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 pray

. >> marlene perez described her brother and commanded men and also respect. it is a difficult job, she acknowledged. >> some of you loved him so and wondered if he loved you back. well, i'm here to tell you, yes, he did. >> and tony valerio's best friend described a multi-facetted man who lived life fully who was also a consummate professional. >> he could walk into a chaotic situation, diffuse eat motion natural fireworks, pick up the pees and bring sanity to an otherwise intense and sometimes dangerous ambulance call. he was the best part of many people's worst day. >> this would have been one of those bad days, as well. both men posthumously received the firefighters in the line of duty. and the receptions continues for many of the firefighters who came here from across the country and literally around the world. as one of them said, we don't get to see each other very often. unfortunately it always seems to be at an event like this. from st. mary's's cathedral and san francisco, wade freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. >> the massive funeral proc