Nightly Examination of Conscience

Nightly
Examination
of Conscience

Lamentations 3:40 "Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord." 1 Corinthians 11:28-31 "But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep. But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.  Self-examination is and always has been a part of being a part of Israel. Specific disciplines arose very early in monastic life, becoming a part of the regular daily exercises of the monks and nuns. St. Ignatius Loyola perfected the techniques in the 16th c., writing of them in his "Spiritual Exercises." Outline of St. Ignatius's steps for a General Examination of Conscience:  The first Point is to give thanks to God our Lord for the benefits received.    The second, to ask grace to know our sins and cast them out.

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