Stations of the Cross

	FIFTH STATION Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry the Cross As they led him away, the soldiers seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.' ‘Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.' [Luke 23.26; Matthew 16.24; Matthew 11.29,30]

FIFTH STATION
Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry the Cross
As they led him away, the soldiers seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.' ‘Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.' [Luke 23.26; Matthew 16.24; Matthew 11.29,30]