music criteria in whitihin the church
            QUESTION from Sandy on May 8, 2004

Hello Brother Ignatius, Your site is awesome the more i read the more i find supper good answers. Thank a million for your hard work. I was wondering if it could be possible to have a list of some of the bands that are known to have very bad spiritual music even known to be satanists. I mean a section not only for good books and bad books to read but incorporate music as well, good bands and bad ones? I was wondering what were the things to look for in order to know what group is good or bad. Some music is great to listen to yet when listenning to it after a while you come to question it. I Had freinds telling me that many songs all the while they were listenning to it and singing it, they felt as if their soul and being was force to turn to face some kind of image they said they saw interiorly and who was a demon while singing the prainsing song. It mentioned the name Jesus but never Jesus Christ our Lord, that he is Lord or Savior and so forth. They said they found themselves in a position as to were they thought the song of praising was all for something they despised the most which is not Our Lord who died for us. What to think of songs that never mentions the name of God and so forth? After all we can't say that music is just music and a song just a song. So my question is this, is there a certain criteria, that was written on the subject before, that we could read that mentions certain rules to keep in mind while looking for or composing music and songs. I guess the same would go for songs to be used in the Liturgy at mass or during retreats. Surely their might be something on that matter comming from the church and it's position in discerning what is acceptable and what is not from A to B so that things like that do not happend??? PS: Do take in note that i do think that that could be just an attack as well from a demon to the person from praising God and thus keeping us away from worshipping and praising God even more with the use of music. Music and singing is said to be praying twice. LOL... Our enemy does not like it. :-) :-) Thank you for answering.