Today is Memorial Day, a day that we remember and honor those who lost their lives in the battle for freedom. It's a day that we give thanks to those who made it possible for us to have the great blessings and freedom we enjoy, at great personal cost to themselves. Today is a day for humility and reverence, in honor of heroes fallen in defense of our country, our religion, our freedom, our peace, and our wives and our children. Today is a day for Veterans and the other heroic soldiers who never made it home. I hope you all go to some kind of service today honoring those kinds of heroes.
But there's another group of heroes that also deserve our honor and remembrance for a very similar reason, who also gave their lives in battles for freedom. Today, I want to spend a moment remembering the martyrs, from Jesus Christ and the Apostles, to Joseph Smith and the Pioneers, and anyone else who died for the cause of religious freedom and freedom from sin. Their sacrifice was no less ultimate and their cause was no less great. I don't mean to distract you from your remembrance of heroes fallen in physical battles for our freedom. I just ask that you add martyrs to the list of heroes you remember today.
Whether we're talking about martyrs or the heroes who fought in physical wars, it's true that we wouldn't have many of the blessings we enjoy today if it wasn't for them. We owe them our peace and our freedom, our lives and our liberty. If it wasn't for them, this nation probably wouldn't exist, and even if it did exist, it wouldn't be the same. Those heroes, by their sacrifices, made life better for all of us. Today, we give thanks to them and the God whom they served, who I'm sure welcomed them home with open arms and gave them a hero's reception.
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