Her compassion was real because her love brought her truly and physically close to those whom she loved – the poor and the sick. When her husband, a good man himself, died, and after securing the welfare of her three children, Elizabeth followed the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi. She joined the Franciscan Tertiary and, despite her being a queen, lived the life of a servant of the poor. St. Elizabeth is the Patroness of the Secular Franciscan Order. When death came, she requested that all things that were still in her name be given to the poor.
Noong ika-24 ng Marso, 1980, samantalang nasa bahagi ng Panalanging Eukaristiko ng Banal na Misa, sa kapilya ng sa ospital na pinili niyang maging tahanan, isang sniper ang bumaril kay Oscar Romero, Obispo ng San Salvador, El Salvador. Ang pagtataya po niya para sa kaharian ng Diyos sa piling ng kanyang kawan ay humantong sa pagbubuwis ng buhay dahil sa kanyang pakikibaka laban sa tiwali at mapanupil na pamahalaan ng kanyang bansa. Kamakailan si Bishop Oscar Romero ay itinanghal na beato at martir ng Santa Iglesiya. Isinulat po niya ang napakagandang tulang ito: