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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 servicemen and women he had such a special affection for. we can hear him in shakespeare's words. but we, we shall be remembered. we, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers. love is truly shown in action and god, in his love, has given us this warrior as a son who acted in god's eye what in god's

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 went at the grave of lazarus, your friend. comfort us in our 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 our sorrows at the death of our brother. let our faith be our consolation

And eternal life our hope. >> father of all, we pray 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 the soul of all of the departed through the mercy of god rest in peace. amen. [ "america the beautiful" playing ] ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪

And did the famous man in the arena speech, that quote defines the public career of john mccain quite eloquently. again, obama talked about, you know, the fact that he was somebody who was a man without prejudice, who always fought for team america. didn't matter if you were "d" or "r" or independent, if you were fighting for america, he was your friend. >> governor jan brewer of arizona, you obviously knew john mccain well. >> i did. it was a powerful tribute today. by so many of those that shared their memories with us. and i felt today that we were all americans. we were all americans today...

>> a reading from the gospel, john 15:12-13. jesus said, this is my commandment, that you love one another as i have loved you. no greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. the word of the lord, thanks be to god.