Extraordinary Life: Mother Angelica Personified Network She Founded

Mourners are paying their final respects to Mother Mary Angelica Friday.

"We want you to know how much God loves you, and that's a lot," Mother Angelica once told viewers.

The founder of Eternal World Television Network, a global Catholic network, passed away Easter Sunday at the age of 92.

Watch Mother Angelica's funder LIVE here.

She had suffered a series of strokes during the past 15 years and had been in declining health.

The current EWTN Chairman and CEO Michael P. Warsaw said she died at the monastery where she lived, north of Birmingham, Alabama.

"Mother has always, and will always, personify EWTN, the network which she founded. In the face of sickness and long-suffering trials, Mother's example of joy and prayerful perseverance exemplified the Franciscan spirit she held so dear. We thank God for Mother Angelica and for the gift of her extraordinary life," Warsaw said.

"On this Easter Sunday, it is only fitting that the Lord chose today to call home one of his humble servants, Mother Angelica," Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said in a statement.

"She devoted her life to ministry, converting untold numbers of people to the church. She left an indelible mark on Alabama, the Catholic Church and the world as a whole," he said.

Mother Angelica was born with the name Rita Rizzo in Ohio in 1923. She became a nun at age 21 at the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland. She then joined other nuns to move South, opening a new monastery in Alabama in 1962 to pray for racial healing.

In 1981 with only $200, she began broadcasting a religious TV show from a monastery garage in Alabama that grew into a worldwide television, radio and publishing operation: EWTN. The network has had the blessing of the Vatican for a long time.

Mother Angelica had been out of the public eye for years and was no longer appearing on her "Mother Angelica Live" show. However, old episodes continue to be seen on Eternal Word.

"We want you to know how much God loves you, and that's a lot," she encouraged viewers at the end of an episode recorded in November 2000.

In that episode, she showed both deep devotion to Jesus and comedic timing, evoking laughs once when she was not able to reach her Bible. An aide handed her the Bible from off camera.

"That's when you appreciate long arms," Mother Angelica deadpanned.

According to the Catholic News Agency, here is the schedule of events surrounding Mother Angelica's funeral:

Tuesday, March 29
3 p.m. CST -- Rite of Reception of Mother Angelica's Body, Piazza of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville, Alabama

Wednesday, March 30
10 a.m. CST -- Rosary in Memoriam and Public Visitation, Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Upper Church
7 p.m. CST --  Rosary in Memoriam and Conclusion of Public Visitation, Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Upper Church

Thursday, March 31
10 a.m. CST -- Rosary in Memoriam and Public Visitation, Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Upper Church
5 p.m. CST -- Solemn Vespers
7 p.m. CST -- Vigil Service and Rosary, Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Friday, April 1
11 a.m. CST --Mass of Christian Burial and Rite of Committal, Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Upper Church and Crypt Chapel