For those who confess monthly.

First Commandment

• Have I frequently omitted my daily prayers out of negligence? Possibly venial
• Have I voluntarily been distracted during my prayers? Possibly venial
• Have I deliberately consented to doubts against the Faith? Judge the gravity
• Have I deliberately avoided listening to the Word of God? Possibly venial
• Have I kept or read books hostile to religion? Judge the gravity
• Have I spoken against religion or failed to defend it when it was my duty? Judge the gravity
• Have I unjustly criticized people of the Church or pastoral decisions out of malice or lack of charity? Judge the gravity
• Have I allowed others to criticize the Church in my presence? Possibly venial
• Have I allowed myself to become discouraged, murmuring against God? Possibly venial
• Have I followed superstitious practices (horoscope, amulets, witchcraft, occult consultations), by conviction or carelessness? Judge the gravity
• Have I participated in spiritist meetings? Judge the gravity
• Have I used remedies or treatments recommended by spiritists or occult practices, knowing their origin? Judge the gravity

Second Commandment

• Did I pronounce, out of anger or recklessness, the name of God or the Saints? Possibly venial
• Do I have the habit of using the name of God or the Saints lightly or irreverently, without reason of reverence or prayer? Possibly venial
• Did I swear falsely? Judge the gravity
• Did I swear about matters of little importance, without real necessity? Possibly venial
• Did I curse or call down imprecations against someone, abusing the names of God or the Saints? Judge the gravity
• Did I engage in injurious conversations about God, the Saints, or sacred things (blasphemies)? Judge the gravity

Third Commandment

• Did I miss Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation? Why? Grave matter
• Did I arrive late to Mass or leave before it was over due to my fault? Grave matter
• Did I attend Mass without attention? Possibly venial
• Did I behave poorly in church? Possibly venial
• Did I work on Sundays and holy days without grave necessity (such as supporting my family)? Grave matter
• Did I force others to work on holy days? Grave matter

Fourth Commandment

• Did I fail to respect my parents or superiors? Judge the gravity
• Did I mistreat my parents through words or actions? Judge the gravity
• Did I wish harm upon my parents? Judge the gravity
• Did I speak poorly of my parents? Judge the gravity
• Did I deliberately cause sadness or offend my parents? Judge the gravity
• Did I fail to obey in serious matters? Judge the gravity
• Did I commit acts of unkindness towards siblings or relatives? Possibly venial

Fifth Commandment

• Did I injure my neighbor? Grave matter
• Did I get angry at someone? Possibly venial
• Did I intentionally offend someone? Grave matter
• Did I seek quarrels with others? Grave matter
• Did I harbor hatred towards someone? Grave matter
• Did I nurture feelings of resentment or ill will towards someone? Grave matter
• Did I wish harm upon someone? Grave matter
• Did I harm my neighbor intentionally, affecting their health? Grave matter
• Did I wish death upon someone? Grave matter
• Did I wish death upon myself? Grave matter
• Did I harm my own health intentionally out of discouragement, a desire to die, or stubbornness? Grave matter
• Did I neglect necessary care for the sick? Grave matter
• Did I mistreat or act cruelly toward animals, causing them suffering? Possibly venial
• Did I scandalize my neighbor or cause them to sin? Grave matter
• Did I commit excesses in food and drink? Possibly venial
• Do I have the habit of getting drunk? Grave matter

Sixth and Ninth Commandments

• If you honestly doubt whether an act was sinful, ask the confessor — doubt is not a sin.
• Have I voluntarily lingered on impure thoughts and imaginations? Grave matter
• Have I desired to see or do dishonest things? Grave matter
• Have I engaged in obscene conversations? Grave matter
• Have I listened to obscene conversations with pleasure? Grave matter
• Did I listen to music or content that deliberately fed impurity? Grave matter
• Have I taught impure practices to others? Grave matter
• Have I read impure books or writings? Grave matter
• Have I looked at dishonest things with bad intention or out of curiosity? Grave matter
• Did I expose myself to shows, sites, films, or environments I knew were an occasion of sin against purity? Grave matter
• Have I committed impure actions alone or with others? Grave matter
• Have I allowed others to practice impure actions with me? Grave matter

Seventh and Tenth Commandments

• Did I steal something of value? Judge the gravity
• Did I repeatedly steal things of little value? Judge the gravity
• Did I unjustly retain found objects? Judge the gravity
• Did I cause harm to my neighbor through mistake, fraud, or bad advice? Judge the gravity
• Did I work poorly or neglect my duties? Possibly venial
• Did I damage someone else's property out of malice or negligence? Judge the gravity
• Did I desire to steal or damage others' goods? Judge the gravity
• Did I envy others' goods? Possibly venial
• Did I fail to pay my debts or bills? Judge the gravity
• Did I fail to pay a fair wage to my employees? Judge the gravity
• Did I retain goods that I unjustly possess? Judge the gravity

