Rute Cardoso sent the heartbreaking text just moments before the striker and his younger brother Andre Silva died when the car he was driving careered off a motorway in northern Spain in July.
Rute, who watched on as Dinis and Duarte enjoyed a kickaround with Virgil van Dijk on the Anfield turf, said that gestures of support 'mean more than words can express'.
Jota passed away, alongside his brother Andre Silva, following a car crash in July. Rute and his children - two sons and one daughter - survived him, and Rute took to Instagram this week.
Rute Cardoso, who married the Liverpool star, just 11 days before his tragic death, posted three pictures from their wedding, including a close up of the pair holding hands.
Liverpool's Diogo Jota, 28, was killed along with his brother Andre Silva, 25, after the Lamborghini they were travelling in crashed on a Spanish highway in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Rute Cardoso, who married the 28-year-old footballer less than a month before his tragic death alongside his brother on Thursday, appeared outside the church on Saturday.
Rute Cardoso, who only married the 28-year-old footballer on June 22, walked into Sao Cosme Chapel in Gondomar after returning with her husband's body from Spain late last night.
The service will take place in São Cosme in his home city of Porto, northern Portugal - where just two weeks ago the 28-year-old married his childhood sweetheart Rute.