Kansas City Catholics Celebrate Simon Of Cyrene For Black History Month

Apropos for Sunday, the KCMO "Catholic Key" offers this meditation . . .

"Simon was from Cyrene, in North Africa, modern-day Libya. He was a man of African descent, the only person in the Passion story identified by origin. Dragged from the crowd, he did not choose the cross; it was thrust upon him. But in that forced act, Simon stepped into the mystery of redemption. His hands touched the same wood that bore the world’s salvation.

"For many Black Catholics, Simon’s story echoes our own history. Our ancestors carried crosses they never asked for, chains of slavery, the sting of racism, the struggle for dignity. Yet, like Simon, they met Christ along the way. They discovered that sharing in suffering can become a sacred partnership with the Redeemer Himself . . ."

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Black Catholic Spirituality | A Lenten journey with Simon of Cyrene - The Catholic Key