In this episode of Living the Servant Mysteries, we confront a truth every deacon eventually discovers: service can cost us. Ministry can wound, disappoint, exhaust, and even leave us wondering whether what we do matters at all. But the diaconate is not defined by activity; it is rooted in communion with Christ the Servant. From the basin of Holy Thursday to Gethsemane, Calvary, and finally the empty tomb, this reflection explores how suffering offered to Christ can become sacrifice, how wounds can become places of grace, and how even the hardest moments of ministry can draw the deacon more deeply into the mystery of the One he was ordained to serve.