I'm sorry to hear this. I will pray for him and your family in my evening prayer. Perhaps these words will bring some comfort to you. "Mother of Christ, help our absent loved ones, how we miss their presence here, may the hand of thy protection, guide and guard them far and near. And when this life is o'er, stand thou on the shore and show Him at last to me."
Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen. Anima ejus, et animae fidelium defunctorum per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace. Amen.
CGZ - what is your Father's name, if I may ask? I'm going to have a Requiem Mass said for him, sung if possible. (If you're not comfortable with saying it here, please send me a PM.)
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