He would become the spiritual Knight of Christ and Our Lady.

To S.Peter, his chosen protector, he prayed fervently; and when at length he rose from the bed of sickness, he firmly believed that his life had been saved by the intercession of this patron, and that it must be henceforth consecrated to the service of the faith.

The world should be abandoned.

Instead of warring with the enemies of Christ on earth, he would carry on a crusade against the powers of darkness.

They were first to be met and fought in his own heart.