PRO EXAMEN

PER VITIA CAPITALIA · DE LVXVRIA

Capital Sins - Lust

Lust is the inordinate desire for carnal pleasure. From lust flow blindness of mind, thoughtlessness, inconstancy, rashness, self-love, hatred of God, attachment to the present world, and horror of the future judgment. Its contrary virtue is chastity.

Luxuria est inordinatum desiderium voluptatis carnalis. Ex luxuria fluunt caecitas mentis, inconsideratio, inconstantia, praecipitatio.

LATINE
Luxuria est inordinatum desiderium voluptatis carnalis.
Num cogitationes, desideria, vel phantasias impuras fovi?
Num actiones impuras commisi, solus vel cum aliis?
Num personas cum intentione libidinosa aspexi?
Num vestem immodestam gestavi vel alios improprie attrahere quaesivi?
Num quid impurum legi, vidi, vel audivi?
Num sensus meos et imaginationem meam custodire omisi?
Num in cibo, potu, vel aliis voluptatibus sensualibus immoderatus fui?
Num per vestem, verba, vel facta mea occasio peccati aliis fui?
Regina Virginum,
ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioseph, custos virginum,
ora pro nobis.
A concupiscentia carnis,
libera me, Domine.
ENGLISH
Lust is the inordinate desire for carnal pleasure.
Have I entertained impure thoughts, desires, or fantasies?
Have I committed impure actions, alone or with others?
Have I looked upon persons with lustful intent?
Have I worn immodest clothing or sought to attract others improperly?
Have I read, viewed, or listened to anything impure?
Have I failed to guard my senses and my imagination?
Have I been immoderate in eating, drinking, or other sensual pleasures?
Have I been an occasion of sin to others by my dress, words, or actions?
Queen of Virgins,
pray for us.
St. Joseph, guardian of virgins,
pray for us.
From the concupiscence of the flesh,
deliver me, O Lord.
NOTA
FONS
Summa Theologiae II-II, q. 153; Formulae Traditionalis Examinis
USUS
Examination by capital sins
CONTEXT
St. Thomas notes that lust particularly blinds the mind and weakens the will, making it especially dangerous as a source of other sins.