Yea though i walk thro the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod appeared t and thy staff comfort me thou shalt prepare a table for me against them that trouble me thou ha system t anointed my he head with oil and my cup shall be full but thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever this the house of the lord forever forever a reading from the second letter of st. Paul to the corinthians. So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the lord for me walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the lord. The word of the lord. Thanks be to god. O lord my god when i in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made i see the stars i hear the Rolling Thunder thy power throughout the universe displayed then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art when through the woods and forest glaze glades i wander and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees when i look down from lofty mountain grandeur and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art and when i think that god his son not sparing sent him to die i scarce can take it in that on the cross my burden gladly bearing he bled and died to take away my sin then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art when christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home what joy shall fill my heart then i shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim my god how great thou art then sings my south my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art then sings my soul my savior god to thee how great thou art how great thou art a readling from the gospel according to st. John, chapter 15, verses 12 through 13. Jesus said, this is my commandment that you love one another as i have loved you. No greater love than this to lay down ones life for ones friends. The word of the lord. Thanks be to god. Let us remember john mccain with the words of the jesuit poet gerard manly hopkins what i do is me. For that i came. But i say more that just man justices, keeps grace that keeps all his goings graces. Acts in gods eye, what in gods eye he is, christ, for christ plays in 10,000 places lovely in limbs, lovely in eyes, not his to the father through the features of mens faces. Dont misunderstand me. I am not recommending john f ii sainthood. He was so very human, and for that reason we can see god in his life. He was the just man justice iin. For john mccain, every human being deserved to be treated justly. He saw god our father through the features of every person, especially the poor and those persecuted by power and those in need. John was a man who loved, and he knew that love is seen in actions, in doing. He was so often surrounded by the service men and women he had such a special affection for. We can hear him in spikhakespess words we shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. Love it truly shown in action, and god in his love has given us this warrior as a sign, who acted in gods eye what in gods eye he was. Though we are sad, we do celebrate the life of our friend, husband, father, senator and warrior, because he did keep grace, christ playing in 10,000 places. He gave us an example of how to live, how to be the just man. With st. Paul, john can now say i have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Goodbye, john mccain. Oh danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling from glen to glen and down the mountainside the summers gone and all the flowers are falling its you its you must go and i must bide but come ye back when summers in the meadow and all the valleys hushed and white with snow tis ill be there in sunshine or in shadow oh danny boy oh danny boy i love you so and if you come when all the flowers are dying and i am dead as dead i well may be please come and find the place where i am lying and kneel and say an qave ave there for me and i shall hear tho soft you tread above me and all my dreams will warm and sweeter be if youll not fail to tell me that you love me then i shall sleep in peace until you come to me then i shall sleep in peace until you come to me assist geez taught us, so we now pray o we now pray as jesus taught us, so we now pray our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen for our brother john, let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ who said, i am resurrection and i am life. Lord, you consoled martha and mary in their distress. Draw near to us who mourn for john and dry the tears of those who weep. Hear us, lord. You we want at the grave of lazarus, your friend. Comfort us in or sorrow. Hear us, lord. You raised the dead to life. Give to our brother eternal life. Hear us, lord. You promised paradise to the thief who repented. Bring our brother to the joys of heaven. Hear us, lord. Comfort us in sorrows at the death of our brother. Let our faith be our consolation and eternal life our hope. Farce of all, we prayed to you for john, and for all those whom we love, but see no longer. Grant to them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May his soul and all the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of god, rest in peace. Amen. Oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain America America god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea o beautiful for heroes ooze who their than country loved and mercy more than life America America god mend thine every flaw confirm think soul in selfcontrol thy liberty in law o beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears America America god shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea good rest, o christ, to your servant with your saints. Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life ever lasting. You only are immortal, the creator and maker of mankind, and we are mortgage at, formed of the earth, and to earth shall we return. For so did you ordain when you created me, saying you are dust, and to dust you shall return. All of us go down to the dust, yet even at the grave we make our song alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Give rest, o christ, to your servant with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing but life ever lasting. Into your hands, o merciful savior, we commend your servant john. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own flock, a lamb of your own fold, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the Glorious Company of the saints in light. Amen. And may the god of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will. In the days you have and in the lives to which you have been called. Working as he works in you what is pleasing in his sight. And the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son, and the holy spirit, be with you, and remain with you now and always. Amen. Let es go forth in the name of christ. Thanks be to god. Forward. Were looking right now of Lindsey Graham and kelly ayotte, two amigos, on the road often with john mccain. Also we saw Nancy Kissinger there, senator dole. There she is, bob doles wife. Linda bird johnson there. Its been quite an event. Let me go to john meacham. That service was a long one, the speeches went to 80 minutes, not counting the sermon. It was. It was a full panoply of both anglican ritual and political reminiscens, and really remarkable tribute. The context is that a great man has fallen and the country hes leaving is not all he would wish it to be at the moment, and i think that senator mccain very carefully designed the previous 2 1 2 hours or so as a kind of last testament to the country, that this is who we can be if we heed our better angels, he said in the rotunda last night on the stand on which abraham link lincoln. The hymns were sung at gerald fords John Kennedys funerals among others. Its a reminder that the past is slipping away, but the hope really, that the past is in fact prol prologe. Is it maybe the tragedy is that he was a man of world war ii, that weve lost the sensibility world war ii sensible, the john mccain sensible, the ideas of duty, honor and country are in vanishingly short supply right now. There is a tragic element to that, but john mccain was a romantic as well. He emerged from a generation embodying the virtues, and i think hoped against hope that we would recover them and restore them. Lets take a listen. Lets just watch this departure of the casket being carried away, and the ceremony attached to this. Hallie jackson is right near the hearse. Tell us about the crowd there. Reporter quiet and solemn. We just watch the family members get into the motorcade, the procession about to begin. Senator mccain will be buried at the Naval Academy in annapolis tomorrow, a place he loved dearly, alongside one of his befriends, chuck larsen, who is buried there. As the hearse departs. Watching former president s, john mccains family members, some of the his closest friends pay tribute. You can see the cars following the hearse, appeared just to give you a sense theres about 2500 people in the cathedral, hundreds of media members, people reporting on this powerful and emotional ceremony. Outside ive heard some of my colleagues talk about how folks walking by have stopped and watched howard of this lined up by the satellite trucks of people who just were not able to get in, who wanted to watch some of it or be close owned be present. Its reminiscent of what we saw with hundreds for at t s line vietnam it memorial applauding cindy mccain there laying a wreath. You saw in each of these speaker s giving their perspective on a different part of john mccains life and legacy. From his role in Foreign Policy, from his sense of humor, for example, from former senator Joe Lieberman, to his dedication to his country, his service, his name, as you heard from barack obama, from george w. Bush, and of course from Meghan Mccain. An 18minute speech packed with grief, packed with love, mccain at points nearly physically overcome, gritting back tears, talking about her father and talking about his legacy. We would be remiss to not note the flashes of rage that she seemed to have. You can see everybody coming down the steps of the National Cathedral. We noeled some of the pallbearers near the casket, including former Vice President joe biden. Roberta mccain was at the top of the steps. Joe, her only son left, is standing behind her that he put his hand over his heart when they closed the hearse if the door. And senator flake now watching out cathedral with his wife. And you can see other folks beginning to walk out as well. I got to say, chris, everybody at this ceremony, service, people close to john mccain wanted this to be about mccain himself, making sure they talked about what he gave to his country, as you see, former secretary of state john kerry walking out. What an image of three former president s who had all come to pay respects to someone who served their country. And there was a conspicuous absence, the current president. At the time of this ceremony, as the services were going o. The president arrived at his golf club in virginia. That is his location. His daughter ivanka trump, and Jared Kushner were here as several members of his administration. While the president s name was never mentioned here, it was