I failed my exams!

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You may not be Catholic but the following questions aid Catholics in self examination. So, laying the divisions aside, I hope you might find the following helpful in your walk toward God.

Oh, and the Catholics divy up the ten commandments differently but just divy up the questions accordingly, if ya wants.

:) God bless!


First Commandment
Have I believed in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? Have I failed to trust in God and His mercy? Have I complained against God in adversity? Have I been thankful for God's blessings? Have I doubted the Christian faith and the teachings of the Church? Have I tried to serve God and keep His Commandments? Have I given way to superstition? Have I frequented the religious meetings of heretics and schismatics? Have I neglected my duties to God through fear of ridicule or persecution? Have I failed to pray to God faithfully'? Have I put myself before God?

Second Commandment
Have I made an idol of any person or thing? Have I given to anyone or anything the worship that is due to God alone? Have I set before myself the Holy life of Jesus and tried to imitate Him? Have I read the Holy Scriptures regularly? Have I been irreverent during Church Services, let my attention wander, or been insincere? Have I neglected to receive Holy Communion regularly or without due preparation?



Third Commandment
Have I profaned the Holy name of God in any way? Have I cursed anyone or anything, or sworn a false oath? Have I failed to give proper reverence to holy persons and things? Have I had due respect for the clergy of the Church or hindered them in performing God's work? Have I broken any solemn vow or promise? Have I entered into any unlawful contract or made an unlawful promise?



Fourth Commandment
Have I stayed away from Church on Sundays or prevented others from going? Have I done unnecessary work on Sundays? Have I spent the day in unwholesome fashion or profaned it by improper conduct? If I could not go to Church because of illness or other grave cause, have I prayed at home? Have I caused anyone else to profane the Lord's Day? Have I kept the Fasts and Festivals prescribed by the Church?



Fifth Commandment
Have I respected my parents and been obedient to them? Have I been guilty of deception, or caused them pain by my words or actions? Have I neglected them or failed to help them? Have I done my duty towards my family? Have I been wanting in love or kindness towards my husband (or wife), or harmed him (or her) in any way ? Have I set my children a good example and tried to bring them up properly? Have I corrected their faults with patience and not with anger? Have I over-indulged or spoiled them? Have I neglected my God-children and failed in my obligations towards them. Have I worked for my employers honestly and diligently? Have I treated fairly all those who have worked for me? Have I honoured God as my Heavenly Father by treating others as my brothers, and have I honoured the Church as my spiritual Mother by honouring and practicing my religion in accordance with her teachings?



Sixth Commandment
Have I caused the injury or death of any one, or wished that I were dead? Have I done anything to shorten my own life or that of someone else by injuring health, or through evil and intemperate living? Have I given way to anger, or harmed others with words or actions? Have I defamed others who needed help, or failed to stand up for those unjustly treated? Have I been cruel to anyone? Have I mistreated animals or destroyed any life unnecessarily? Have I failed to forgive anyone or harboured evil thoughts against them?



Seventh Commandment
Have I given way to impure thoughts, words, or deeds? Have I committed any unworthy actions alone or with others? Have I degraded myself in any way, or forgotten human dignity? Have I read immoral books or magazines, or delighted in obscenity of any kind? Have I associated with bad companions or frequented unsavoury places? Have I eaten or drunk or smoked too much? Have I been lazy, idle, or wasted my time? Have I led others to commit sinful acts? Have I been unfaithful to any trust confided in me?



Eighth Commandment
Have I stolen anything or wished to do so? Have I kept anything that did not belong to me? Have I tried honestly to find owners of lost articles I have found? Have I cheated anyone? Have I paid my debts? Have I lived within my income, and not wastefully and extravagantly? Have I given to charitable causes in proportion to my means? Have I been honest and upright?



Ninth Commandment
Have I told lies, or added to or subtracted from the truth? Have I made careless statements or spoken evil of anyone? Have I told any secrets entrusted to me, or betrayed anyone? Have I gossiped about anyone or harmed their reputation? Have I concealed the truth, assisted in carrying out a lie, or pretended to commit a sin of which I was not guilty? Have I tried to see the good in others rather than their shortcomings?



Tenth Commandment
Have I envied anything good that has come to others? Have I been jealous of another's good fortune? Have I wished for anything that was another's? Have I damaged or destroyed the property of others? Have I wished for things God has not given me, or been discontented with my lot? Have I been stingy? Have I held back anything due another? Have I hoped for the downfall of anyone so that I might gain by it? Have I failed to be gracious and generous to anyone. Have I expected God to give me that which I would refuse one of my fellow men?





I dunno about you but man o' man. Rarely is there a day that goes by wherein I don't break one of these.









Lord have mercy.
 
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I am glad this is not my exam.
 
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I didn't foresee this thread as being divisive. I am sorry if it was received that way...



2 Corinthians 13:4-6 (New International Version)

4For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God's power we will live with him to serve you.
5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? 6And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.


1 Corinthians 11:27-29 (New International Version)

27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.


Lamentations 3:40 (New International Version)

40 Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the LORD.
 
