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Praying the Ignatian Examen regularly as a family will help older kids and teens become more aware of their spiritual lives generally, and make their examinations of conscience more fruitful.Ĥ. If you use a written examination of conscience as a guide, post it on your refrigerator or in your Home Oratory a few days before going to receive the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.ģ. Encourage your kids to pray to the Holy Spirit to enlighten them about their sins, or ways that they have fallen short of being the person God is calling them to be.Ģ. Here are some tips for making a good examination of conscience:ġ. Three Tips for a Good Examination of Conscience

Find those links below (under Learn More). Catholic bishops provide versions that use the Ten Commandments and the principles of Catholic social teaching, as well as versions geared toward children, young adults, single adults, and married adults on their website. You can find many forms of the examination of conscience in various prayer books and online the U.S. Most forms of the examination of conscience draw on the Ten Commandments however, some draw on the Beatitudes, the Our Father, Catholic social teaching, or portions of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Typically it consists of questions in three categories: the call to love God, the call to love others, and the call to love one’s self. (Check out the end of this article for some other ways to explain to your kids why we go to Confession.)Ī good examination of conscience considers all areas of our lives-our thoughts and words, what we have done, and what we have failed to do (to paraphrase the Confiteor). Once we recognize our sins, we can ask God for forgiveness and healing. Before you celebrate the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation with your kids (see Celebrate Reconciliation with Your Kids: 9 Ways to Make It Happen), help them to prepare by coaching them through an examination of conscience.Īn examination of conscience is a prayerful reflection on our actions in light of our faith in order to identify sins, patterns of sin, or ways that we are falling short of who God is calling us to be.