Mother Maddalena wrote to a priest-friend on June 19, 1905, a few months before her death: My dearest Brother in Jesus… I expect the priest to give me Extreme Unction. I confessed in bed Saturday, received Holy Communion in bed two days, and now I will receive it as holy Viaticum. Caro Fratello, do pray for me that, if our Lord thinks it well to call me, I would be entirely in conformity with His holy Will and that the Precious Blood of Jesus, our Redeemer, and also the Sorrows of our Mother, Mary, be between the Supreme Judge and me poor, very great sinner. The doctor said that I am not in an imminent danger, but there is danger. The cause is my heart, which gives me such a prostration that I am good just for nothing… I take it all as coming from God, and if I will be passably well, I hope, with His holy Grace, to be faithful to God. Pray for me and send me your blessing every day.