Among the numerous things St Francis, whose feast we celebrate today, inspires us the one that caught my attention today is the fact that conversion or any transformation is a slow process. Often some dramatic event or circumstance is attributed with the change of heart in people. Not necessarily. My theory of Saul becoming Paul: that his point of conversion was while he lay in bed helpless and incapable of anything, rather than the initial encounter with Jesus, holds true even in the case of St Francis.
His radical breakaway from his inheritance and his father was perhaps one of the turning points but not the only one. I'm sure the whole year he spent in imprisonment after he was captured by Perugia was a time of great introspection and reflection. It is said that spiritual journey is a marathon, not a sprint! So too, any radical and genuine transformation is a slow burner, not an instant ready-mix.
His radical breakaway from his inheritance and his father was perhaps one of the turning points but not the only one. I'm sure the whole year he spent in imprisonment after he was captured by Perugia was a time of great introspection and reflection. It is said that spiritual journey is a marathon, not a sprint! So too, any radical and genuine transformation is a slow burner, not an instant ready-mix.
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