Erzulie’s Valentine’s Day Ritual<\/A>. That obviously isn’t going to take up your whole day! So I encourage you to make plans! If you plans can include brightening someone else’s day, it will be a great day for you both!
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\nSt. Valentine’s Day is about giving, sharing love, remembering the meaning of love in all of its forms. I copied in below a little bit of the folklore about St. Valentine from goodworksonearth.org. I have heard a few different versions of the St. Valentine story, but this is a nice one and captures the idea of what different kinds of love exist for all of us to embrace. Whether the story is folklore or fact, it is still a reminder of the love that lives in all of our hearts, Valentine’s or not!
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\nI wish for love of all kinds for all of you!
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\nLove,
\nMambo Samantha Corfield
\n
\nST. VALENTINE’S DAY – How It All Began
\nThe story of Valentine’s Day begins in the third century with an
\noppressive Roman emperor and a humble Christian martyr. The
\nemperor was Claudius II Gothicus. The Christian was Valentinus.
\n
\nClaudius had ordered all Romans to worship the state religion’s
\nidols, and he had made it a crime punishable by death to associate
\nwith Christians.
\n
\nBut Valentinus was dedicated to the ideals of Christ, and not even
\nthe threat of death could keep him from practicing his beliefs.
\nDuring the last weeks of Valentinus’s life a remarkable thing
\nhappened. One day a jailer for the Emperor of Rome knocked at
\nValentinus’s door clutching his blind daughter in his arms. He had
\nlearned of Valentinus’s medical and spiritual healing abilities, and
\nappealed to Valentinus to treat his daughter’s blindness. She had
\nbeen blind since birth.
\n
\nValentinus knew her condition would be difficult to treat but he gave
\nthe manhis word he would do his best. The little girl was examined,
\ngiven an ointment for her eyes and a series of re-visits were scheduled.
\n
\nSeeing that he was a man of learning, the jailer asked whether his
\ndaughter, Julia, might also be brought to Valentinus for lessons.
\nJulia was a pretty young girl with a quick mind. Valentinus read
\nstories of Rome’s history to her. He described the world of nature
\nto her. He taught her arithmetic and told her about God. She saw
\nthe world through his eyes, trusted in his wisdom, and found
\ncomfort in his quiet strength.
\n
\n‘Valentinus, does God really hear our prayers?’ Julia said one day.
\n
\n‘Yes, my child, He hears each one, ‘he replied.
\n
\n‘Do you know what I pray for every morning and every night?
\nI pray that I might see. I want so much to see everything you’ve
\ntold me about!’
\n
\n‘God does what is best for us if we will believe in Him,’ Valentinus
\nsaid.
\n
\n‘Oh, Valentinus, I do believe,’ Julia said intensely. ‘I do.’ She
\nknelt and grasped his hand. They sat quietly together, each praying.
\n
\nSeveral weeks passed and the girl’s sight was not restored. Yet the
\nman and his daughter never wavered in their faith and returned each
\nweek.
\n
\nThen one day, Valentinus received a visit from Roman soldiers who
\narrested him, destroyed his medicines and admonished him for his
\nreligious beliefs. When the little girl’s father learned of his arrest
\nand
\nimprisonment, he wanted to intervene but there was nothing he could do.
\n
\nOn the eve of his death, Valentinus wrote a last note to Julia –
\nknowing his execution was imminent. Valentinus asked the jailer
\nfor a paper, pen and ink. He quickly jotted a farewell note and
\nhanded it to the jailer to give to his blind daughter. He urged her
\nto stay close to God, and he signed it ‘From Your Valentine.’ His
\nsentence was carried out the next day, February 14, 270 AD, near
\na gate that was later named Porta Valentini in his memory.
\n
\nWhen the jailer went home, he was greeted by his little girl. The
\nlittle girl opened the note and discovered a yellow crocus inside.
\nThe message said, ‘From your Valentine.’ As the little girl looked
\ndown upon the crocus that spilled into her palm she saw brilliant
\ncolors for the first time in her life! The girl’s eyesight was restored!
\nA miracle!
\n
\nHe was buried at what is now the Church of Praxedes in Rome. It
\nis said that Julia herself planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near
\nhis grave.
\n
\nToday, the almond tree remains a symbol of abiding love and
\nfriendship. In 496 Pope Gelasius I named February 14 as Saint
\nValentine’s Day. On each Valentine’s Day, messages of affection,
\nlove and devotion are still exchanged around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Friday, everyone! I know that some of you are going to be alone for Valentine’s day tomorrow. Understandably it is a rough time of year with signs of love all around. I would like to encourage all of you to do something nice for someone tomorrow, someone you know will be alone or needs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,195,288,196,143,4,49],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-love-spells","tag-mambo-samantha-corfield","tag-ripoff-report","tag-sheer-goddess","tag-spells","tag-voodoo","tag-witchcraft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}