Anime Lectio: ROLL OVER AND DIE

                                                           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. The only device you need is the one you use for this blog.

3. Deep Breathing - Open yourself to God’s Presence

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. 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 people you

know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence. 

4. 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. 

What are the blessings in your life?  Do you know what they are and/or how to use them?  It's helpful to know what they are, especially if you're asked to help people because of it, whether you do it in a certain way or end up doing it in a way you didn't expect.  The answers to these questions, as well as helping people based on these questions, can be seen in the series ROLL OVER AND DIE.

5. Brief and written explanation of the anime

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

A girl with a blessing known as Reversal is chosen to be part of a hero's party, but due to the fact that she, as well as anyone else apparently, doesn't know what this blessing does, she's kicked out of the hero's party for not being able to do much of anything in terms of fighting and sold as a slave by one of the members of this party (the only one who wanted to kick her out actually).  As a slave, she ends up imprisoned with other slaves and the slave master decides to kill them off by having monsters attack them.  The slave master leaves them with a weapon in order to defend themselves, but the weapon is a cursed sword that kills its user.  Even though other slaves have tried using the sword and died, the girl decides to try using it anyway and when she does, she finds out that her blessing known as Reversal lets her use cursed objects without any negative effects.  With this sword, she starts a new life with another slave she frees and together, with friends and enemies, end up having more adventures based on what happens to them.

6.  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.

There's a lot in this series that happens after the girl with the blessing known as Reversal finds out what her blessing can actually do, but I'm more interested in what the blessing can actually do than in what she does with it (that part is also complicated and confusing too). It's important to know what the blessing in your life can do, as well as things like what you call them.

7. 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 understand the blessings in our lives.