Almighty and merciful God, this is a soul who is about to leave its earthly body behind to return to the spirit world, its true homeland. May it enter in peace and may your mercy be extended over it. Good spirits who have followed it while on the earth, do not forsake it at this supreme moment. Give it strength to endure the final suffering it must experience in this world for its future advancement. Inspire it so that it may consecrate to the repentance of its wrongs the final glimmerings of intelligence or any fleeting
thoughts that may still come to mind. Guide my thought so that its action may render the effort of
separation less painful, taking to this soul consolations and hope at the moment of leaving this earth.