Merciful and Loving Father, we lift Tom up to You, beseeching Your mercy upon him. As he has slowly become childlike, may those around him love him as a child, caring for him until his last moments. We recommend him to Your mercy, knowing that he is incapable of sinning. May this suffering serve as his purgatory on earth, so that he may be acceptable in Your Kingdom at the moment of Your Divine Call. Fill Tom’s family with the love contained in the myriad of memories of their lives together. Grant that Tom may be at peace, and that his loved ones experience an increase in faith and trust at this crucial time. Join our prayers with those of the Angels and Saints to form an endless petition for mercy upon his soul. We ask this through Christ, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God For ever and ever. Amen! Alleluia!