and they forced him to carry the cross.” “They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall [a bitter ...

“A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him” (Lk 23:27).

As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...

In Jesus's fall beneath the weight of the Cross, the meaning of his whole life is seen: his voluntary abasement, which lifts us up from the depths of our pride. The nature of our pride is also ...

Pilate wanted to release Jesus and presented him to the crowd in the hope that they would want him to be freed. On the cross above his head a sign was attached that mockingly read “King of the ...