I met her some months ago. What a stalwart devout pious Catholic!
An email exchange:
Hello Father,
Please relate my condolences to Father —-.
Grieving is as deep as love. I can feel the pain all the way to the hermitage. Those who die like this are thieves, stealing our hearts to take with them, cheering us on to follow.
Prayers and blessing for you all.
Father George
And the reply:
Dear Fr George
Many thanks. Mrs —— died very peacefully after the Gospel as the family was offering Mass at her bedside. All her children were there. She had had a wonderful dream about heaven on Christmas Eve and after that was very eager to be on her way. She had stopped communicating a few days ago, but today when Fr —- asked if she wanted the family to have Mass, she very forcefully said YES. She had had several experiences while she was still awake and communicating. She experienced God and the heavenly homeland and told her children, It’s all true!! Heaven is real!!. So may her soul abide now in the depths of the Most Holy Trinity awaiting the great day of Resurrection. And may she intercede now powerfully for us…..
Gratefully fr —- -
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.



Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 






“It’s all true! Heaven is real!” Oh my heavens, what a treasure and comfort to her family. Requiescant in pace.
Requiescant in pace. Amen. She will be added to my daily prayers for the Holy Souls.
May God welcome her soul into heaven and comfort her family here on earth.
Thank you for sharing, Father. What a beautiful death. You are so right – Grieving is as deep as love.
May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
She was given a heavenly and holy death. What a comfort to a grieving heart. My heart and prayers are with the family and friends and the dear departed mother. God bless.
Hello Fr, how are you? So sorry for the loss of your Mother. I believe she is now in Heaven enjoying the Beatific vision of her reward. I also ask for her plea to pray for me as she is now in heaven. I love her. God bless, Angela.