Palm Sunday will be celebrated this Sunday. We recall the prophecy of Zechariah
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9
C K Chesterton has written a beautiful poem - a monologue by the donkey upon which Jesus rode into Jerusalem. This donkey describes himself using phrases like "monstrous head, ears like wings"- quite a grotesque picture. The last stanza says
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born;
When monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
Of all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet;
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.
Think of it, that poor despised animal had its moments of glory when it took the Lord of lords and the King of kings into Jerusalem to fulfil His mission.
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