But behold, Jesus himself comes to take his mother to the kingdom of the blessed.  It was revealed to St. Elizabeth, that the Son appeared to Mary before she expired, with the cross in his hand, to show the special glory he had obtained from the redemption, having by his death made the acquisition of this great creature, who through the ages of eternity was to honor him more than all men and all angels.  Take, oh my mother, from my hands, that same body which thou hast given me.  And the mother having received with the greatest love that final communion, with her last sighs said to him:  My Son, into thy hands I commend my spirit; I recommend to thee this soul that thou, in thy goodness didst create even from the beginning, rich in so many graces, and by a peculiar privilege hast preserved from every stain of sin.  I commend to thee my body, from which thou hast deigned to take flesh and blood.  And now death came, not indeed clothed in mourning and sadness, as it comes to others, but adorned with light and joy.  And thus that great soul, that beautiful dove of our Lord, was released from the bonds of this life, and entered into the glory of the blessed, where she sits, and will sit, as queen of paradise, for all eternity.  Saint Alphonsus Liguori "The Glories of Mary"