Tuesday, 2/14/12
Today is the feast of Cyril
and Methodius, tenth century brothers, called the Apostles of the Slavic
Peoples. Not to make slight of such great men, we in the West feel it proper
for us to honor St. Valentine on this day. Although we know nothing of his
life, we honor him for what he stands for. He stands for romantic love.
Romantic love first appeared in the second chapter of the Bible.
When God created his first
man he saw that it was not good for him to be alone. So, as Chapter Two goes
on, God created bears, and cats, and birds and monkeys; but none of those
proved to be an acceptable mate for the man. So, God cast a deep sleep on the
man. He then took a rib from the man, and he molded it into a woman.
When the man saw it he cried,
“This one!”
Did he ever want her!
That was the first instance
of the romantic love we celebrate today. For some people it is the best thing
in the Bible.
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