<p class="title_brown"><strong>Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross</strong></p>
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<p class="normal_text"><strong>V. </strong>We adore you, O Christ and we bless you.<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Because&nbsp;by&nbsp;your Holy Cross, you&nbsp;have redeemed&nbsp;the world.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>According to the gospel of Luke (Luke 23, 26)</em></p>

<p class="quote">And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Meditation</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Lord Jesus, in the unexpected of the daily life emerges the appeal to walk with you, to pursue your steps, to carry the cross and follow you. Simon is the first to tread the way. He won&rsquo;t do it with you or for you yet: he will do it, for now, because he is forced, because the full of themselves force is imposed to his weakness and the &ldquo;no&rdquo; is an unacceptable response to the overbearing ones determinations. It is curious that only God, the truly powerful, absolutely accepts the &ldquo;no&rdquo; of the untouchable freedom of each men! On that cyrene whose name we know, I see the name and the face of each one personally challenged, in the most diverse and unexpected contexts, to unite to your gift, to walk the path with you and to configure to you. Slowly, one will know how to transform so many impositions experimented in a free welcoming and active gift. Simon will do, for sure, that path; the meeting with you transforms.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Prayer</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Holy Father, United to the oblation of your Son Jesus, I pray for all who feel the awakening of their strengths to you, even if incipiently and suspicious. I present you this prayer by the maternal hands of Mary, who in Fatima invites to a re-focusing on the vision and life in you.<br />
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Our Father...</p>
