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Wuerl: The Blue Mass has this significance for the entire community.

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It provides us an opportunity to say "thank you"

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to all of those people in uniform

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who are out there every day on our behalf,

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on the behalf of all of us.

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And secondly, to pray.

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To pray for those same people,

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but also to pray for all of those who died in the line of duty.

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And to offer consolation to their families,

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which is so important that we do that.

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I think one of the things that is expressed by survivors,

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by families of people who gave their lives

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in the service of the community is appreciation.

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I hear so often from families simply "thank you".

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Thank you for not forgetting my son, my daughter.

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Thank you for not forgetting my wife, my husband.

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Thank you for not forgetting my dad, my mom.

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I hear that all the time.

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Thank you.

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And that's why we do this, so that we can be in solidarity with everyone.

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The families and all of those who are out there on that frontline every single day.

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The Blue Mass is a time when we focus on those who gave their lives

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so that the rest of us might live and walk in peace.

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And we have to remember that and never forget it.

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That's what makes the Blue Mass so different.

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We remember all of those who did lay down their lives

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and we thank everybody else who's willing to take up that same challenge

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every day when they put on that uniform and step out onto the street.