VALENTINE'S DAY
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
Saint Valentine the Patron of Love 
According to a legend, born in Anglo - Saxon countries, St Valentine used to give the
young girls and boys going and seeing him, a flower of his garden. Two of these young
people fell in love with each other and got married. St Valentine blessed their marriage
and their union was so happy and serene that many other couples wanted the Saint Bishop to
bless their marriage.
In order to satisfy the numerous demands, he fixed a day of the year in which he gave all
couples his general wedding blessing. For this reason he began to be called protector of
engaged people.
Moreover the popular tradition hands down the legend of SABINO and SERAPIA. It enphasizes
that love is much stronger than death, when it binds two people in God's name.
Sabino, a pagan roman, centurion and a Christian girl, Serapia, fell in love with each
other, but their parents impeded their union because of the persecution of the christians.
However they went on loving each other and Serapia's words and behavious won Sabino who
began to be interested in the Christian religion so that at last he asked to become a
member of the Christian community. St Valentine explained the mysteres of christian
religion to him, took care of them and prepared them for a christian marriage. Everything
was ready for the baptism and marriage, when Serapia got phthisis. It was the end of a
dream. Sabino didn't want to leave his loved Serapia. So he asked the Saint Bishop to
baptize him, marry them and pray to
God to let them die together. And it happened.
How Do I Love Thee
How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life !--and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
by
William Shakespeare
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts.
And we are never, ever the same.
-Author Unknown-
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