked them.<\/td>\nIf someone does not immediately accept the word of God, do I consider them worthy of punishment or death? Do I have the long-suffering of God, who waits until the last moment?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lk 11:52<\/td>\nWoe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.<\/td>\nWith my ignorance of the Word of God, or with my bad example, do I prevent others from knowing the true God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 5:43<\/td>\nI have come in my Father\u2019s name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.<\/td>\nDo I easily welcome those who present themselves in their own name, gurus, influencers, personalities, and struggle to welcome Christ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 5:44<\/td>\nHow can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?<\/td>\nDo I realise that when I accept and seek the glory of men I risk not being able to accept the faith that comes from God?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 6:26<\/td>\nVery truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.<\/td>\nDo I seek Christ for himself or do I seek the material goods that can come from the church?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 15:2<\/td>\nHe removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.<\/td>\nDo I accept the pruning of the Father, the renunciations, the trials, the corrections, as care that helps me bear more fruit?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 15:3<\/td>\nYou have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.<\/td>\nDo I believe I am purified by the Word of Jesus and do I thank him?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 15:11<\/td>\nI have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.<\/td>\nIs my joy full in Christ, or do I seek joy elsewhere without ever truly finding it?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 15:16<\/td>\nYou did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last.<\/td>\nAm I aware that I did not choose Christ, but that I was chosen by him to bear fruit that remains?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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17. SUFFERING, THE CROSS, AND THE MEANING OF EVIL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jn 9:2-3<\/td>\nHis disciples asked him, \u2018Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?\u2019 Jesus answered, \u2018Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God\u2019s works might be revealed in him.\u2019<\/td>\nDo I stop looking for who has sinned in the face of every suffering of mine and others, and instead look for how the works of God can be manifested?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jn 9:4<\/td>\nWe must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.<\/td>\nDo I perform the works of God while it is day, while I have time, strength, life or do I put it off waiting for better conditions?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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