instructions, take care of him. the gospel of the lord. >> praise you to lord jesus christ. mallicoat please be seated.

this afternoon i would like to thankarm bishop justice, governor brown, lieutenant governor newance. representative nancy pelosi, our assemblyman jackie spear. the chief of police, craig serge. and all of you, family, friends, firefighters, police officers, all who has come as one to unite in our tribute. in a very special way to tony and vinny and to their

families. firefighters do it together. we live together, we eating together, we cleaning together, we drill together, we respond together, and we laughing together. we joking together, we fight together, we watch each other's backs together, and sometimes we die together and sometimes we are buried together. and today, we are all grieving together. not just firefighters, but all of us who acknowledge the sacrifice that vinny and tony have made for us. in our first greeting today, the commander of the army wants

to commemorate the death of all those who died in battle and he adds a sacrifice to the temple in jerusalem in their honor. and so today, we are gathering in this cathedral to offer a sacrifice in memory of those who have made the supreme sacrifice. tony and vinny died together and they will be buried together. and it is so important that we be together today. we come from many different backgrounds, many different races, many different religions, many different genders and departments, but today we do this together. we do it because we have to be together at a time like this.

every time that a firefighter goes out the doors of the fire house, they never know what they are really going to find. the dispatch can be as far as the moon from what they might actually find at the scene. and it might be just a false alarm, it might be a nuance call, it might not have any merits, it might be someone with bird food on the stove or a cut finger, or a cardiac arrest. a small fire can become as it did the other day, a greater alarm fire. so we go out that door, not knowing what we will find, and not knowing what we will really face. firefighters always respond together. but they usually respond to a

stranger, to a stranger's home to a stranger's need, just as in the good samaritan today. and they never pass by. they are always there to help to encourage, to rescue, and to fight whatever needs to be fought. we know that they are sworn to serve the people of this city and they do it well and with a great deal of pride. on june 2 engine 26 responded to a call that did not seem like it would be what it turned out to be. not only a greater alarm, but a tragic moment for that house and for the family and friends of vinny and tony. and a small fire became a

deadly one. the occupants escaped safely, but the firefighters went in as they always do together and faced the very loss of their lives together. we acknowledge the great pride, not only the gifts that vinny and tony have given us in their gift of their own lines, but we know that we really appreciate that they have taught us not only how to die, but how to live. we know that both of them and the many calls that they responded to, both the ambulance and the assist and as the paramedic, that they showed such amazing compassion, especially tony and any of you who know him know that this wild crazy funny guy was the

most compassionate and competent of the paramedics. and all of you know vinny, know the pride he took in his job, what a confident officer he was, how he always looked out for his crew and always wanted to keep them safe. as we honor them today, we know that they are not safe. tony would certainly tell us that one. yet we know that they are heros because of who they were and what they did. and they gave their all and they gave it for all of us. we know today that all of our rituals and all of our prayers will not take away our pain or the pain of their families. but let us in a real sense be so important that we are here today, that we acknowledge what happened and we acknowledge the

gifts that they gave us, especially in being san francisco firefighters. and we know that as we honor them, we also honor the perez and the vallero families who share that with us. and we always do it together. that's the fire department's way. and we have a unique bond that if you are not a firefighter, it's hard for them to express or define that, but it is a bond that cannot be broken, even by the power of death. so today we sometimes get it and sometimes we are buried together, we thank vinny and tony for not only being together and showing us what it

means, but to give them the supreme sacrifice, that we do this together, honoring and remembering them because they taught us just not how to die, but how to live. now, to god, the father and the son and the holy spirit, the honor and the world without him, amen. >> before we continue our prayers today, i would also like to acknowledge with all of the dignitaries a very special person who is with us today, and that's the wife of a member who died at engine 26 as well. and it's so important that we acknowledge her sacrifice and her presence here today along with the vallero and the perez

family. if i could ask you to please stand. we are going to join now our prayer and our hopeful in which we pray for ourselves and for those we love who have died, and i would like to invite susan cornhill, alex perez, marlene perez to come up for the prayer of the faithful in english and in spanish. for our god we give thanks to you that you share with us at this moment that we aring together, gathered in your name. and we ask you to hear the prayers that we offered to jesus christ. amen.

