Palm Sunday - Customs

Customs

It is customary in many churches for the worshippers to receive fresh palm leaves on Palm Sunday. In parts of the world where this has historically been impractical, substitute traditions have arisen.

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Famous quotes containing the word customs:

    “O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear Kate, you
    and I cannot be confined within the weak list of a country’s
    fashion. We are the makers of manners, Kate.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.”
    —Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)

    “Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)