Do you know why we
celebrate Valentine's Day? According to one legend, St. Valentine's Day is
meant for people to remember a brave man, a martyr* whose name was Valentine.
THE STORY OF ST.
VALENTINE
The Roman Emperor
Claudius II was fighting many wars. He wanted a strong army, but many men did
not want to be soldiers. Claudius thought the men wanted to stay home to be
with their wives and children instead of leaving to fight wars.
Claudius thought of
an awful solution to his problem. He decided to cancel all marriages! No one in
all of Rome could get married. Claudius thought that if the men couldn't get
married, the men would ignore the women and want to be soldiers.
Valentine, who was a
priest, believed that people needed to get married. He thought that if they
were not married, they would be tempted to sin by living together without being
married. So he secretly and illegally married couples anyway! He performed the
weddings in secret places, so the Roman soldiers would not find out.
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But they did find
out. Valentine was arrested and brought before the Emperor. The Emperor thought
Valentine was a well spoken and wise young man, and encouraged him to stop
being a Christian and become a loyal Roman. Valentine would not deny his
beliefs, and he refused. He was sent to prison until he could be executed.
While he was in prison, he sent out letters to his friends and asked to be
prayed for by writing "Remember your Valentine".
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Valentine was killed
on the 14th day of February 270. We celebrate Valentine's Day every 14th day of
February in honor of St. Valentine.
'Although it is not
known whether this legend is factually true, it is a good story anyway. It is
nice to think of someone who believed in marriage and was willing to risk death
to do what he believed was right'....
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Happy Valentines to
all of you.. Keep a healthy marriage!!
God bless
everyone...
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