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Sunday with the Saints on Catholic Fit Moms for Life

St. Valentine’s Day is another feast day in the Church that the pagan world has taken back today.

During the Middle Ages, the Church took St. Valentine’s name and used it to overpower the pagan holiday, Lupercalia. Lupercalia is a licentious Roman fertility feast day on February 15th. The Church used St. Valentine’s death, the eve before, to replace this pagan celebration.

 Now, the pagan world has removed the word saint from it, calls it Valentine’s Day, and sells thousands of flowers, roses, chocolate, and so on.

However, we can take back this feast by passing down to our children the history of this saint, who died for the love of others, for the love of the Church and Christ.

 St. Valentine was a Roman priest martyred during Claudius’ reign. He was martyred for marrying Christian couples, which was outlaw at that time. St. Valentine was a close friend of Claudius. Being a close friend, he wanted to bring Christ to him. Valentine loved the faith and his friend, Claudius.

However, Claudius was blind to his prideful ways, had sentenced Valentine to death, commanding him to renounce his faith or be beaten with clubs and beheaded.

 But St. Valentin’s love for Christ and Church was more than his own life, winning him martyred sainthood.

How many of us can say that we genuinely love others, love them to bring them to Christ?

 We know that the promoters of abortion do not know love. They don’t know Christ. How do we love them? How do we bring them to the love of Christ?

This is no easy task. We might not even know someone who is pro-choice in real life, but we know they are out there. We can bring the love of Christ through our prayers and fasting.

 St. Thomas a Kempis, quote on Catholic Fit moms for life

 Craft – Coloring  

Let’s Celebrate: Here, you will find some sweet ideas from coloring pages, crafts, snacks, and gifts to buy for this beautiful Feast Day. 

Below are some great activities such as lapbooks, coloring books, crafts, and coloring pages to celebrate this feast day. Click on the image to take you to the right site.   

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Help your child learn about Saint Valentine with this free Saint Valentine Coloring page and coloring book. Learn the reason behind Valentine's Day.

Free printable St. Valentine craft! There is actually a whole download pack. This pack is a big helper for celebrating Saint Valentine's feast day with Catholic kids.

"Our Friendship Rocks" - what more is there to say? Gorgeous Fringerprint Heart Rocks for Valentines. The perfect Classroom Valentines Gift to make with kids #Valentines #Classroom #rocks #rockpainting

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Books:

Here are a few nice books on this Saint.  

These books you can get from Amazon which helps me since I am a last-minute planner. 
Click on the image to see more about the books. 

SNACKS:  

I love snacks for St. Valentine’s day, they are so much fun! Click on the image to take you to the site.   

Valentine's Day Caramel Pretzel Bites are the perfect way to share the love this holiday! They're salty, sweet, and so delicious.

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries - A simplified, perfectly tasty pastry recipe! Made with a flaky layer of store-bought puff pastry, a creamy,

Gifts:  

Here you find some sweet gifts for St. Valentine’s that are outside of your typical chocolate and flowers. These gifts come from the Catholic business. Support them!  

 

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hope you were able to find some useful items in our Sundays with the Saints post.  The greatest gift known to man is the merciful Love of God. May we seek it in our daily life even amidst the cries, the beeps, and business of our vocation of Motherhood.  

My passion is to keep sharing this merciful love with others.  Download this powerful coloring with words of Love by St. Faustina. 

With the Love of Christ,

Maria Cecilia

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