{"id":600,"date":"2011-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2011\/02\/valentines-day.html"},"modified":"2011-02-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T00:00:00","slug":"valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2011\/02\/valentines-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day of love &#8230;&#8230; chocolates, roses and cards from a beloved. And what if you are single? You can you be your own beloved? Are you willing to love yourself unconditionally? Be your won angel and be a radiator of love! When we love ourselves it is amazing how quickly our beloved shows up!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a bit of history about Valentine&#8217;s Day:<\/p>\n<p>The modern St. Valentine&#8217;s Day celebrations are thought to be derived from both ancient Christian and Roman tradition. The holiday was originally an ancient Roman festival of fertility celebration that used to observed<br \/>\nannually on February 15. As Christianity expanded in Europe many of the pagan holidays were renamed for and dedicated to the early Christian<br \/>\nmartyrs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26keywords%3Dangel%2520cards%26tag%3Dgooghydr-20%26index%3Daps%26hvadid%3D3855440181%26ref%3Dpd_sl_dr5rp7wa2_e&amp;tag=drsusangregg&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\"><\/a>St. Valentine was a priest who lived around 270 AD in Rome and attracted<br \/>\nthe disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius II who ruled during this time. Claudius had banned marriage for young men. He felt marriage made soldiers weak. St. Valentine secretly performed marriage ceremonies for these young men. It was at a time when the Roman empire was beginning to dissolve and more laws seemed like the answer.<\/p>\n<p>The kindly bishop Valentine realized the injustice of Claudius&#8217; decree.<br \/>\nHe saw the trauma of young lovers who had no hopes of being united<br \/>\nin marriage. While in prison Claudius tried to convert him tot he Roman gods but he refused. He was &#8216;martyred&#8217; for refusing to renounce his faith.<br \/>\nValentine is believed to have been executed on February 14, 270 AD. <\/p>\n<p>Be your won beloved today and share your love with the world. If you have another be thankful and share that love freely.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>With love and aloha,<br \/>\n<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angeltherapy.com\/\">Susan<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Angels are everywhere just open your mind and your heart to the signs.<\/p>\n<p>Make <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/\">Angels on Your Shoulder<\/a>  part of your daily routine and share it with a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day of love &#8230;&#8230; chocolates, roses and cards from a beloved. And what if you are single? You can you be your own beloved? Are you willing to love yourself unconditionally? Be your won angel and be a radiator of love! When we love ourselves it is amazing how quickly our beloved shows up!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,26,13],"tags":[29,607],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-angels","category-beliefs","category-love","tag-angels-2","tag-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Valentine&#039;s Day - Angels on Your Shoulder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2011\/02\/valentines-day.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Valentine&#039;s Day - Angels on Your Shoulder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The day of love &#8230;&#8230; chocolates, roses and cards from a beloved. 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