And when they were close to Jerusalem, in the vicinity of Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them:
‘Go into the village ahead of you and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, upon which nobody has sat. Untie it and bring it. And if someone says to you ‘“Why are you doing this?” say “The Lord needs it, and he will send it back here immediately.
And they went and found a colt tied to a door, outside in the street and they untied it.
And some people, standing there, said to them: ‘Why do you untie the colt?’ And they said to them as Jesus had said, and they allowed them. And they brought the colt to Jesus and placed their cloaks on it, and he sat upon it.
And many people spread their cloaks on the road, others ‘greenery’, having cut it in the fields. Those who went before and those who followed were crying:
‘Hosanna,
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David.
Hosanna in the highest.’
And he entered Jerusalem, into the Temple precinct and when he had looked around at everything, it being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
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.
Ps 118:25-26
Save us, we pray, O Lord!
O Lord, we pray, give us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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