Anime Lectio: You Are Ms. Servant

                                                             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. 

We can't get the help we need if we don't tell people we need it.  Not telling people we need help when we need it can happen for various reasons, like being afraid to ask for help, especially if it involves asking for help from certain people that you're scared of, not wanting to ask for help, even though you need it, and/or thinking you don't really need it.  This also works in terms of understanding something, meaning if you don't understand what's going on, then find out how to understand it.  The various reasons for not telling people we need help when we need it can also be applied to this.  An example of all of this can also be seen in the series You Are Ms. Servant.

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.

One day, a girl shows up to the house of a boy who lives alone to be the boy's new maid as a result of a deal she made with her former master, even though she was raised as an assassin.  Before the boy learns more about this deal from his father who is usually away on business (his mother left for some reason and the boy is too scared to ask his father why she left), he accepts the new maid and also helps her to become more normal with the help of other friends.  This in turn also helps him realize that he keeps things to himself a lot and understand his feelings, like his feelings for her.  She also has feelings for him, even though they don't really understand these feelings (How do they love each other?).

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.

Understanding things like what love is, including in what way you love other people and things, why you don't ask for help, either all of the time or sometimes, and other things is important in order to understand yourself as a whole. Learning how to do this all of the time, not just when you want to do it, is also important to not only understand yourself, but also others. Changing all of the time everyday is something that we always do, whether we want that to happen or not. Accepting this makes things easier.

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 learn to understand things about ourselves in order to learn to understand things about others all of the time.