R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. From the Gospel according to Matthew. 27:32; 16:24 As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry ...

In his commentary on today's Gospel, that of the Passion according to Luke, Pope Francis, in the homily read by Cardinal Sandri, focused on the figure of Simon of Cyrene, the man who "while coming in ...

We can see St. Simon of Cyrene behind Jesus, holding the cross from falling atop Jesus. Those who are good — his Mother and St. John — are in the background, the rear left.

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