Reflection - 52

“What does it profit them if they gain the whole world but loose or forfeit them self” (Luke 9:5)

So dear friend we all are busy doing different thinks in our daily life and we are achieving many things. Certain thinks that we do or that we achieve, may not be helping us to fulfill God’s will. We need to understand whether we are on the right path in our daily life. Hence one of the ways to understand is our daily examination of conscience

As it name indicate the examination of conscience is an investigation of once conscience. In order to discover the good or evil acts one has performed, and especially to verify one’s basic attitude regarding god and personal sanctification

v There are five steps which helps us to improve our daily examination of conscience.

1.   First of all we have to give thanks to god, for all the gifts that we have received from god.

2.   Secondly we ask for the grace to know our sins and for the strength to cost them out.

3.   Third one we have to make a detailed examination. We have to examine all our though, words and deeds and see whether they according to god’s will.

4.   Next step is to ask pardon from the lord. When we come to realized that we have gone against the will of god. We should feel sorry for the same and should ask pardon.

5.   The fifth step is to make a resolution to amend our life. Once we come to know our faults and short coming we have to feel sorry for the same and we should resolve to correct ours ways, here we should take necessary decision to put in to practice in our daily life.

“What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but loose or forfeit them” (Luke 9:5) In the light of this word let’s examine now whether we are always fulfilling god’s will. In order to understand it, let’s go throw these five steps of examination of conscience.

Bro. Jerin Mathew