you raise the dates of life. we ask for that faith. >> lord, hear our prayers. >> comfort us in our sorrow in the death of tony and vinny, let our faith and our internal life in hope. >> lord, hear our prayers. >> it's about peacefulness.

translator. >> lord, you wept at the death, your friend, comfort us in your sorrow, at the death of tony and vinny. we ask this your face, lord hear our prayers. >> lord, hear our prayers. >> we pause now and present our own prayers before god.

we prayer for all of us who are in the fire service from whatever department we may be, we pray for our police officers, our sheriff deputies, our paramedics, for all who serve us and who serve the strangers. we pray to the lord. lord, hear our prayers. >> and we are going with them across here. amen. thank god, please be seated. and members of the the perez

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will you please stand? pray my brothers and sisters that our sacrifice will be acceptable to god, the father ole mighty. >> for the brief and glory, amen. lord jesus, we are gathered by the love of you and by the love that we have for tony and vinny. and in your mercy and love, complete what you began in the

water adaptors and bring them to the gift of ever lasting ones. and we ask for jesus christ our lord amen. the lord be with you. lift up your hearts, >> lift up your hearts. >> let us give thanks to the lord our god. >> let us give thanks to the lord of our god. >> and for all powerful never living god, we do always everywhere to give you thanks for your son jesus christ, by your power you bring us out here, by your providence you will roll over our lives. but your command, you free us that lasts from what stands to return to the dust from which we came. and through the saving side of your sun, we arise to your word and the glory of the resurrection. we sing the unending hymn of

your prayer. if you are catholic, may i ask you to please kneel, otherwise feel free to be seated.

father, you are holy indeed and all creations rightly give you pray. all life, all holiness comes from you to your son jesus christ our lord, by the working of the holy spirit. and from age to anal, you gather as people to yourself -- age to age, you gather as people to yourself, a perfect offering that might be made to the glory of your name. so father we bring you these gifts. we ask you to make them holy by the power of your spirit that they may become for us, the body in what our lord jesus christ at his command we celebrate this side. and on a night that he was betrayed, he took things,

giving youthens and prayers -- giving you thanks and prayers. this will be given up for you. again, he gave you thanks and prays, giving you the cup and said take this, all of you and drink from it. this is the cup of my blood, the blood is in you and an ever- lasting side that will be shed for you so sins could be forgiven. do this in memory of me. >> if they say amen.

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spirit in christ. may he enable us to share the inheritance, and mary the virgin mother of god, with joseph, the husband, that the st. vincents, st. anthonys, and all your saints on who's constant interception that we rely for help. >> lord made the sacrifice, which we have made the piece for you,ed advancing to the salvation and for all of you, strengthening in faith and love and on church, you're pope benedict, our bishop george, the auxiliaries, william and robert, and all the bishops for the clergies and the entire people that your son has gave for you. father, here are the prayers and the families you gather here before you, and mercy and love in might all your children, whenever they may be.

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please stand. god, the father raised jesus christ, his son from the dead and gave us the hope of the rose you are recollection. and first in spanish and then in english, we pray the lord's prayer. our father, lord and heaven, follow by thee name, thy kingdom done, and honor. give us to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespassed against us and

temptations, by delivering us from thee. deliver us from every evil and grant us peace from our day. with your mercy, keep us free from sin and protect us from alling an psities that we make joyful hopes for the coming of our saviors, jesus christ. amen. lord jesus, he said i'll leave you peace that i give to you, but not in our sins, but on the faith of your church. and grant us the piece and the unity of your kingdom, where you live and rain forever and ever.