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What is Valentine’s day? Who is the best Valentine? എന്താണ് വാലൻന്റൈൻ ദിവസം? ആരാണ്ഏറ്റവും നല്ല വാലൻന്റൈൻ?
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Please note that the 1st part is in English, and the 2nd part is in Malayalam starting at 14:05 mark.
Saint Valentine is the patron saint of love. In the Roman Catholic church there are three saints with the name Valentine. All the three saints were stoned and beheaded for their Christian faith during the time of different Roman emperors. St. Valentine, officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome, is a third-century Roman saint whose memory is celebrated on February 14. Valentine day has its roots in paganism. Lupercalia was a pagan fertility festival celebrated in February, and it had ties to a Roman god. In an effort to clean up the pagan holiday, in 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius designated February 14th as Valentine’s official feast day. The new holiday quickly spread to all countries that practiced Christianity. Historically it has commemorated romantic love, but recently it has been expanded to include all types of love. During the time of Emperor Claudius II, marriage was prohibited for soldiers. As a priest, Valentine conducted the marriages of couples who were in love. For this reason Valentine was sent to jail. Valentine used this time in jail to reach out to people with the love given by Jesus. The jailer, Asterius, became friendly with Valentine. He was impressed with Valentine’s wisdom that he asked Valentine to help his daughter, Julia, with her lessons when she visited the jail. Julia was blind, and the jailer tested his faith by asking him to restore her blind daughter’s eye sight. Placing his hands onto her eyes, Valentine restored Julia’s vision. The jailer accepted Christianity along with 44 members of his family. The now faithful jailer then freed all of his Christian inmates. Emperor Claudius sentenced Valentine to death for not giving up his faith. Before he was killed, Valentine wrote a last note to encourage Julia to stay close to Jesus and to thank her for being his friend. He signed the note, “From your Valentine.” Valentine was beaten, stoned and beheaded on February 14, 270. St. Valentine sacrificed his life for his faith in Jesus, not for his love for us. There is someone who has done much more for each and every one of us than what St. Valentine did. That is Jesus Christ who is the Son of God.
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