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The Francis we’ve come to know—the holy man who embraced poverty, exuded humility, tamed wolves and preached to birds—did not begin life that way. Like many of the well-to-do young men he ran with during his youth, he was more interested in partying than in applying himself to his father’s business. His transformation was a gradual process that included the school of hard knocks. As we celebrate his legacy to the church and world, we look for touch points in his life which correspond to our own journey.