As we begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday, our altars are dressed in red and the congregation is holding palms.  The most important week of the year in the Church has begun. The events which are remembered this week mark the culmination of the ministry of Jesus. 

Almsgiving may be the most neglected aspect of the observance of Lent. We Catholics tend to associate Lent with prayer and fasting, with little emphasis on our neighbor. We are praying in our rooms.