Icawa yamaKatolika iyayazi kwaye ihlonela abangcwele beeValentine ezintathu, kwaye bonke abathathu baphila baze bafa ngexesha elilodwa. "Owethu" UValentine, lowo uninzi lwethu uhlonipha, njengoMoya oyiNgcwele, yayingu-Valentin Interaminsky. Ewe, izigidi zamantombazana namakhwenkwe zicela uthando emithandazweni kuSt. Valentine. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ubuze, kufuneka ufunde okufutshane malunga noMoya oyiNgcwele.
IThe Legend
Umlawuli waseRoma uKlawudiyo II wayethukuthelele kakhulu inzondelelo yamadoda yokukhonza emkhosini. Emva koko wagqiba ekubeni abafazi ababavumeli ukuba bakhonze ilizwe lakubo baze banqabe amadoda ukuba atshate. Nguye kuphela umbingeleli owayengathobeli ukuvalwa kweso siValentine. Wathwesa izithandane ngasese, kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, imfihlelo kufuneka ibonakaliswe.
Emva kokuba umgcini weentolongo eza kuye waza wabuza uValentine ukuba amncede aphilise intlungu yakhe yentombi. UValentine wamnika ioli kwintombazana, waza wabuza loo ndoda ukuba ifike kamva. Ngelo xesha, umyalelo wakhutshwa ekubanjweni kwakhe nasekusebenzeni. UValentine waphawula iphepha, wabeka ifrononi apho kwaye wabhala "I-Valentine yakho". Wakwazi ukupasa le phakheji kwintombazana engumfama ngaphambi kokubulawa. Ngoko kwakukho "iigentines".
Namhlanje, abantu baqhubeka bekholelwa ukuba lo Mntu oNgcwele unako ukubanceda kwiintlanzi zentlekele. Kuphela ngoku bamcela ngamagama okuthandaza kuSt. Valentine.
Imithandazo
Enyanisweni, unyango lweentombi eziyimfama aluqhelekanga ebomini bukaSt. Valentine, njengoko kunceda abathandi. Yingakho, isabelo seengonyama seSt. Valentine sithetha ngothando:
"USanta Valentine,
Ngubani otyunjelwe ngumntu othandekayo,
Khusela abantu abatsha, ngakumbi abo bathanda.
Buza ubabalo lukaThixo,
Ukuba zivuthiwe ukuthanda: zinyani, zinyanisekileyo kwaye zingathandeki.
Ukunyamekela abathandi kunye nabasanda kutshata
Ukususela kumlilo oqhaqhazelayo.
Thandazela uThixo ngenxa yabo
Yakha izibophelelo zothando
Kwisiseko semithetho kaThixo.
Buza uKristu,
Ukuba Yena ngokwakhe wayenabo abathandayo isilathisi
Yaye yena wawamomeleza ngomzuzwana wobuthathaka.
Amen. "