Top 5 moments from Charlie Kirk memorial: 'Missionary with a noble spirit'

5. RFK Jr.: 'God loves us all'

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Kirk followed in the footsteps of Christ and the Christian saints by surrendering his life to God.

"Charlie's overarching passion was his Christianity and his devotion to his God," said Kennedy. "He believed what St. Francis taught us almost 1,000 years ago: that we should strive to live our lives in perfect imitation of Christ. We should turn every day and every moment and every action into a prayer."

.@SecKennedy's full remarks at Charlie Kirk's memorial service: "A couple of days ago, my granddaughter left for college in Europe. Her mother noticed that she packed a Bible. When her mother asked her why she made that choice, she said, 'I want to live more like Charlie.'" pic.twitter.com/u2BIBVc1AI

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"And Charlie understood the great paradox: that it's only in surrender to God that God's power can flow into our lives and make us effective human beings. Christ died at 33 years old, but He changed the trajectory of history. Charlie died at 31 years old. Because he had surrendered, he also now has changed the trajectory of history."

Kennedy also noted that freedom of speech was inextricable with Kirk’s faith, and that standing up for righteousness is worth risking one’s life.

Reiterating much of the speech he made in Washington, D.C., at the packed Sept. 14 vigil for Kirk at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was named for his assassinated uncle, Kennedy suggested that members of his own family are beginning to be open to the Gospel.

Kennedy publicly forgave members of his family last year for publicly denouncing and mocking him after he endorsed Trump, which Kennedy has noted was a political alignment Kirk helped to orchestrate.

Kennedy said love for one another is some of the best proof that God exists.

"For those of us who were friends with Charlie, we don't need any more evidence of the love of God," he said. "Because friendship is the best evidence that God loves us all."