No, but until 1969 the church honored a third century Christian priest named Valentinus with a Feast Day on February 14–the date he was martyred by the Roman ruler, Claudius II, in 269 AD. Though historians cannot verify all the stories of the life of St. Valentine, there is consensus about the miracle that God […]
The winter celebration of the birth of Christ dates first appears on a Roman calendar in 336 AD, centuries after the event took place. Scholars believe that there may have been an attempt to co-opt an existing pagan festival that marked the coming of the light after the shortest day of the year. Clues in […]
For many, Thanksgiving is a day for overeating and football followed by a mad dash for Black Friday specials. Stores are decorated for Christmas moments after the Halloween stuff comes down and Thanksgiving is mostly “celebrated” by on-air personalities who talk about the rising cost of Thanksgiving dinner and the number of people who will […]
It depends on what you mean by celebrate. There may be little harm in drinking green beer, eating corned beef and cabbage, and dancing an Irish jig, but a better celebration would be remembering who Patrick was and what he did for God. Most people know that March 17th is a day for celebrating Irish […]
While it is hard to argue against love, Christians should ask themselves, “what makes this day special?” Modern society has so commercialized this day that people are often caught up in the “obligation” to buy something or act in some way as to show their love for someone else. People get hurt when they feel […]
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