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part in the service at the cathedral of the holy cross. four large photos of the people killed were prominently displayed behind four lit candles. cardinal o'malley shared a message of healing saying in the midst of the darkness of this tragedy we turn to the light of jesus christ. ♪ let peace begin with me ♪ let this be the moment now ♪ with every step i take let this be my solemn vow ♪ >> elsewhere, a group of christian, vush and muslim leaders gathered near the marathon finish line. in a show of support the area remained a barricaded crime scene. dzhokhar tsarnaev faced federal or state charges or a combination of both. we're going to talk about it next, and the boston marathon
worshippers filled new england's largest roman catholic church this morning. reflecting on the violence in boston that began nearly a week ago. ♪ members of law enforcement took part in the service at the cathedral of the holy cross. four large photos of people who were killed were prominently displayed behind four lit candles. cardinal o'malley said, in the midst of the darkness of this tragedy, we turn to the light of jesus christ. ♪ ♪
he said he wanted to know how the fbi or the system dropped the ball when they didn't have an interview with tsarnaev when he came back into the united states. a lot of the lawmakers were saying we don't want to monday morning quarterback this. we are not necessarily putting the blame on the fbi. they said they also have some tough questions that they would like to hear some answers to based on this unfolding investigation. don? >> emily snmith, thank you very much. worshippers filled the largest church reflecting on violence that began nearly a week ago. members of law enforcement took part in the service at the cathedral of the holy cross. four large photos of the people killed were prominently displayed behind four lit candles. cardinal o'malley said, in the midst of the darkness of this tragedy, we turn to the light of
unspeakable act of brutality. but we know that bombs of terrorism may kill and injure, but they cannot crush the american spirit. today we thank cardinal o'malley for opening the embrace of his cathedral to all of us. to president obama, to governor patrick, to mayor menino, to all who are in public service, to the religious leaders of the commonwealth, to every citizen, regardless of creed, we gather as a community, as brothers and sisters in the household of god, to bow our heads in solemn prayer for the repose of the souls of three innocent victims
to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted. and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed. to governor patrick, mayor menino, cardinal o'malley and all the faith leaders who are here, governors romney, swift, weld and due cokus and most of all the people of boston and the families who have lost a piece of your heart, we thank you for your leadership, we thank you for your courage, we thank you for your grace. i'm here today on behalf of the american people with a simple
>> cardinal sean o'malley here in his own church, the cathedral of the holy cross. >> my dear brothers and sisters, dear friend, on behalf of all our catholic community i wish to welcome all of you here to the cathedral of the holy cross. it's an honor to have our president, our governor and our mayor with us here this morning. we're so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this prayer service. we're delighted that metropolitan theodus and reverend liz walker and many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father pope francis asked me to communicate to you his sentments of love and support. the holy father invokes god's peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering, and god's
that state of grace. to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted. and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed. to governor patrick mayor menino, cardinal o'malley and all the faith leaders who are here, governors romney, swift, weld and dukakis. members of congress and most of all, the people of boston and the families who have lost a piece of your heart. we thank you for your leadership. we thank you for your courage. we thank you for your grace. i'm here today on behalf of the american people with a simple
to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted, and the spirit of this country shall remain. to governor patrick, mayor menino, to cardinal o'malley and all the faith leaders who are here, governors romney, swift, weld and du and due caucus, and the people of boston and the families who have lost a piece of your heart, we thank you for your leadership, we thank you for your courage, we thank you no for your grace. i'm here today on behalf of the american people with a simple message, every one of us has been touched by this attack on
community. i spent a good bit of yesterday in dorchester, which is the community where the youngest victim, just 8 years old is from. it's not surprising how much they are hurting and reality of what happened here is setting in after the shock is wearing off. it means a lot to them that the president will be here today. it is an interfaith service. there will be representatives from christian faiths, the chief rabbi here and cardinal o'malley. people are waiting for the words from the president, chuck. >> all right. chris jansing, we'll have that live here on msnbc at 11:00 a.m. when you talk about community experiences with the president there, i've seen clips last night of the boston bruins game where the entire crowd belted out "the national anthem" in this emotional and patriotic cry. chris jansing on the scene for us, thank you. we'll have more on the impact of that texas explosion next on "the daily rundown."
it was a moving speech. i think off the script that we might have otherwise imagined where he -- he got to the heart of the matter, and that is that we are a violent society and we have to do something to tame that violence and to make sure that these kinds of shootings don't -- don't take place. he had the ability to mix the compassion for the families in the community with what we really need to do as a nation, and i suspect we'll hear more of that. >> father martin, thank you for joining us. you're a jesuit, and i have great respect for all jesuits having gone to holy cross myself, and i wonder about the -- i'm really impressed by the inter aspect of this faith service. it's not going to be a roman catholic mass, is it? >> no, it's not, not as far as i know. it's going to be at the cathedral of the holy cross in the south end of boston. cardinal o'malley, the archbishop will be there, but, no, this is an interfaither is vicious and i think that's very appropriate, to minister to all the people of boston, not just simply the catholics. >> well, what do you make of interfaith services as such? how do they -- how do they work?