--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Buck I admit that when I left the Catholic Church behind I also > left behind idealizing sacrifice, the idea that in order for one > person or group to gain, another has to lose. I prefer win win > scenarios. I hope your sacrifices have also been win wins.
I'm with you on the overratednessitude of "sacrifice," but I'm mainly posting to share a photo I stumbled across seconds after reading your post that captures for me some of the true nature of Catholic "sacrifice." Add to this photo Pope Benedict's rela- tionship with his...uh...close personal secretary (known in the Vatican as Bel Giorgio or Beautiful George), both during his time as head of the Inquisition and now as Pope, and I have to wonder how much sacrifice is really goin' down. [https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534898_238920456\ 245188_1996862438_n.png]
