First Commandment: I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.

Do I give God every time every day in prayer?

Do I seek to love Him with my whole heart?

Have I been involved with superstitious practices or have I been involved with the occult?

Do I seek to surrender myself to God's Word as taught by the Church?

Have I ever received Holy Communion in the state of mortal sin?

Have I ever deliberately told a lie in Confession or have I withheld a mortal sin from the

priest in Confession?

Have I placed the pursuit of money and/or material things as my priority above Him?

Have I adopted other non-Christian faiths as my own, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.,

who believe in plural gods? Have I fallen for any New Age belief that we are all part of

God Himself, and therefore equal to Him?

Second Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

Have I used God's name in vain: lightly or carelessly? Have I ever meant it when I did?

Have I wished evil upon any other person?

Have I insulted a sacred person or abused a sacred object?

Third Commandment: Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.

Have I deliberately missed Mass on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation?

Have I tried to observe Sunday as a family day and a day of rest?

Do I do needless work on Sunday?

Fourth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother.

Do I honor and obey my parents?

Have I neglected my duties to my spouse and children?

Have I given my family good religious example?

Do I try to bring peace into my home life?

Do I care for my aged and infirm relatives?

If my parents had used poor judgment in raising me, have I forgiven them or accepted that they did the best they knew how?

Have I abused, either physically, emotionally, or verbally my parents or spouse or children?

Do I blame my upbringing as an excuse for my bad behavior?

Fifth Commandment: You shall not kill.

Have I had an abortion or encouraged anyone to have an abortion?

Have I physically harmed anyone?

Have I abused alcohol or drugs?

Did I give scandal to anyone, thereby leading them into sin?

Have I harbored hatred in my heart?

Have I mutilated myself through any form of sterilization for the sole purpose of contraception?

Have I encouraged or condoned sterilization of another person?

Have I been cruel to or abused any animal, or any of God's creatures?

Have I intentionally caused another person harm professionally that caused them to lose their jobs or source of income?

Have I divulged secrets of another person that I knew would ruin their reputation?

Have I been malicious by teasing unduly or playing pranks on others that I knew would embarass them publicly, causing others to laugh at them?

Have I intentionally or unintentionally exposed others to danger or dangerous situations?

Have I bullied or beat up another person? Do I threaten violence to get others to conform to my wishes? Have I blackmailed another?

Do I enjoy pain being inflicted on me?

Do I belong to a gang or any fraternal organization that encourages violence to others?

Do I attempt to control others out of the need for power, so that the others' spirits are broken?

Sixth Commandment: You shall not commit adultery.

Have I been faithful to my marriage vows in thought and action?

Have I been guilty of viewing pornography?

Have I engaged in any sexual activity outside of marriage?

Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?

Has each sexual act in my marriage been open to the transmission of new life?

Have I been guilty of masturbation?

Have I been guilty of any homosexual activity?

Do I seek to be chaste in my thoughts, words, and actions?

Am I careful to dress modestly?

Have I gotten remarried outside of the Church and not had my previous marriage annulled?

Do I think of other people when I am having sex with my spouse?

Have I excused my sexual behavior because I decided that I was too drunk or too high to be responsible for my actions?

Have I had sex with another against their will?

Seventh Commandment: You shall not steal.

Have I stolen what is not mine?

Have I returned or made restitution for what I have stolen?

Do I waste time at work on purpose and get paid for my idleness?

Do I gamble excessively, thereby denying my family of their needs?

Do I seek to share what I have with the poor and less fortunate?

Have I sabotaged another so that I can get their job or position from them?

Eighth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Have I lied?

Have I gossiped? Do I spread rumors that I'm not sure are true or not?

Have I spoken behind someone else's back?

Am I sincere in my dealings with others?

Am I critical, negative, or uncharitable in my words and thoughts of others?

Do I keep secret what should be kept confidential?

Do I keep secrets that should be revealed?

Have I omitted parts of the truth that might make me look bad or get me into trouble?

Do I blame others for my mistakes?

Do I make excuses to get out of doing things I don't want to do?

Am I overly critical of my spouse, children, or friends?

Do I lie to myself about my own behavior, making it sound better than it is?

Ninth Commandment: You shall not desire your neighbor's wife.

Have I consented to impure thoughts?

Have I caused them by impure reading, movies, conversation, or curiosity?

Do I seek to control my imagination?

Do I pray at once to banish impure thoughts and temptations?

Have I broken up another couple, either dating or in a marriage?

Do I mistreat my spouse because he/she is not the other person I long for?

Do I make every effort to avoid situations with the opposite sex that would tempt me to sin?

Do I like to flirt with people who are already in a relationship and should be unavailable to me?

Do my actions with others encourage them to have covetous feelings about me?

Tenth Commandment: You shall not desire your neighbor's goods.

Am I jealous of what other people have?

Do I envy the families or possessions of others?

Am I greedy or selfish?

Are material possessions and money the purpose of my life?

Do I trust that God will care for all of my material and spiritual needs?

Do I wish others harm or death so that I can inherit their possessions?

Am I so jealous of others who have more than me that I wish they would lose their good fortune?

Do I have to "keep up with the Joneses" and always get bigger and better things than my neighbor has?

Do I try to make others jealous with my own good fortune and possessions?

Do I brag about material things I own, making others feel bad or jealous? Do I flaunt my lifestyle in their faces?