We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You!
Because by your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world!
Not much is known about Simon, except that he was coming in from the country and was in the right place at the right time for the soldiers to lay hold of him and force him to help Jesus to carry his cross. I have wondered how he felt at being dragged forward and made to help shoulder this burden. Did he, too, see Jesus as a criminal? Or was he an unknown disciple of Jesus'? Did he ever hear Jesus preach or perform a miracle? What were his thoughts?
We, too, are called to be Simon by helping those that we encounter in our everyday life. And it just might be in the small things: picking up an object from the floor, drying dishes, letting someone go ahead of us in traffic, helping some carry their packages. When we extend kindness to another we are Simon helping Jesus carry his cross.
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