Anime Lectio: Lycoris Recoil

                                                             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.

Do you have a talent that others want you to use in a certain way, but you prefer to use the talent in a different way?  There's a Gospel story about people being given talents, which is an interesting word to use to describe money (only in some translations I think), and use them differently.  While two people get more talents with the talents they are given, one doesn't do anything with the talent he's given and is punished as a result for that.  Not using your talent is not the issue though in some cases, but how you use it is, as is seen in the anime original series Lycoris Recoil.

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 original series Lycoris Recoil, a girl who's fired from an organization for not following orders in a situation ends up working with another girl with crazy fighting talent, but uses these skills to help all kinds of people, including a café that serves as her base of operations. At first, the girl who's fired from her original organization wants to go back to work there because she prefers the work there to the work she does with her new partner, but over time, she prefers not only the work with her new partner, but also the new partner herself who has crazy fighting talent. The girl with crazy fighting talent is also eventually targeted by some people who want her to use this talent for killing others, not just stopping them by overpowering them, but by working together, with the help of their other friends, they fight for what they want and succeed.

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.

How do you use your talents? This is an important question for everyone. Others may have ideas for how they want you to use your talents based on what they think, which can also be seen in this anime original, but this is a question that you have to answer for yourself. Praying for an answer to the question, as well as praying to understand the answer, is also important.

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 that we can answer how to use our talents, as well as understand how to use them.