Joe passed on to the Lord on January 31st, 2023 after suffering an unexpected and ill-fated fall.
Two days ago I went to see my friend Father Joe McDermott. As you know I I was supposed to have a healing service with him on the 29th of last month but it was cancelled due to the due to the fall he had.
He suffered a blood clot and was put into a medically induced coma. They took the first blood clot out of his brain but he developed another one.
They said that he would never recover because the right side of his brain was injured. This was very hard for me because I’ve known Father Joe since 2004.
He was the first one that told me to write down what was happening to me and to write down my mystical experiences. And, also the first one to ask I do a healing ministry with him.
I was only 17 years old when I started. He was a great spiritual director. As many of you know if you look at my Holy Spirit post called the Holy Spirit I discussed my first healing service with him.
If I didn’t put that in there I will I will discuss my first healing service with him again which took place in the month of May 17th 2007. I gave my testimony about when God first spoke to me.
I do not remember what I read but as soon as I was done reading people came up to me speaking in tongues there was one person that came up to me rocking back and forth.
I said father she looks like she’s possessed. Does she need exorcism? Father Joe looked at my right side and laughed. After that he wanted me to do more.
I met father Joe through the school that I was affiliated with Massachusetts Hospital School. He used to say Mass there and when I told them about the messages I started to speak after the Mass. And then he invited me to the church and will continued to do so as the years went on.
I did not keep him as a spiritual director only because he was so busy that he couldn’t keep up with my private revelations at the time because, I would receive them so frequently.
But when he was my Spiritual Director he was always there and when I was crying and the prophecy became heavy you have to understand at the age of 17 and on I did not quite understand what was going on. I could barely read or write and this was a very difficult time in my life.
I love God very much and my heart felt like I couldn’t take the gift of prophecy. But he helped me get through it.
During the final times that I spoke with him we have had many discussions. I did two healing services for him this year.
The first one I spoke about how the Bishop needed to keep the churches open in case another virus breaks out and the government has another lockdown. And I got in trouble for that. He didn’t like that as he wanted the people to remain comfortable in the church.
There were times I disagreed with Father Joe and times I didn’t disagree with him. All in all he was a great man and he guided me so well with so many people.
Two days ago I want to go see him at Beth Israel in Boston and I held his hand and I told him you could go. That he could let go.
I prayed alone and I could feel Jesus be with him. And I asked the intercession of little Audrey.
Now that he is gone I think my public healing ministry in the church is going to come to a close because things are about to unfold.
I said to Father Joe God is taking you at the right time because I have a feeling this year and the next year it’s only going to get worse.
And then me and Father Joe had these discussions privately because he did not want me to discuss my apparent revelations in the church.
Although I did think one last time that we must be prepared to be prosecuted. We must go to confession and repent. I do not want to go back and speak in the church but Father Joe wanted me back.
I had a feeling he was going to go soon. He was 87 years old and would have been 88 in May of this year. Pray for the reposal of Father Joe McDermott.
And pray that there will be more Priests. That they will be full of the Holy Spirit. And pray for family and his friends.
This is a very difficult time for me. But I can move on. Please pray. This is a great loss, but there were so many that he helped in his 40 years of healing.
If any of you are looking at this website and are from Massachusetts
Visiting Hours will be held in the Immaculate Conception Church, 122 Canton St. (Rte. 27) Stoughton on Monday, February 6, 2023 from 4-7 PM and again on Tuesday from 9-10 AM. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church on Tuesday at 10:30 AM. Interment will take place on Wednesday, February 8 at 10:30 AM.
