This morning even before I got off my bed, a strange thought crossed my mind: Forced conversions surely do take place - not amidst poor,rural and tribal settings but in the seminary!! Even during the Mass this morning I was wondering how come this strange thought emerged in my mind - that too first thing in the morning!
Life in the seminary can certainly be a forced conversion when one is forced to be what one is not just 'to fall in line with the rest'. Formation is actually a tricky walking across a bridge - from the side of a egocentric life to the other side wherein you begin to first see Christ and his people. There is a very high danger that this getting across is either forced or enacted. But what is actually demanded is a person choice and individual responsibility. There has to be a great degree of passion and effort to joyfully make this journey. And unless the 'conversion' takes place this way, the whole process is nullified.
Conversion is primarily a matter of the heart, not just of the state of life or affairs.
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