Jesus accepted his oblation.

Jesus desired his labor, his life, all his being, and the heart of the poor solitary was already bathed in light and strength.[5] This vision marks the final triumph of Francis.

His union with Christ is consummated; from this time he can exclaim with the mystics of every age, "My beloved is mine, and I am his." But instead of giving himself up to transports of contemplation he at once asks himself how he may repay to Jesus love for love, in what action he shall employ this life which he has just offered to him.

He had not long to seek.

We have seen that the chapel where his spiritual espousals had just been celebrated was threatened with ruin.