One day in 1505, Luther was caught in a thunderstorm and was thrown to the ground when a bolt of lightning struck nearby. Like most men and women of this time Luther believed that God could come to the aid of humans. In the storm he cried out Help St. Anne and I will become a monk. True to his word that same year Luther ceased studying law and joined the monastery in Erfurt. Luther was a model monk and in 1507 he was ordained a priest.