An inspirational Lenten Church Service "First Person" Message entitled "A Lucky Substitute" based on the New Testament Book of St. Mark, the 15th chapter, 21st version: "And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear Jesus' Cross." This biblically faithful sermon delivered in the first person by the Reverend Ernst R. Pflug, Pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Flushing, New York.