CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 13, 2026
UNLESS YOU LIVE IN A CAVE OR ARE A FORGETFUL HUSBAND, TOMORROW IS VALENTINE’S DAY.
VALENTINE’S DAY ORIGINATED AS A CHRISTIAN FEAST DAY HONORING A MARTYR NAMED VALENTINE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL MARTYDOM STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS SAINT VALENTINES CONNECTED TO FEBRUARY 14. THEY INCLUDE AN ACCOUNT OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF SAINT VALENTINE OF ROME FOR MINISTERING TO CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE THIRD CENTURY. THE DAY EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS TO WHERE ESPECIALY MEN IGNORE VALENTINE AND BUY FLOWERS, CANDY, CARDS AND DINNER FOR A WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND. LIKE CHRISTMAS AND EASTER, THE DAY HAS BECOME A COMMERCIAL JUGGERNAUT, CREATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROFIT.
LOVE IS MORE THAN A FEELING. LOVE IS A COMMITMENT. ONLY GOD DEFINES LOVE BECAUSE HE KEEPS HIS PROMISES. JESUS SAID GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER. HE WAS SPEAKING OF HIMSELF AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF HIS LOVE FOR US BY HIS SACRIFICE ON AN UGLY CROSS.
GO AHEAD WITH THE CARDS, FLOWERS, CANDY AND DINNER, BUT DON’T FORGET THE REAL MEANING AND DEMONSTRATION OF LOVE: EVEN WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
