{"id":13851,"date":"2013-02-14T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=13851"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:20:59","slug":"heres-a-heads-up-for-st-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/02\/heres-a-heads-up-for-st-valentines-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s a Heads Up for St. Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2013\/02\/St._Valentines_Skull.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-13852\" title=\"St._Valentines_Skull\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2013\/02\/St._Valentines_Skull-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/saints\/saint.php?saint_id=159\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn more about St. Valentine, and how he lost his head<\/a>, over at <em>Catholic Online<\/em>. And have a look at this educational little video that tours Rome and the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, where the reliquary seen above is located.<!--more--><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History of Valentine&#039;s Day- Including St. Valentine&#039;s skull\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oM_4uzhNaXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Make this day an enjoyable one! Don\u2019t lose your hand, or your head, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/02\/what-to-get-that-special-man-in-your-life-for-valentines-day-i-can-guarantee-hell-never-forget-this.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">because you ignored the Mouth of Truth<\/a>. And for more helpful suggestions, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/2013\/02\/hearts-and-flowers-and-lenten-checklists\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hearts and Flowers and Lenten Checklists<\/a> from my neighbor Tony Rossi. \n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about St. Valentine, and how he lost his head, over at Catholic Online. 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