Let Me Not Forget--Nov. 22, 2020

God most holy, most exalted, full of glory,

how could you send a Son so humble—

humble in birth, in life, and in death?

 

And how can I be so full of pride, 

have so little humility, as his follower?

Remind me how he died, to bring me to you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23

Zech. 9:9-16

1 Peter 3:13-22

Matt. 21:1-13

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 108:5

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
          and let your glory be over all the earth.

 

Zech. 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
     Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
Lo, your king comes to you;
     triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
     on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

 

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God.  He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit…

 

Matt. 21:4-5

This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, “Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”