James asks:

Five years ago, my parents allowed me to convert to Catholicism. I have been struggling to live the faith alone within my family, though this isn't the time or the place to get into that part. Over the past five years, I have began to develop my love for Christ and His Church. Just this year, I feel I have found my vocation: To be a film director for Him. It is said that thoughts and feelings can be a way that God can communicate His will. Almost every day, I find myself dreaming of the kinds of stories I dream of creating. I often write down story ideas, notes about what makes a good film, and character sketches in my journal/sketchbook. I have heard that external circumstances can also be a way that God can communicate His will. We may have heard that with the rise of computer graphics movies and video games, we are becoming a visual culture. Think about it. I believe that the very best of computer graphics can capture the beauty, majesty, and wonder of God. On a little side note, we may also have heard of the influx of Japanese anime in this country since the early 1990s. Take my word for it, it's not all pornography! The best ones combine striking imagery and high energy with sophisticated stories and characters have clicked with my personality and will become something of an influence. Last and most seriously, I know in my heart that God wants me to be a visual storyteller for His glory. I feel that even if there is a time of persecution to come, He wants me to live through that time and become a storyteller to help build the new Christendom when it comes and to ennoble peoples and nations with beauty, majesty, and wonder. Please pray that I continue developing my budding storytelling skills and my sense of God's majesty and wonder as well as the desire to be with Him and to serve Him. This is one that comes from the bottom of my heart.