I thought of a Biblical character named Simon of Cyrene, who happened to be walking by when Jesus was dragging his cross through the city on his way to be crucified at Calvary. According to ...

Matthew 27:27-34 tells us that Jesus could only carry His cross a short distance and Simon of Cyrene was ordered to carry it the rest of the way. What would ...

How relevant those words of Thomas Shepherd in his hymn, “Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?” In that pre-crucifixion moment the soul-searching question came to Simon.

We witness as Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry Jesus’ cross alongside Him. We meet Veronica in the Sixth Station, who risks her own comfort to bring comfort to Christ," she said.

We are all Simon of Cyrene, writes Sr. Jeannine Gramick. We're asked to carry a huge, splinter-filled cross and we don't know why. We don't know where we're going. But when we trust, we're not lost.

Earlier in the gospel of Mark, Jesus tells His followers, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (8:34). On the road to Golgotha, Simon ...

Remembering Simon the Cyrene, who carried the cross for Jesus on his way to Calvary Rev. Samuel Hale Jr. Springfield State Journal- Register ...

And so we do. Just as Simon did. We take up our cross and we walk with Jesus. We carry our cross with him, we offer our sufferings for others, we join our sufferings to his.