This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Simon of Cyrene being called on to carry Jesus’ cross after Jesus fell on the way to his crucifixion. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) ...

I admire people who take up crosses for the greater good. The surgeon who sacrifices a prestigious career to serve a backwater community. The gutsy journalist who risks her reputation to expose ...

As we embrace the multifaceted historical realities of Black History Month, it is not irony but ethnic reality that calls our attention to those passages of scripture in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26. The ...

When Simon of Cyrene enters Jerusalem, he is intent on murder. The biblical witness doesn’t state this as a fact, but we need to pull a few threads to see how it all unravels. Simon is the man whom ...

Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate his fifth anniversary as pope April 19. It’s clear by now that he won’t get the same treatment on that day that he did for his other anniversaries. For the world’s ...

Recently I picked up The Little Black Book, written by the late Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw, Michigan, to help me reflect on Scripture and deepen my relationship with Christ. One of the reflections ...

In the New Testament narratives of the Crucifixion, you make only one appearance, one that is brief but meaningful: you were selected to help Jesus carry his cross. In Matthew’s Gospel (27:32), we ...

As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up ...

Attending the annual Simon of Cyrene Society fundraising breakfast at Venezia Restaurant in Dorchester is always a fun and moving event, as it was this past Sunday. The Simon of Cyrene Society has ...