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♪[ music ] ♪ the trumpets shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed ♪

♪ the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised ♪ be raised incorruptible ♪ and we shall be changed... ♪ and we shall be changed ♪ and

we shall be changed ♪ the trumpet shall sound and we shall be changed ♪ we shall be changed ♪

for for this corruptible must put on incorruption ♪ for this corrupt i believe must put on incorruption ♪ and for incorruptible must put on incorruption ♪ and this mortal must put on immortality ♪

♪ [ music ] and this mortal must put on immortality ♪ the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised ♪

the trumpet shall sound ♪ you're watching our live continuing coverage of the funeral that's going on currently at st. mary's cathedral for vincent perez and anthony valerio killed battling a fire in the city's diamond heights neighborhood just nine days

ago. >> the families were escorted in after the caskets were brought to the front of the church before they pro sessed n and then they they are being let in to pay their respects inside the church. i imagine outside agencies will be standing outside the church or watching on video in alternate locations. >> we see a lot of police officers coming in. we see firefighters and now members of the marine corps coming in. >> lieutenant perez was a marine. then he became a firefighter and police officer. so he, you know, has served us so well. >> and now the pallbearers making their way up the steps into the cathedral here at st. mary's. ♪ [ music ] >> tough time now for the families, i'm sure. ♪ we shall be changed

>> bill were you saying earlier, by the

way with bill tweedy a firefighting veteran that thousands of people who don't fit in the church will stand outside. >> they will stand outside and i think they have live video feed at the church when i was there earlier they were setting up for that. and now listen to the service and they will be standing out there through the whole time. just out of respect for these two heroes. >> please join together in prayer and song with our processional hymn, amazing grace.

♪ amazing grace how sweet the sock that saved a wretch like me... , i once was lost but now i'm found, twas blind but now i see. twas grace that taught my heart to to fear, and grace my fears

relieved ♪ how precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed ♪ the lord hath promised good to me... throughhopee and joy, ♪ [ music ]♪ as long as life endures ♪

through many dangers, toils and snare, i have have been come ♪ -- i have already come ♪ tis grace hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home ♪ ♪ when we've been there 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun ♪ we' ve no less days to sing god's praise than when we've

first begun ♪ just a little over a week ago, our world changed upside- down for both of the valerio and the perez family and for the family of the san francisco fire department. today, with heavy hearts and yet with a great sense of love and pride, we bring vinnie and tony before god and we honor them for their service and the gift of their lives to the people of san francisco. our celebration today will be in english and in spanish at the family's request.

and indeed, as we join in prayer, we want to show our support and our love for them especially. the catholic tradition, we begin our celebration with recalling our baptism in which we became members of the larger family, the family of christ's church. in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. >> amen.. blessed be god the father of or lord jesus christ. the father of all consolation. he comforts us in all of our afflictions and sufferings and gives us the courage to comfort one another with the assurance of our faith. and i bless tony's body with this water, that recalls his baptismal sharing in christ jesus. he shared in the power of christ's death, and he shares

now also in the power of christ's resurrection. [ speaking spanish ] >> we cover their bodies now in white just as a child wears white on the day of their baptism and the pall will be placed by members of their families. vinnie and tony on the day of urbanism, you put on christ and now on the day of christ's coming, may be you clothed in glory. we place their helmets, the proud symbols of their

profession, and members of station 26. let us pray. lord jesus, we give thanks for tony and vinnie's life and for their sacrifice. we ask you that they may share also in the victory of christ jesus over death who loved us so much that he died and rose again to bring us to new life.

we ask this through our lord jesus christ, your son our lord, who lives and reigns with you and the holy spirit one god, forever and ever, amen. please be seated. our first reading today will be done in spanish by vinnie's brother sergeant lucio perez.

come right over here. lucio is too upset not surprisingly and so his brother sergeant alex perez will read the readings. [ speaking spanish ] [ speaking

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and firefigh . killed battlin ♪[ music ] my shepherd is the lord... nothing indeed shall i want ♪ the lord is my shepherd ♪ there is nothing i shall want ♪ fresh and green are the vineyards where he gives me repose ♪ near restful waters

he leads me it revive my drooping spirit ♪ >> my shepherd is the lord ♪ nothing indeed shall i want ♪ >> he guides me along the right path, he is true to his name ♪ if i should walk in the valley of darkness, no evil would i fear ♪ you are there with your crook and your staff ♪ with it to give me comfort ♪ >> my shepherd is the lord ♪ nothing indeed shall i want ♪

>> you have prepared a banquet for me ♪ in the sight of my fold ♪ my head you have annointed with oil ♪ my cup is overflowing ♪ >> my shepherd is the lord ♪ nothing indeed shall i want ♪ >> surely goodness and kindness shall follow me ♪ all the days of my life ♪ in the lord's own house shall i dwell ♪ forever and ever ♪

>> my shepherd is the lord, nothing indeed shall i want ♪ >> tony's sister jacquelin will read our second lesson today. >> a reading from 1 john. for this is the message you have heard from the beginning. we should love one another. we know that we have passed from death to life because we

love our brethren. whoever does not love remains in death. the way we came to know love was that he said that he laid down his life for us. so we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren. if someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of god remain in him? children, let us love not in words or speech but in deed and truth. the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god. ♪[ music ]

♪ alleluia >> i am the resurrection and the life, says the lord ♪ the one who believes in me will have eternal life ♪ alleluia ♪ i am the light of the world, says the lord, the one who follows me will have the light

of life ♪ alleluia, alleluia ♪ listen to your son alleluia ♪ alleluia ♪ i hope in the lord, i trust in his word ♪ alleluia ♪ the lord be with you. >> and also with you. >> a reading from the holy

gospel according to luke. >> glory to you o lord. >> >> there was a scholar of the law who stood up to test jesus and said, teacher, what must i do to inherit eternal life? jesus said to him, what is written in the law? how do you read it? he said in reply, you shall love the lord your god with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength

and with all your minds. and your neighbor as yourself. he replied to him, you have answered correctly. do this and you will live. but because he wished to justify himself, he said to jesus, and who is my neighbor? jesus replied, a man fell victim to robbers as went down from jerusalem to jericho. they stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half dead. a priest happened to be going down that road. when he saw him, he passed by

on the opposite side. likewise, a levite came to the place and when he saw him, he passed by on theoppositee side. but a samaritan came by and was moved at compassion. he approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. then he lifted him up on his own animal took him to an inn and cared for him. the next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with