St. Aloyisius died at the age of 23. He wrote a letter to his mother, from which the following is an excerpt. The entire text is found in the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the Hours. I hope his words console you. "May the comfort and grace of the Holy Spirit be yours for ever, most honored lady...The divine goodness...is a fathomless and shoreless ocean...our parting shall not be for long; we shall be united with our Savior; there we shall praise him with heart and soul, sing of his mercies for ever, and enjoy eternal happiness. When he takes away what he once lent us, his purpose is to store our treasure elsewhere more safely and bestow on us those very blessings that we ourselves would most choose to have...I write...because I have no clearer way of expressing the love and respect I owe you as your son."