Becoming Little Donkeys

Human beings made in the image of our Creator are supposed to resemble our Creator in the way we think and act, but more often than not we tend to think and act like beasts. There is hope, though: our Creator makes a way for the redemption of beasts. 

Exodus 10:1-13:16; Numbers 18:1-20; 1 Samuel 1; Isaiah 43:3-4; Jeremiah 46:13-28; Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:1-9; Luke 2:22-24

Pinocchio and his friend Lampwick are transformed into donkeys in the Land of Toys.
Illustration by Carlo Chiostri from a 1902 edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio: The Story of a Marionette by Carlo Collodi, via Wikimedia Commons.

Music: "Carnival of the Animals - 8. Persons with Long Ears" and "14. Finale", Camille Saint-Saëns, Karl Böhm: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf; Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of The Animals, Deutsche Grammophon 1974. 

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