"You can lead a horse to water,but you can’t make him drink.” I wish I came up with this wonderful saying, but it is an old saying from the days of cowboys (and cowgirls). I do not know that anyone actually claims authorship of it, but...
In the Gospel of John, Our Lord describes Himself as the Good Shepherd who is willing to lay down His life for His sheep. I was contemplating on this passage because of one of the hymns we were singing at Mass. The refrain in the hymn (“Shepherd...