ISonto LamaKatolika liyazi futhi lihlonipha abangcwele be-Valentines amathathu, futhi bonke abathathu baphila futhi bafa cishe esikhathini esisodwa. "I-Valentine yethu, leyo iningi lethu lihlonipha, njengoNgcwele, yayingu-Valentin Interaminsky. Yiqiniso, izigidi zamantombazane nabafana zicela uthando emithandazweni eSt. Valentine. Kodwa ngaphambi kokubuza, kudingeka ufunde kancane ngoYedwa.
IThe Legend
UMbusi wamaRoma uClaudius II wayethukuthele kakhulu ngentshiseko yabesilisa ababenayo yokukhonza empini. Khona-ke wanquma ukuthi laba bafazi ababavumeli ukuba bakhonze izwe lakubo futhi bavimbe amadoda ukuba ashade. Umpristi kuphela ongazange alalele ukuvinjelwa kwakungu-Valentine. Wakha izithandani ngasese, futhi, impela, imfihlo kumele ibonakaliswe.
Kwase kufika umlindi ejele wacela u-Valentine ukuba amsize aphulukise indle indodakazi yakhe. UValentine wanikeza le ntombazane amafutha, futhi wabuza le ndoda ukuthi ifike kamuva. Ngalesi sikhathi, isimemezelo sakhishwa ekuboshiwe nasekubulaweni kwakhe. U-Valentine wafaka iphepha, wabeka i-safoni lapho futhi wabhala "i-Valentine yakho". Wakwazi ukudlulisela le phakheji kumfana oyimpumputhe ngaphambi kokubulawa. Ngakho kwakukhona "ama-valentines".
Namuhla, abantu bayaqhubeka bekholelwa ukuthi lo Muntu oNgcwele uyakwazi ukubasiza ezinkingeni ezibuhlungu zekusasa. Kuphela manje bamcela ngamazwi emithandazo eSt. Valentine.
Imithandazo
Yiqiniso, ukwelashwa kwamantombazane abayizimpumputhe kwakungavamile kakhulu ekuphileni kukaSt. Valentine, njengokusiza abathandi. Yingakho isabelo sezingonyama seSt. Valentine sithinta uthando:
"Saint Valentine,
Ubani owaqokwa ngumqashi wabathandi,
Vikela abantu abasha, ikakhulukazi labo abathandanayo.
Bacele umusa kaNkulunkulu,
Ukuthi bavuthiwe ukuthanda: bangempela, abaqotho futhi abangathandeki.
Qaphela abathandi nabashadile
Kusukela komlilo ochotshozayo wothando.
Thandazela uNkulunkulu isifiso sabo
Yakha izibopho zothando
Ngesisekelo semithetho kaNkulunkulu.
Buza uKristu,
Ukuthi Yena ngokwakhe uqobo lwabo abathandi be-pointer
Futhi Yena ngokwakhe wabaqinisa ngomzuzwana wobuthakathaka.
Amen. "