Jesus even experiences our struggle to receive
help. He is made to experience the poverty of not being
able to carry his burden alone. He enters into the
experience of all who must depend upon others to
survive. He is deprived of the satisfaction of carrying this
burden on his own.
Prayer: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the
world.
Meditation: I look into his face and contemplate his
struggle, His weariness and fragility, His impotence. I see
how he looks at Simon, with utmost humility and
gratitude.
This is for me. So I feel anguish and gratitude. I express
my thanks that he can continue this journey. That he has
help. That he knows my inability to carry my burden
alone.
I say what is in my heart, with deep feeling