Father Joseph saw a special meaning in her suffering on Good Friday, the day Christians remember Christ’s Passion and Death on the cross.
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ManypeoplehavenotedhowfittingitseemedthatMotherAngelicapassedawayonEasterSunday(March27,2016),thedayonwhichChristianscelebrateJesusChrist’sresurrectionandtriumphoverdeath.
Asdetailsaboutherfinaldaysemerged,interestingconvergencesbetweenherlifeandtheliturgicalcalendarsurfaced.
“ItwasonGoodFridaythatIheardfromoneofthecaregiverswhowashelpingMother,aswellasoneofthesisters.Theybothsaidthesamething,”EWTNchaplainandchapeldeanFatherJosephWolfe, MFVA, explained ofMotherAngelica’sfinalhours.
“Motherbegantocryoutearlyinthemorningfromthepainthatshewashaving.Shehadafractureinherbonesbecauseofthelengthoftimeshehadbeenbedridden.Theysaidyoucouldhearitdownthehallways–thatshewascryingoutonGoodFridayfromwhatshewasgoingthrough.Thesetwopeoplesaidtome,‘Shehasexcruciatingpain.’”
FatherJosephsawaspecialmeaninginhersufferingonGoodFriday,thedayChristiansrememberChrist�
