Posted on 02/10/2006 3:24:03 AM PST by KingVanity
My pix didn't work, but HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY!
Nice mustache!
I needed an uplifting post like this today. After two months of wondering about the new pastor, I found out this Sunday that my parish has officially gone "Mahony" so after 7 years of Faith, friends and hard work my family has to find a new parish. If anyone who has ever gone through this before wants to discuss, please Freepmail me.
THANK YOU!!
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Thank you.
When it comes to computers, I am very much lacking in wisdom.
No you are not. You knew enough to try php tagging.
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At least I try. :)
Exactly :)
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” – I CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 NIV
Lord,
Because love is patient…
Help me to be slow to judge, but quick to listen.
Hesitant to criticize, but eager to encourage,
remembering your endless patience with me.
Because love is kind…
Help my words to be gentle and my actions to be thoughtful. Remind me to smile and to say “Please” and “Thank You” because those little things still mean so much.
Because love does not envy or boast, and it is not proud… Help me have a heart that is humble and sees the good in others.
May I celebrate and appreciate all that I have and all that I am, as well as doing the same for those around me.
Because love is not rude or self-seeking…
Help me to speak words that are easy on the ear and on the heart. When I’m tempted to get wrapped up in my own little world, remind me there’s a great big world out there full of needs and hurts.
A (belated) Happy St. Valentine's Day for you and your mom.
Here's a bit of history on St. Valentine:
Valentine of Terni BM (RM)
Died c. 269.
Valentine of Terni (Interamna) and of Rome are probably the same martyr according to the Bollandists.
The origin of Saint Valentine's Day is obscure, as is the custom of sending valentines. It was supposed, according to the rural tradition (dating in England at least to the time of Chaucer), to be the time of the mating of birds, and among young people the practice grew of choosing on this day, by lot or otherwise, a friend or lover for the ensuing year. It was a light-hearted custom. A folded paper would bear the name of one's secret friend, or through the post would go a card of sentimental verse and fanciful emblems.
Elia tells a story about an artist, who, living across from a young girl whom he did not know, but whose daily passing gave him pleasure, resolved to send her, unknown, a valentine, for she was all happiness and innocence and just the right age to enjoy receiving one. He painted a picture for her one fine, gilt paper, then posted it. From his window the next day he saw his precious gift delivered. He watched her open it with delight, and saw her wonder as she unfolded it, and as she danced and clapped her hands; for she had no lover, and took it as a fairy gift, a God-send, as they used to say when the benefactor was unknown. "It would do her no harm," says Elia, "it would do her good for ever after. It is good to love the unknown." So God sends His gifts to us from His own secret store. "Every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father."
Others claim that the custom of St. Valentine's Day records the survival of elements of the pagan Roman Lupercalia festival, which took place on the Ides of February. To abolish the heathen's lewd superstitious custom of boys drawing the names of girls, in honor of their goddess February Juno, several zealous pastors substituted the names of saints in billets given on this day.
But this day really celebrates sadder memories--and more glorious-- for it marks the martyrdom of the faithful. The Roman Martyrology celebrates the bishop of Interamna (Terni) about 60 miles from Rome, who was scourged, imprisoned, then beheaded there by order of Placidius, prefect of Interamna.
Many scholars believe that Valentine of Rome is identical with Valentine of Terni. It is suggested that the bishop of Interamna had been a Roman priest who became bishop, was sentenced in his diocese, and brought to Rome for his execution. After his death his relics were translated to Terni. The stories of the two bishop martyrs, however, are remarkably similar.
There is no other record of Valentine. Though far removed from the saccharine customs and fancies that now surround his name, his memory shines in the darkest age of persecution as one who helped the followers of Jesus, as one who proclaimed the Good News. Out of the night would come a secret message or through the darkness an unknown hand, bringing hope and comfort. We can imagine what it would mean to some imprisoned or tormented spirit, and the thrill it would bring, that someone loved and cared. Valentine was that unknown benefactor, the secret friend of the martyrs, who gloried in the work of their rescue.
It is interesting to note that, since 1835, the Carmelite church in Dublin has claimed his relics (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Gill, White).
In art, Saint Valentine is portrayed as a bishop with a crippled or epileptic child at his feet. At times (1) there may be a cock near him, (2) he may be shown refusing to adore an idol, or (3) his martyrdom by beheading may be depicted (Roeder).
Valentine is the patron of beekeepers, engaged couples, travellers, and young people. He is invoked against epilepsy, fainting, plague, and for a happy marriage (Roeder).
Valentine of Rome M (RM)
Died in Rome c. 269. The acta of Saint Valentine seem to derive from those of the Persians SS. Marius and Martha, who with their sons Saints Audifax and Abachum were martyred in Rome and buried on the Via Cornelia. It is likely that this Valentine is the bishop of Terni, which is about sixty miles from Rome.
Saint Valentine was a priest in Rome and a physician who was put in chains for assisting the martyrs. He was arrested by Calpurnius, the prefect of the city, and placed in the custody of Asterius, his chief officer. But Valentine preached to the guard in charge of him, and, like Saint Paul, converted his jailer. God did this through Valentine by restoring the sight of Asterius's adopted daughter. The jailer and his entire household, like that of Saint Cornelius, were baptized. Unfortunately, this led to Valentine's further punishment, for it roused the anger of Emperor Claudius the Goth, who condemned him to be beaten with clubs, then beheaded. Asterius and his entire family are also said to have been martyred.
A little after Valentine's execution, a pious matron named Sabinilla claimed his body and buried on her property on the Via Flaminia, where a basilica was erected in 350. The basilica was destroyed in the 7th century by Honorius I. Today the church is in ruins near a catacomb that presents the double originality of preserving in the vestibule of the entrance one of the most ancient paintings of the crucifixion, dating to the 7th century, and having its galleries in the bedrock of the hill, completely recut by a wine merchant who made it his wine cellar. His relics were translated to the Church of Saint Praxedes. He is probably the same person as Valentine of Terni (Attwater, Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Gill, White).
In art Valentine is portrayed as a priest bearing a sword; or holding a sun; or giving sight to a blind girl (White). He is the patron of lovers (White).
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0214.htm
Congratulations on your impending Confirmation.
Tell Mom to come back...we'll help her out.
Happy St. Valentine's Day!!
Hope you had a sweet Valentines day, KingVanity!
Tell your mom I miss her on FR. Please give her a big hug from Derllak. She's a wonderful woman!
Happy St. Valentine's day to you and your long line of Freepers. It is always good to be Catholic on or off FR. Please post more often.
May the Lord bless you and keep you. We are all happy with you, that you are approaching confirmation.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.
hugs and kisses for valentines day
Happy Belated Valentine's Day.
I miss seeing your posts, OceanPerch!
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