Palm Sunday (a day late ;-)

The prophet Zechariah (9:9)
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, your King is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

The Gospel according to Luke (19:32-37, 40)
So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" And they said, "The Lord has need of it." And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. And as He rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. As He was drawing near--already on the way down the Mount of Olives--the whole multitude of His disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, ... He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out."

The Gospel accoring to John (12:16)
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.

The Letter to the Philippians from Paul (2:5-8)
"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

Homily...
The prophet foretold centuries before that the Messiah would enter Jerusalem, accepted as King but hardly resembling one rather He rode upon a humble donkey. Jesus accomplished this in His life, but through the actions of His disciples (who did not realize the significance of what they were doing) and through the actions of the fickle crowds (who within the week would cry for His execution). The followers understood better the relevance of these events (reported by all four of the gospel writers). Paul's comment shows that this was design for our benefit.

Prayer ...

Postscript ...
Another entrance in Jerusalem is foretold.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ given to John (19:10b-13)
"For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The One sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems, and He has a name written that no one knows but Himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which He is called is The Word of God.