Palm Sunday Year A *Alternate* Third Reading
PALM SUNDAY — Year A
*Alternate* Third Reading: “Beast of Burden” by Drew Jackson
They say the donkey is
A beast of burden.
Its purpose—
To carry heavy loads.
And did this donkey know
The weight it carried?
The hopes and fears of all the years
On the back of this young colt.
The young have always carried
The burdens of the future.
The words of Drew Jackson.