Are You A Better Catholic For Reading LOTR? Are You A Better Catholic For Meditating On The Passion Of Jesus Christ Crucified? Sexagesima Sunday

“Evil books will be abundant on earth and the sprits of darkness will spread everywhere a universal slackening of all that concerns the service of God. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879) 

Are you a better Catholic for reading LOTR? No. Put down your copy or better yet burn your copy and destroy all the DVD's.

You retort and say that your imagination is strenghten by reading the LOTR and Tolkien himself is called the Lord of Imagination

Problem with imagination is that the devil can and does have the ability to influence your imagination - especially if you give yourself over to works like the LOTR.

St Thomas Aquinas:

Nevertheless, angels, good or bad, can exercise an indirect influence on human wills by stirring up images in the human imagination. And angels, good or bad, can, by their natural power, arouse sentient appetites and passions in the same way, that is, by producing images in the human imagination.

Instead of wasting your time and energy by filling up your imagination with the works of Tolkien it is better, and you will agree, to fill your imagination up with the passion of Jesus Christ Crucified.

For more in depth analysis why you should put aside LOTR:

Fantasy Literature Of J.R.R. Tolkien Is Not Roman Catholic! Part I

Fantasy Literature Of J.R.R. Tolkien Is Not Roman Catholic! Part II