Lenten Comics day 28

STATION EIGHT

JESUS IS HELPED BY SIMON OF CYRENE

“As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross.”

Matthew 27:32 (NRSV)

I spent months on this page. First, it was just boxes. Then pencils. Then the top row of drawings. Finally, I finished the whole thing a few weeks ago.

I am happy to come back to this project and finish it. These reflections of the Stations of the Cross are about meditating on Jesus’ final days, my own grief at losing my dad this year, as well as zooming out from my life to look at the grief that surrounds us all.