“I want to donate my hair because I want to make a tribute to my grandma and my neighbor and all others who were diagnosed with cancer.” “I’m in fourth grade and I am donating my hair because I want to give it to people who don’t have any from …
Braiding God into relationships
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By
Bee Goodman
Faith and marriage are gifts from the Holy Spirit that require nurturing By Bee Goodman While some adore it, others trudge through Valentine’s Day because of the commercialism it has turned into. Pink glitter, chocolate, and teddy bears are not equal to the value of someone’s love. St. Valentine didn’t become well known because he had the biggest bouquet of roses; it’s because he fought for what’s hidden under all the candy-coated commercialism: the sacrament of love. There’s a long history tied to the February date we know as Valentine’s Day; it began long before St. Valentine. A fertility festival called Lupercalia took place each year in Rome. Women of Rome would place their names in a large urn and the city’s bachelors would then draw a name and the matches would often lead to marriage. Around 270 A.D., Emperor Claudius II outlawed young men from getting married, thinking that... Read more →