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and have I honoured the Church as my spiritual Mother by honouring and practicing my religion in accordance with her teachings?
No, because I don't live in Babylon.


Have I neglected to receive Holy Communion regularly or without due preparation?
Yes and it's the catholic priest's fault, he only gave everyone wafer but no wine.


Have I made an idol of any person or thing?
Hath thouest idolised the Pope, Mary and the Church?
 
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No, because I don't live in Babylon.
Ah, you must have read the Two Babylons. Yeah, I don't live in Babylon either. Interesting book though, huh?


Yes and it's the catholic priest's fault, he only gave everyone wafer but no wine.
I have no idea what that means. We don't have wafers and always have wine.


Hath thouest idolised the Pope, Mary and the Church?
We don't recognize the Pope. We don't worship Mary. And our understanding of what Church is, is quite different. I don't know if it's possible to idolize the body of Christ, if that makes sense?


You can always just take the parts out you don't like and leave the rest. This isn't Holy Scripture or dogma or Holy tradition or a creed or the result of a council as we find in Acts or anything. It's just something that is helpful when examining yourself. But thank you for the reply.

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:) May God bless you abundantly
 
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Ryan wasn't talking to you specifically buddy. Yeah in one catholic church service we only got wine. For all the hoo-har catholics make about the importance of mass, they leave half of it out!

I think it was hypocritical of sucha question about idolatory given catholics idolise so much, and they do. That's why the word Mary is more common than Jesus, and lots of statues/images of Mary about the place. Plus the ones who flock to an image of Mary on a piece of burnt toast or toilet bowl stain. If I was a catholic taking the text, i'd repent of the idolatory of the pope etc.
 
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Ryan wasn't talking to you specifically buddy. Yeah in one catholic church service we only got wine. For all the hoo-har catholics make about the importance of mass, they leave half of it out!
Understandable. I did assume you were directing this at me. I apologize. However, we do know that there are Catholics that don't even know what they believe, aka bad Catholics. Still, this is true in any church. How many church goers really know or live or believe in a way that is reflective of the way in which we know we ought? I think we're so used to politicizing the difference between Catholics and Protestants (and a shout out to the Ana-baptists) that we often fail to realize that the exact same internal blunders exist within the very churches we attend. Yet, we are much more graceful when dealing with those folks b/c, well, we don't consider them enemies.

I think it was hypocritical of sucha question about idolatory given catholics idolise so much, and they do.
I don't know. I see plenty of spiritual idols tucked away into the dark closets across the protestant spectrum. They lack the externals but doesn't make it any less apparent.

That's why the word Mary is more common than Jesus, and lots of statues/images of Mary about the place. Plus the ones who flock to an image of Mary on a piece of burnt toast or toilet bowl stain. If I was a catholic taking the text, i'd repent of the idolatory of the pope etc.
Yeah, they did a poll, according to a Roman Catholic Priest, on the mockumentary Religilous, that asked who is prayed to the most. Jesus came in 6th. The Catholic Priest was quick with the reality that there are many cafeteria Catholics.

I'll see your image of Mary and or Jesus on a piece of toast and raise you the Wrath of God against Mardi Gras so He sent Katrina to New Orleans to drown the poor. Or a Benny Hinn extravaganza. There are plenty of miracle seekers out there and you don't have to go to Rome to find them. There are even books that you can purchase that will teach you to pray in a certain way so as to get what you want and prosper - as if by some magic formula we could manipulate the Creator.

I'll leave the Pope alone. While I disagree with Papal supremacy/infallibility we don't have to go far to find many non-Catholic supreme/infallible Pope types. And Pope is really just a bishop and if we just gathered up all the folks that call themselves Bishop, we'd have a pretty spooky spectrum.


Thanks for clarifying, Mahogany. We live in sad times. Still...

He IS risen :)
 
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Granted there is idolatary everywhere but the difference is Catholicism upholds idolatary on an official level or by tradition.

The bible says not to associate intimately such idolaters:

1Co 5:11 But now I have written to you not to associate intimately, if any man called a brother and is either a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not to eat.
 
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You can always just take the parts out you don't like and leave the rest. This isn't Holy Scripture or dogma or Holy tradition or a creed or the result of a council as we find in Acts or anything. It's just something that is helpful when examining yourself. But thank you for the reply.
I thought the thread was very interesting and a good reminder of how sins can be very subtle but are sins nonetheless. I skimmed over the OP's first sentences, so I didn't even realize that this was something that Catholics use.
 
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Granted there is idolatary everywhere but the difference is Catholicism upholds idolatary on an official level or by tradition.

The bible says not to associate intimately such idolaters:

1Co 5:11 But now I have written to you not to associate intimately, if any man called a brother and is either a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not to eat.
I have to disagree with you there. Catholics aren't idolaters. But I agree about associating intimately with a man called a brother who falls into the many categories above. Not from the gate, but after rejecting an appeal to repent and after being brought before the Church etc.


God bless
 
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The point is the whole catholic system is based upon idolatory, so I'm not comfortable assocating with it at all.
 
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