Love much, give to the poor for meaningful Holy Week observance

Today, Palm Sunday, is considered as the Sunday of the highest rank when Catholics and Christians across the world join in solemn observance of the start of the Holy Week. And to observe a meaningful Holy Week, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reminded the faithful to love much and give to the poor. Today at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle will bless palms at 7 a.m., to be followed by a Holy Mass. In keeping with tradition, church goers will wave the palm fronds (palaspas) as the mass celebrant makes his way inside the church in a procession that reenacts Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem astride a donkey, where a huge jubilant crowd welcomed the Son of God. Priests in red vestments, the color of blood to symbolize the supreme redemptive sacrifices of Christ for mankind, will lead the principal [...]