St. Paisios on the Donkey that carried Christ

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (source)

  

I would want very much to be the little donkey that carried Christ, and later I would cry [for Him]!

-St. Paisios the Athonite

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Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!