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ity, feebleness? Are you so attached to your lifestyle
that you are unwilling to change it for the sake of your
close one? Did you indulge in various forms excesses
to the detriment to your health, through: gluttony,
gorging on sweets, appeasing the body, eating out of
hours?
Have you sinned through drunkenness or attach-
ment to narcotics Á-¦ these most frightening vices that
destroy body and soul, bringing suffering to our loved
ones? How are you combating these iniquities?
Likewise, are you addicted to smoking, which also
destroys health? As the cigarette replaces prayer to
the smoker, smoking distracts him from a spiritual
life, supplants the awareness of sin, destroys spiritual
purity, serves as temptation to those around him and
brings harm to them, especially the young.
Have tempted anyone to overdrink, smoke or do
something sinful?
Thoughts of feeling, and temptations. Do you wrestle
with your sinful thoughts and desires? Do you avoid
places that present tempting sights and sounds? Did
you turn away from seductive conversations, feelings
and self-defilement? Have you not sinned through im-
modest scrutiny of members of the opposite sex? Do
you recall your past carnal sins with relish?
Unconscientiousness. Do you force yourself to dis-
charge your obligations and promises? Have you
sinned by not working conscientiously or through
the careless upbringing of your children? Have you
ill-treated people by your late arrivals, your offhand-
edness & flippancy? Are you responsible at work, in
your household and when you are driving? Are you
scatter-brained at work, forgetting to finish one task
before embarking on another? Are you endeavouring
to strengthen your resolve to render everything for
God?
Laziness, wastefulness, attachment to things. Do you
waste your time? Are you applying your God-given
talents to achieve good? Are you dissipating your
God-given money and other resources without any
purpose? Are you sinning with your predilection to the