[D-fendr]

I'm sorry, I don't understand your reply. How does:

You know of no human shepherd willing to take up his cross and follow Christ.

relate to:

It's not the story of the shepherd killing his sheep. "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep."

[xzins]

Is your shepherd not one of God’s sheep?

Are not the martyrs under the altar God’s sheep?