![]() She breathed her last.” Here’s the video of Fr. We all continued to pray silently around her bed.” “We had just finished praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet. “It was in the afternoon that Father Miguel and I went to her bed at the hour of mercy, at three o’clock,” Fr. Later that afternoon, as it became clear that she would die soon, those around her simply prayed. Mass was offered in her room, and she received the Eucharist. She was anointed, pardoned, and prayed over. When he arrived, he started Last Rites, which is a collection of prayers and sacraments given to those near death. I had this desire in my own heart to thank her for all that we have benefited by her witness and her teaching.”īut early on Easter Sunday, Mother Angelica started to struggle again and Fr. “After the 3 o’clock hour arrived on Good Friday she was more calm she was more peaceful.” (Jesus died on the cross at three o’clock, according to the Bible.) ![]() Excruciating pain.”īut the pain didn’t last all day. “Well, do you know where that word ‘excruciating’ comes from? Ex, from, cruce, from the cross. Joseph saw a special meaning in her suffering on Good Friday, the day Christians remember Christ’s passion and death on the cross. These two people said to me, ‘She has excruciating pain’.”įr. They said you could hear it down the hallways–that she was crying out on Good Friday from what she was going through. She had a fracture in her bones because of the length of time she had been bedridden. ![]() “Mother began to cry out early in the morning from the pain that she was having. Joseph Wolfe, MFVA, explained of Mother Angelica’s final hours. They both said the same thing,” EWTN chaplain and chapel dean Fr. “It was on Good Friday that I heard from one of the caregivers who was helping Mother, as well as one of the sisters. ![]() Many people have noted how fitting it seemed that Mother Angelica passed away on Easter Sunday (2016), the day in which Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection and triumph over death.Īs details about her final days emerged, interesting convergences between her life and the liturgical calendar surfaced. ![]()
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