St Valentine Holy Card – pack of 10/100/1000 – Restored Vintage Holy Card #063

4.25x2.75" Holy Card / Prayer Card / Valentine! This is a great Valentine to hand out to people, classmates, and friends. It's important for everyone to know that Valentine is a Saint in the Church. Although history is a little clouded as to what is exactly true of the man, he was canonized about a century after his death, so there were probably people alive who remembered their parents or grandparents talking about him. He was a Roman doctor and a Catholic priest. He healed many people, some miraculously. He taught about God's love. He was arrested for being a Christian, some say for helping people get married in a time when marriage was not valued. He miraculously cured his jailer's daughter, Julia, and then wrote to her about God's love. He signed it, "your Valentine." Even to this day, we still talk about being someone's Valentine. Great for classroom hand outs. It might evangelize, and many students will treasure it. We wrote the prayer on the back after much prayer and consideration. Thank you for your interest. Your Valentines, Sue and John <3 Text and Image Restoration © www.CatholicArtAndJewelry.com

O my God, I love Thee above all things

with my whole heart and soul, because

Thou art all good and worthy of all love.

I love my neighbor as myself for

love of Thee. I forgive all who have

injured me, and I ask pardon for all

whom I have injured. Amen.

Christianity is the religion of love: We are

to love God and each other. Jesus says the

whole law is in those two commands.

(Matthew 22:37-40)

This vintage holy card was printed by L. Dopter, one of the major holy card publishers in Paris in the 1890s. On the front it says, “We must always pray for the Holy Spirit to pour out his gifts and graces on us.”