Shortly before his death, the account continues, she once more appeared. Joachim begged her that he would die on the same day on which Jesus Christ had died. The Virgin immediately gratified him, saying, "It is well, prepare thyself; for to-morrow, Good Friday, thou shalt die suddenly as thou desirest—to-morrow thou shalt be with me in heaven." So, during the singing of the Passion according to Saint John, at the words "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, His Mother" (), Joachim fell into his last struggles of death, and at the words "He bowed down his head and expired" (), Joachim died. The whole church was filled with an extraordinary light and a sweet-smelling perfume.