Valentine was the name of at least fourteen martyred saints in ancient Rome. While not much is known about the St. Valentine for whom the day is named, he was buried north of Rome on February 14 in the year 269. The Feast of St. Valentine was begun by Pope Gelasius in 496.
Today as you think of candy, think of the sweetest name.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
As you think of flowers, think of the Rose of Sharon.
Song of Songs 2:1
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
As you think of hearts, think of becoming a man after God's own heart.
I Samuel 13:14
The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people.
A Prayer for St. Valentine’s Day
Dear Lord, who art high in the Heavens,
Giver of Love and Passion,
And He who strings the heart’s cords,
Lead the Lovers this day, February ten plus four.
The day during the month of two,
When the date is the perfect number of God
Greater two souls and two hearts.
Some Loves are fleeting,
But that which is built on you will never fail.
So guide the Lovers to know what is to be.
Your truths the Lovers’ mouths should speak,
For Your truth is that which is honest to the heart.
Only this, then, should pass over the red lips of the Lovers.
Your art, the Lovers simply a medium.
It is only with True Hearts that You can create a Masterpiece,
So let the Lovers remember that their Soul’s Desire
Is the one for which You light their Fire.
And let it be You who creates the Art of the Lovers;
The art of two into one.
Amen.
From New Apologia
Lord our God,
in our sin we have avoided your call.
Our love for you is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes away early.
Have mercy on us;
deliver us from judgement;
bind up our wounds and revive us;
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
May the God of love
bring us back to himself,
forgive us our sins,
and assure us of his eternal love
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
From The Church of England: A Service for St. Valentine’s Day
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