Anime Lectio: Your Name

                                                            1. Why do Anime Lectio? 

Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel? 

2. Put away all distractions 

(phones, work, etc.)

We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.

3. Deep Breathing

Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface. 

4. Open yourself to God’s Presence

Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.  

5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime

Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime.  The following is an example of such thoughts written by me.

An important part of getting to know someone is to know and understand what they do.  Being interested in knowing others usually depends on who they are, where they are from, and/or what they do.  This usually happens by being friends with people who are near you physically, but in the anime movie Your Name, this happens in a way where two people meet by making a deeper connection.

6. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

In the anime movie Your Name, a boy living in a more urbanized, or city-like, setting and a girl living in a more rural, or country-like, setting get to know each other by randomly swapping bodies for a time due to the girl's interest in a life in the city. Not only do they get to know each other because of this, but they also try living the life of the other person and do things that they usually wouldn't do. After the two suddenly stop swapping bodies after a period of time, the boy tries to find the girl despite the fact that her small town was destroyed due to a meteor shower. Somehow, the girl is still alive and the boy finds her.

7.  Reflect on the anime

Has this brief and written explanation of the anime shed any light on what's been on your minds?  The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.

The biggest takeaway from the anime movie Your Name for me is that getting to know people takes time, effort, and understanding. This may happen in a different way in the anime movie Your Name, but regardless of how it happens, it still happens. It's always going to be different for everyone anyway depending on who you want to know, why you want to know them, and other factors.

8. Final Prayer

Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime.  The following is an example written by me.

Let us pray for an understanding of the time and effort it takes to get to know others, no matter how it happens since how we all do this is different depending on our situations.