"No one has great love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."

-- Jesus

"Jesus is talking about the self-giving of an entire life, minute by minute, day by day, year by year. What Jesus is describing goes deeper than any self-seeking, deeper than any self-serving. It simply wants to do the utmost possible for the beloved, up to and including the point of giving its own life."

-- NT Wright

Wow. Somthing great to keep in mind with Easter on the horizon. We think of the Holy Week events with such sadness; indeed, the horror of the event is tremendous. But the glory, the beauty, the love that compelled Jesus forward is so deep, so freeing, so amazing...and we are called to be a part of that. To model to our little ones, our freinds, our neighbors, the same kind of love. What an honor...