From Gene Edward Veith @ http://cranach.worldmagblog.comGo to Aardvark Alley for the scoop on St. Valentine, Martyr, including a historic prayer for the day. Muslims scorn Valentine's Day as a Christian holiday, and it really is. As far as I can tell, only Christianity among world religions has a theology that not only affirms but exalts the love and the physical, sexual relationship between a man and a woman. (Islam, with its polygamy, easy divorce, and harsh subjugation of women does not; Hinduism and Buddhism reject the body and the physical plane; hedonists who just pursue sex as a pleasurable sensation outside of marriage do not have a clue.) Christians go so far as to see physical, marital love as an icon of Christ and the Church.
We certainly need to recover the true meaning of Valentine's day in both the church and the culture. The Cranach Institute last fall held a major conference "In the Image of God: A Christian Vision for Love and Marriage" that would help. You can download the papers here and get the CDs here.
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