We are all Simon of Cyrene, writes Sr. Jeannine Gramick. We're asked to carry a huge, splinter-filled cross and we don't know why. We don't know where we're going. But when we trust, we're not lost.

From the Gospel according to Matthew. 27:32; 16:24As 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 ...