i was watching a catholic mass on tv today and it was really intriguing... it was something about jesus being the good shepherd (john 10:11) and what the meaning of sacrifice is. sacrifice when you look at the root of it in latin means to make sacred (sacra meaning sacred + facere meaning to do). what a wonderful word that is... the priest, who just had been ordained 15 days before this mass said, that sacrifice can be full of joy, if made in love... how he sacrificed a wife and a family to join the church, his parents and teachers sacrificing their time to teach him in catholicism, all those sacrifices, if made in love is holy. that made me think about paul's sacrifice for me and how it is made in love and that is so sacred! i cried thinking of him how he must be suffering being homesick and bored, but maybe the message was the good lord is tending his sheep, and he will be home, safe, and happy in my arms in no time...