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b'(Zec.9:9-10;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.145:1-2,8-11,13-14;\\xa0\\xa0 Rom.8:9,11-13;\\xa0\\xa0 Mt.11:25-30) \\xa0 \\u201cCome to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.\\u201d \\xa0 A remarkable confluence of Scripture today, extolling the \\u201cgreat kindness\\u201d of our King, who comes to us \\u201cmeek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass,\\u201d and inviting us to take refuge in Him and in His blessed humility. Yes, upon a beast of burden, upon the young offspring of a beast of burden comes He who bears the burden of all our sins.\\xa0 Not on horse or in chariot does He come, for horse and chariot He casts into the sea: by Him \\u201cthe warrior\\u2019s bow shall be banished, and He shall proclaim peace to the nations.\\u201d\\xa0 It is not the rich and powerful of this world He dies for, it is not their stead in which He stands, for the Lord has \\u201chidden these things from the wise and the learned\\u201d of this world and \\u201crevealed them to little ones.\\u201d \\xa0This we see in the \\u201clittle one\\u201d His Son has become.\\xa0 This we find when we imitate His sacrifice. David\\u2019s psalm echoes the Lord\\u2019s own words \\u2013 \\u201cThe Lord lifts up all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down\\u201d \\u2013 and Paul says the same when he declares, \\u201cThe one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through His Spirit that dwells in you.\\u201d\\xa0 For what is it to \\u201cput to death the deeds of the body,\\u201d that by the Spirit we may live, but to humble ourselves in the sight of God, to bow down before God and men and bear His light burden?\\xa0 For though we be crushed by the weight of labor and persecution in Jesus\\u2019 name, yet we live eternally in \\u201cHis dominion [which] shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.\\u201d The Lord Jesus states clearly, \\u201cI am meek and humble of heart,\\u201d and like Him, and like His Father, we are called to be.\\xa0 And for the grace of Him who is \\u201ccompassionate toward all His works\\u201d we should \\u201crejoice heartily\\u201d with our Savior, who exclaims today, \\u201cI give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth\\u201d; for all His works \\u201cgive [Him] thanks\\u201d and \\u201c[His] faithful ones bless [Him]\\u201d for His faithfulness.\\xa0 \\u201cA just savior is He,\\u201d and \\u201cthe glory of [His] kingdom\\u201d and His \\u201cmight\\u201d are known in His mercy, are felt in the comforting hand He stretches forth to lift up the humblest of our kind.\\xa0 \\u201cPraise [His] name forever and ever.\\u201d Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Dust" from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, blessed are you, for your Son comes to us in humility that we might come to you in glory. YHWH, you speak of peace to your people, the peace that comes from your Son\\u2019s humble sacrifice.\\xa0 May we give praise to you, Father, that He has revealed to humble hearts your blessed way. O LORD, help us put to death the deeds of the body, that we shall live in the flesh no more.\\xa0 Let your Spirit overtake our souls, that we might rise with your Son from this fallen earth.\\xa0 We bow down before you, our LORD and our God; raise our heads to praise your NAME forever. Your burden place upon our shoulders, dearest LORD. Your Son\\u2019s Cross is indeed light for us to bear.\\xa0 For it is He who carries the Cross; it is He who bears the weight of our sin.\\xa0 It is He who takes from us the burden of the flesh and fills us with the Spirit of light and truth.\\xa0 O let us take His Cross upon ourselves and rest in the glory we thus find! Make us your little ones, LORD, humble as the only Son.'