the sixth and ninth commandments

• Did I entertain indecent thoughts?

• Did I recall impure thoughts?

• Did I consent to evil desires against the virtue of purity, even though I may not have carried them out? Were there any circumstances that aggravated the sin: (the affinity with or the married state or the consecration to God of the person involved)?

• Did I engage in impure conversations? Did I start them?

• Did I look for fun in forms of entertainment which put me in proximate occasions of sin (some dances, immoral movies or shows, readings, bad company, houses of ill-repute)?

• Do I realize that I may already be committing a sin by putting myself in these occasions (sharing a room with a person of the opposite sex, being alone with a person of the opposite sex in circumstances which could lead to sin, etc.)?

• Do I take care of those details of modesty and decency which are the safeguards of purity?

• Before going to a show or reading a book, do I try to find out its moral implications, so as not to put myself in immediate danger of sinning and in order to avoid distorting my conscience?

• Did I entertain impure feelings?

• Did I willfully look at immodest pictures or cast immodest looks upon myself or others? Did I willfully desire to commit such sins?

• Did I lead others to sins of impurity or immodesty? What sins?

• Did I commit impure acts? By myself through the practice of self-abuse which is a mortal sin? With someone else? How many times? With people of the same or opposite sex? Was there any circumstance of relationship, affinity, etc., which could have given the sin special gravity? Did these illicit relationships have any consequences? Did I do anything to prevent these consequences?

• Do I have friendships which are habitual occasions of sin? Am I prepared to break with them?

• In courtship, is true love my fundamental reason for dealing with the other person? Do I live the constant and cheerful sacrifice of not putting the person I love in danger of sinning? Do I degrade human love by confusing it with selfishness or pleasure?

• Did I engage in acts such as “petting,” “necking,” passionate kisses or prolonged embraces?