V. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world!
Simon thought he was carrying the cross of a condemned man, and he was helping God. Let us think of the times we are asked to help our brothers and sisters to carry the cross.
(Brief Pause)
Father, you want all of us to be truly free. Do not allow some people to dominate others by force. Free us from the ambition to have power, and make us friends and servants of one another.