Obstacles In St. Francis Of Assisi's Life

Every human has a experienced struggles that had drawn them down the wrong road, some express it physically and some mentally. St. Francis of Assisi has been accustomed to express his sorrow of emptiness in his heart a multitude of ways. Throughout his lifetime, he was faced with obstacles that he was not able to overcome himself. Saint Francis knew that he needed someone else to help and guide him past these obstacles. There has been three times where Saint Francis was in aid of help or wisdom from someone: during his early years, when he was captured in the act of war, and his attempts to rebuild the Christian church. Francis lived a life of luxury and riches, evidently he did not face many struggles from the time of infancy to his teenage

But with the help of God, he was given the strength to bypass those obstacles and succeed. Saint Francis once sold a piece of his father’s clothing and his father’s horse. After hearing of what Francis had done, his father became enraged and brought Francis to confront with the local bishop. The bishop told Francis to return his father's money for what he had done was a act of thievery. Francis tore off his own clothes, returned the money owed back to his father, and announced that God was the only father he would obey from this moment on. This event is considered by many as Francis's final conversion. Francis began his ministry by giving up all his valuables to live a life of poverty, he did this to resemble Christ living the life of a carpenter. He soon drew a large following; his followers became known as the Franciscan Friars. At the age of 44, Saint Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226. Two years after his death he was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on July 16, 1228. Saint Francis will always be know as a man with endless amounts of love, a saint, and an army hero. But, the majority of people who retell the story of Saint Francis cannot leave out the parts of his suffering and his despair, for those are the parts that make his story that much better to hear. Without the struggle in the beginning their will not be satisfaction at the end. Jesus once said “For