Hello well firstly I would like to say I really enjoy music both secular and religious, and a couple of months ago I stopped listening to it because I wanted to be “detached” after reading about St john and St Teresa. It makes me very empty and unhappy that I can’t listen to music that really makes me feel better. Is there anyway I can listen to music without becoming attached to it and still progress in holiness?? Thanks
It is so impossible for me to give so many of these threads any credibility whatsoever.
You stopped listening to religious music, but you have no problem coming on the internet to a chat room and asking for spiritual guidance? Seriously???
You honestly expect that someone in a chatroom on the Internet is going to be able to give you spiritual guidance, and it’s going to be valid, and you should actually DO what someone online tells you to do? Seriously???
Okay, then here is the advice:
continue in your efforts to remove yourself from the world ; that would, of course, include the internet. Stay completely off the internet forever. Give up all electronic entertainment, including and especially television and movies. Consider this penance for your sins and the sins of the world.
Replace all of the above with prayer, spiritual reading, and reception of the Sacraments, and performing ALL of the duties of your state in life faithfully, cheerfully, and with devotion.
Take some form of physical exercise every day (in moderation), if it is not a big part of your
regular duties.
Do not neglect the tried and true penances of fasting and almsgiving. Perform spiritual and temporal works of mercy. Give your life entirely to God. Keep the Lords Day holy by not shopping or doing servile work on Sundays. Use the time for additional devotions.
That is all.
