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CajunRick
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| Joined: | Fri Sep 29th, 2006 |
| Location: | Houma, Louisiana USA |
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| First Name: | Rick (& Kermie) | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Lifetime Catholic, Latin Rite |
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Posted: Thu Feb 1st, 2007 07:39 pm |
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February 14th is the feast of St. Valentine, a priest and possibly a bishop in Rome. He was imprisoned for giving aid to martyrs in prison, where he is said to have performed a miraculous healing, and was himself martyred for the faith by being beheaded in 269.
Valentine himself is not associated with romance, but his feast day may have been used to "baptize" a pagan custom.
You can read more about St. Valentine at Catholic Forum or at New Advent.
Valentine's Day, like Christmas, Mardi Gras, Easter, and Halloween, are commercialized versions of what was originally a Catholic religious feast.
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BodRod
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| Joined: | Mon Oct 2nd, 2006 |
| Location: | Apple Valley, California USA |
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| First Name: | Cliff | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Raised an SDA, then Generic Christian, finally at home with ... |
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Posted: Thu Feb 1st, 2007 10:28 pm |
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It seems like every time I turn around I find out more about how much of our current lives, public holidays, public customs, etc. come from the early days of the Church! 
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jacki
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| Joined: | Sun Oct 7th, 2007 |
| Location: | Essex, England, United Kingdom |
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| First Name: | jacki | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | baptised in the church of england (I am a brit) ... |
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Posted: Tue Apr 15th, 2008 08:43 pm |
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| my daughter took the name Valentine at confirmation last year - when the bishop asked her why she said ecase he stood up for love and thats what we should all do. He replied with 'thats not hat the books say but i like your answer better lets change the books'
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