Lucy Collins, an assistant professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York who teaches courses in philosophy, ...

The word “excruciating” is an interesting word. Coming from Latin, it literally means “from the cross.” Excruciating pain is ...

This is Chaplain Harry, state chaplain with the Disabled American Veterans reading from 1 Peter 2:24 where it says, "He himself bore our sins" in his body on the cross, ...

For the second year in a row, Steve George is carrying a 13-foot wooden cross around the Tennessee Valley in honor of Easter.

“When one bearer grows weary, another steps in, evoking the biblical moment when Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus carry the Cross,” said Paddy Nsobya a member of the Anglican Church of Uganda and a ...

Jesus is made to bear his cross, Jesus falls the first time, Jesus meets his mother, Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross, Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, Jesus falls the second time, Jesus ...

Now, the hour has come. And Mary is there. He speaks a second time. First, “Woman, behold your son,” and then he says to the disciple, to St. John, “Behold, your mother.” Jesus gives Mary ...

Simon did actually help (Jesus) carry the cross. So, clearly, he was having trouble if he needed someone to help him carry the cross. “You can still go to the stations in Jerusalem today and ...

Jesus’ death was necessary and the only way the rest of us would not be lost. As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. They came to a ...

But Jesus then explains that this “Messiah” is also the suffering and rejected “Son of Man,” and following him requires disciples to “take up their cross and follow me” (Mk 8:34). This juxtaposition ...