Eighth Commandment

• Did I lie? Possibly venial
• Did I harm someone with my lies? Judge the gravity
• Did I unnecessarily reveal someone else's faults and defects? Judge the gravity
• Did I exaggerate someone else's true sins? Judge the gravity
• Did I falsely attribute faults to someone, harming their reputation or wealth? Judge the gravity
• Did I allow others to speak ill of someone? Judge the gravity
• Did I listen to malicious conversations with pleasure? Possibly venial
• Did I sow discord among friends through gossip? Judge the gravity
• Did I have unjust suspicions or rash judgments? Possibly venial
• Did I violate secrets entrusted to me or related to my profession? Judge the gravity
• Did my indiscretion harm someone's reputation or wealth? Judge the gravity

Seven Deadly Sins

• Being the source of many sins, the seven capital sins can easily overlap with sins against the Ten Commandments.
  Pride is against the first, greed against the seventh. Envy, gluttony, and wrath are contrary to the fifth. Lust is contrary to the sixth and ninth. Sloth is contrary to the first, third, fourth, and fifth commandments.
• Have I been proud or vain, nurturing thoughts of superiority? Possibly venial
• Have I been greedy or harsh with the poor, with a disordered attachment to money? Judge the gravity
• Have I felt envy or rejoiced at someone else’s misfortune? Judge the gravity
• Have I been wrathful, stubborn, or arrogant? Possibly venial
• Have I consented to impure thoughts, desires, or actions? Judge the gravity
• Have I eaten or drunk to excess through gluttony? Possibly venial
• Have I neglected duties of faith, prayer, or work through spiritual sloth? Judge the gravity

Ecclesiastical Fasting

• Have I fasted on the days of fasting prescribed by the Church? Judge the gravity
• Have I observed the law of abstinence on the designated days? Judge the gravity

Duties of State

• Have I failed in my duties as a spouse, parent, superior or subordinate? Judge the gravity
• What faults have I committed in the exercise of my profession? Judge the gravity

For those who confess weekly and wish to follow God more perfectly.

Sins Against God

• Have I sought to know the mysteries of Faith with disordered curiosity or distrust, lacking humility and obedience to the Church? Judge the gravity
• Have I entertained voluntary doubts against the Faith? Judge the gravity
• Have I mocked holy things or made jokes about sacred themes? Judge the gravity
• Have I used words from the Holy Scripture irreverently or for jokes? Judge the gravity
• Have I spoken disrespectfully of God, the Saints, the Lord’s ministers, Church ceremonies, or other sacred things? Judge the gravity
• Have I let myself be discouraged in the face of afflictions, trials, or difficulties? Possibly venial
• Have I harbored thoughts of sadness and despair due to a lack of trust in divine help? Judge the gravity
• Have I neglected my spiritual growth, failing to seek God’s assistance? Possibly venial
• Have I relied only on my own strength to fulfill my duties without trusting in divine grace? Possibly venial
• Have I sinned lightly assuming it does not matter because it is small — as if I could abuse God’s mercy? Possibly venial
• Have I loved God with all my heart and above all things, or have I been excessively attached to some creature? Judge the gravity
• Have I neglected making acts of faith, hope, and charity from time to time? Possibly venial
• Have I been negligent in preparing for Holy Communion and approached it with an undevout or distracted spirit? Possibly venial
• Have I omitted or shortened the thanksgiving after Communion, performing it with lukewarmness and distractions? Possibly venial
• Have I confessed without true repentance, just to feel reassured for not having grave sins? Judge the gravity
• Have I hidden any sin or an important circumstance in Confession? Judge the gravity
• Have I tried to minimize the gravity of my sins by presenting false justifications? Judge the gravity
• Have I failed to fulfill the penance imposed by the confessor? What was the reason? Judge the gravity
• Have I had voluntary distractions during Mass, especially on Sundays or feast days? Possibly venial
• Have I failed to fulfill my duty of daily prayer (or other prayers required of my state), without grave reason? Possibly venial
• When praying, did I consent to voluntary distractions? Possibly venial
• Have I committed irreverences in the Church or other holy places, such as idle conversations, laughter, wandering glances, or improper postures? Possibly venial
• Have I failed to direct my main actions to the glory of God, acting without reflection or without a supernatural motive? Possibly venial
• Have I resisted recognizing God’s plans for me out of fear of being obliged to follow them? Judge the gravity
• Have I done good works only for human respect, without the true intention of pleasing God? Possibly venial
• For the same reason (human respect), have I failed to fulfill any Christian duty? Judge the gravity
• Have I criticized homilies or preachers judging them by personal taste or appearance, despising the truth they should convey? Possibly venial

