PRO EXAMEN

EXAMEN PARTICVLARE PRO CARITATE

Particular Examen for Charity

This particular examen provides specific questions for growing in charity toward neighbor. It includes a daily practice of seeing Christ in every person and performing one concrete act of charity, along with the prayer 'Pour forth Thy charity into our hearts.'

Hoc examen particulare quaestiones specificas praebet ad crescendam caritatem erga proximum.

LATINE
Quaestiones Examinis
1. Num male de aliquo locutus sum vel libenter detractionem audivi?
2. Num aliquem temere iudicavi vel malas intentiones attribui?
3. Num alicui in necessitate cum possem auxiliari omisi?
4. Num in bona fortuna alterius gaudere omisi?
5. Num rancorem fovi vel offensam retinui?
6. Num pro eis qui me laeserunt oravi?
7. Num alios cum reverentia et comitate tractavi?
8. Num occasiones exercendi opera misericordiae quaesivi?
Exercitium Diei
Vide Christum in omni persona quam occurreris.
Antequam de aliquo loquaris, quaere: 'Est verum? Est benignum? Est necessarium?'
Unum concretum actum caritatis pro aliquo difficili ad amandum perfice.
Oratio
Infunde, quaesumus, Domine, caritatem tuam in cordibus nostris,
ut qui Filii tui Incarnationis mysterium fide cognovimus,
per eius Passionem et Crucem ad Resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.
Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
ENGLISH
Examination Questions
1. Did I speak ill of anyone or listen willingly to detraction?
2. Did I judge anyone rashly or attribute bad motives?
3. Did I fail to help someone in need when I could have?
4. Did I fail to rejoice in another's good fortune?
5. Did I bear a grudge or harbor resentment?
6. Did I pray for those who have injured me?
7. Did I treat others with respect and courtesy?
8. Did I seek opportunities to perform works of mercy?
Practice for the Day
See Christ in every person you meet.
Before speaking of anyone, ask: 'Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?'
Perform one concrete act of charity for someone difficult to love.
Prayer
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy charity into our hearts,
that as we have known by faith the mystery of Thy Son's Incarnation,
so by His Passion and Cross we may deserve to attain to the glory of His Resurrection.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
NOTA
FONS
Exercitia Spiritualia S. Ignatii; Formulae Traditionalis Examinis
USUS
Particular examen for those working on charity and avoiding detraction
CONTEXT
The triple test 'Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?' comes from the Sufi poet Rumi but has been adopted in Christian tradition as a guard against sins of the tongue.