Simon's Crossing

Enter the biblically historic world of Simon of Cyrene where a world of grief revenge and Dennis Patrick Slattery and tender devotion awaits. There families are torn apart marauding soldiers enact their violent ways and random events suddenly disrupt life. Along this journey there will be encounters with Pontius Pilate Veronica Mary and the sons of Simon Rufus and Alexander as they seek to grasp the mystery of a compassionate Nazarene serenely putting into practice the kingdom of God.<p> Forced to carry the cross of Jesus Simon of Cyrene a little known biblical figure reluctantly yields to his task. At the same time Simon struggles with personal loss and a fiery desire for revenge. In Simon's story the vulnerability of our own journeys is laid bare as we cross paths with a simple wooden cross and a redemptive twist of fate.<p> In Simon's Crossing this ordinary man from Cyrene steps boldly out of the pages of the Bible. He senses that his own life depends on the Nazarene staggering just ahead of him. Persuaded by sacrificial love we too discover what it is like to cross over into the imaginal power of a story well-told where salvation lies close at hand. Simon's story compels us to carry on as well.