14th Sunday of the Year
Zech 9:9-10; Rom 8:9 & 11-13; Mt 11:25-30 (Year A)
‘Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem! See now, your king comes to you; he is victorious, he is triumphant, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
The language with which the prophet Zechariah foretold Christ’s messianic kingdom is intriguing to the point of paradox. Victory and triumph anticipated the power of Christ’s Resurrection reaching to the ends of the earth. The humility of a Messiah riding to victory on the foal of a donkey fundamentally questioned the traditional trappings of power. If we are to follow in the footsteps of Christ, if we are to know the saving power of his Resurrection, we must share his humility.