part of the subtext of some of these speeches, particularly when came do Meghan Mccain, who without ever mentioning the name of the current president , sharply rebuked him in an incredibly emotion at eulogy for her father. She also talked about the love she had for him, and the love he had for his family. Theres a line that i think will be one thats repeated for a while. We all have known that senator mccain has been sick. He obviously went last summer and had that surgery that revealed this brain cancer, and Meghan Mccain said she asked him, what a hard thing to do, right, have a conversation with their parent about their death and what she said what do you want me to do with this eulogy . And senator mccain said to his daughter, show them how tough you are. That toughness has been a theme, not just of Meghan Mccains speech, but john mccains life. Youve heard it again and again. There was danny boy a haunting moment, and cindy mccain clearly overwhelmed by the end of this service. This was the last big service. Tomorrow interrment is closed, and as i turn around in my chair, it is just a sea of people in washington, the highest profile people who have come here to make sure theyve been able to say goodbye in the way they wanted to to senator mccain. As im talking with you, but this was this was an important day at the Washington National cathedral, and an important moment, i think, for a lot of folks. John mccains death has struck people in a really hard way, i think, in washington. Part of this is this moment in politics that we are in, chris. Yes, it is. We saw our colleague tom brokaw there, we saw charlie rose, jay leno, quite a pan oy reply of people. Lets listen a bit the unforgettable words of Meghan Mccain. We gather here to mourn the pass of of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic proposuation of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. The america of john mccain is a generous, welcoming and bold. She is resourceful, confident and secure. She meets her responsibilities. She speaks quietly because she is strong. America does not boast, because she has no need to. The america of john mccain has no need to be made great again, because america was always great. Well, lets go to john weaver who worked so much through the difficult wars, political wars with john mccain. I heard there the anthem of john mccain through his daughter. John . Yes, well, we just saw a celebration of family, faith, and freedom, but we also saw a rallying cry for the nation. The last thing john mccain said to me was i love you, johnny, but i also said through that statement from Meghan Mccain through the country it does not have to be this way. We are greater than this, we are better than this. And i am touched by what president obama said, and i think people in the country need to hear this again. What are you going to do today . What are we going to do in our family, in our communities, in our neighborhoods . What are we going to do to stop the division of hate caused by the current dark period. It was indeed a rallying cry, a very strong moment, and i hope it resonates around the country. Let me go to steve on this. When you hear the man in the arena speech referred to from the speech by Teddy Roosevelt, people like me go i wish i was gutsy enough to be in the arena again, and you were in the arena helping john mccain. I wonder what the commentary class should be doing if theyre reflecting on what happened here in the last two hours. Well, i was struck listening to john, the last words i had with john mccain were i love you, boy, is what he said to me earlier this summer, and love was a big part of his life, and watching Meghan Mccain, i am thinking about Teddy Roosevelt jr. , the son of the president who was a hero to john mccain. When he was a young man, Teddy Roosevelt jr. Said he would never have his own name because he had such a famous father. And i think we saw in Meghan Mccain today, we look at this family and its great contributions to the country is that she will be an author of a next chapter of greatness in the mccain familys name and in the life of our country as she so eloquently put the focus on the vital virtues that are necessary to sustain a democratic republic like the United States. And thats the point here today. That the things that john mccains life was about, the things that he stood for, those essential virtues, valor, courage, the heroism, kindness, love, decency, all of it, are necessary in a country like ours for it to succeed, and all those virtues are in regression and are under attack in this moment in time, so what we saw today from two former president s, a republican and a democrat who were fierce rivals of each other was a rebuke to this vile and low moment in the history of this country, and make no mistake about it, the rebukes were intentional, they were purposeful, and they were designed by john mccain himself to in this hour of his death to instigate one last political fight. He was often quoted as saying a fight not joined is a fight not joined. And i think he would love the spectacle of the fight he instigated because when i was talking earlier about the spirit of defiance that so defines him was present in him, it defies the meanness and cruelty in public life. He hated bullies. You saw that reflected in this Service Today. So the country is upon a moment of choice about what path, what direction were going to go on, and one of the themes in the Service Today was about reconciliation and about love. And we will come upon a moment soon in this country we will need to reconcile with each other to move forward