Sins Against Others

• Was I negligent in rejecting rash judgments about others (condemning their intentions or soul without certainty)? Possibly venial
• Did I share my suspicions or rash judgments with others? Judge the gravity
• Did I have aversion or hatred for someone and made no effort to change it? Judge the gravity
• Did I judge others easily and rashly, assuming their intentions were wrong? Possibly venial
• Did I harbor resentment against those who offended me? Judge the gravity
• Did I desire revenge and consider carrying it out? Judge the gravity
• Did I feel envy of my neighbor, desiring what they have? Judge the gravity
• Did I feel jealous because someone was more loved or esteemed than I? Possibly venial
• Did I rejoice at someone’s misfortune or feel sadness at the good that happened to them? Judge the gravity
• Did I belittle others’ virtues in my words or thoughts? Possibly venial
• Did I secretly desire harm for someone? Judge the gravity
• Did I deny help to my neighbor when I could and should have helped? Judge the gravity
• Did I refuse to ask forgiveness from someone I offended? Judge the gravity
• Did I avoid reconciling with someone who asked me for forgiveness? Judge the gravity
• Knowing that someone resented me, did I make no effort to resolve it? Judge the gravity
• Did I fail to pray for those who have a right to my prayers? Possibly venial
• Did I speak ill of my neighbor out of envy, resentment, or frivolity? Judge the gravity
• Did I slander or exaggerate the defects of others? Judge the gravity
• Did I listen to murmurs and encourage them with questions or approval? Possibly venial
• Did I unjustly criticize someone’s conduct or complain publicly about them? Judge the gravity
• Did I rebuke someone with bitterness, injustice, or offensive words, instead of fraternal correction? Judge the gravity
• Did I despise, mock, or ridicule someone in their presence or absence? Judge the gravity
• Did I gossip and disturb the peace between people? Judge the gravity
• Did I cause scandal and lead others into error? Judge the gravity

Sins Against Oneself

• Did I have proud thoughts, considering myself superior to others? Possibly venial
• Did I show signs of a good opinion about myself in words or manners? Possibly venial
• Did I listen to praise with pleasure or revolt against deserved criticism and rebukes? Possibly venial
• Did I linger on thoughts of vanity, praising my qualities and successes? Possibly venial
• Did I speak with vanity about myself or my merits, true or supposed? Possibly venial
• Did I voluntarily dwell on impure thoughts? Judge the gravity
• Did I read something impure deliberately and with malice? Judge the gravity
• Did I pay attention to inappropriate conversations and commit faults against modesty? Judge the gravity
• Did I defend my opinion with pride and stubbornness, refusing humbly to consider the truth? Possibly venial
• Was I ashamed to appear in public with my parents or humble people? Possibly venial
• Did I fail to repress impulses of anger or impatience? Possibly venial
• Did I complain excessively about my lot or murmur against God’s providence? Possibly venial
• Did I care for my health with disordered anxiety or deliberately neglect my body? Judge the gravity
• Did I eat or drink to excess through gluttony, without need? Possibly venial
• Did I break the Church’s fasting or abstinence laws without dispensation? Judge the gravity
• Out of laziness, did I fail schedules or duties (work, prayer, family) by getting up late? Possibly venial
• Out of convenience, did I fail to fulfill my state duties? Judge the gravity

Simplified confession: concise questions for a quick examination of conscience, in clear and straightforward language.

Sins Against God

• Do I fail to pray every day? Possibly venial
• Do I fail to put God first in my life? Judge the gravity
• Do I disrespect the church or fail to behave well in it? Possibly venial
• Do I miss Mass on Sundays or complain about going? Judge the gravity
• Do I use God’s name disrespectfully? Judge the gravity
• Do I sometimes doubt God or fail to trust Him? Judge the gravity
• Do I follow superstitions or practices contrary to the Faith (horoscope, amulets, etc.)? Judge the gravity

Sins Against Others

• Do I speak badly about others or gossip? Possibly venial
• Do I get angry and wish harm on someone? Judge the gravity
• Do I cheat or deceive during games and play? Possibly venial
• Do I fail to help someone in need? Possibly venial
• Do I treat everyone with respect? Possibly venial

Sins Against Myself

• Have I refused to learn more about God? Possibly venial
• Have I eaten too much through gluttony? Possibly venial
• Have I been lazy in my duties? Possibly venial
• Am I neglectful of my body and health? Possibly venial
• Do I fail to do good because of bad friendships? Possibly venial

The Ten Commandments

• Have I failed to love God above all things? Judge the gravity
• Have I used the name of God without respect? Judge the gravity
• Have I failed to go to Mass on Sundays and holy days? Judge the gravity
• Have I disobeyed and disrespected my parents and teachers? Judge the gravity
• Have I failed to be kind and sought fights? Judge the gravity
• Have I had impure thoughts, words, or attitudes? Judge the gravity
• Have I disrespected other people's belongings? Judge the gravity
• Have I failed to tell the truth? Possibly venial

The Seven Deadly Sins

• Do I think I am better than others? Possibly venial
• Do I feel sad when someone else has something good? Possibly venial
• Do I get angry and fight? Judge the gravity
• Am I selfish with money or things? Judge the gravity
• Do I have impure thoughts or attitudes? Judge the gravity
• Do I eat too much or waste food? Possibly venial
• Do I fail to do my tasks out of laziness? Possibly venial

Commandments of the Church

• Did I fail to confess my sins when I could? Judge the gravity
• Did I receive the Eucharist without proper respect? Judge the gravity
• Did I fail to observe the Church’s fasting days? Judge the gravity
• Did I fail to help the Church in some way? Possibly venial

Duties of My State of Life

• If I am a child, student, or friend, reflect:
• Have I been disobedient at home and school? Possibly venial
• Have I failed to be loving and respectful to my family? Possibly venial
• Have I failed to help my friends or set a good example? Possibly venial