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Special days have a way of leaving some folks feeling not
so special... Holidays do this when their approach builds expectations
of a joy whose arrival can't possibly be guaranteed by a particular date on the
calendar. Tomorrow is one of those days: Valentine's Day.
The
church's liturgical calendar no longer commemorates St. Valentine and the story of how this day came to be the occasion of love letters, flowers and chocolates is historically unclear but interesting nonetheless.
Valentine's
Day may be for lovers but not all loving and lovable people will find
cards, roses and sweets at their door. For some this will be one of the
happiest days of the year, for others one of the saddest. Any day that
puts our hearts in the spotlight will be a day of mixed emotions.
Those whose hearts are burdened, broken or alone may look at February 14 as simply a day to be endured...
It's unfortunate that
Valentine's Day is so closely, almost entirely associated with romantic
love. There are so many kinds of love that people share, love whose
source and sustenance is much deeper and greater than an "arrow
from Cupid's bow." The Valentine industry may boom this week but soon
enough the roses will droop and the heart-shaped boxes will be empty.
When the trappings of the day are behind us, those who know and share a
deeper kind of love will have something that cannot be bought in a
store, ordered from a florist or made by Godiva.
Loving and lovable people come to this page all the time, some every day. May all of you
see how beautiful you are in the eyes of the Lord, the Lover who offers you his
heart and writes these tender words upon yours:
with an everlasting love
I have called you
and you are mine!
I Have Loved You by Michael Joncas
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I have called you, and you are mine
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
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