The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus carries His cross
And bearing the cross for himself, he went to the place called the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. (John 19:17)
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The weight of the Cross cut deeply into Jesus’ shoulder, and combined with the wounds from His scourging and the crown of thorns, meant every step was excruciatingly painful. Yet Jesus does all this for us! When Jesus would rise again after each fall, He won for us the grace to rise again from our falls into sin. Finally when Jesus could go no further, Simon of Cyrene was enlisted to carry Jesus’ Cross.
Jesus calls me to imitate Him and embrace my crosses with the same love and tenderness that Jesus embraced His. Am I reluctant like Simon of Cyrene, to help carry the cross of others? And conversely, do I allow others to help me carry my cross?
And how heart wrenching it must have been when Mary met Jesus carrying His cross! In some way it would have been easier for Mary to have been crucified than to watch Her Son and Lord of all Creation suffer so much. But the love in their eyes cries out in prayer, we offer all this for love of souls! Your soul and mine!
