Date Ideas To Make Valentine’s Day Holy

Valentine’s Day is approaching. Some are struggling with ideas for this holiday to be centered on what the beloved saint died for. Catholics don't have to invest into the commericalization of the holiday. Rather, they can do things that puts no strain on one's budget. It will invest their souls in what is more important and that is being more attahced to the next life. 

Pray Together

Couples must pray together to center their relationships on God. Fulton Sheen reminds us, “Without God, people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another.” Make prayer a priority in your romantic relationship.

Fulton Sheen reminds us, “When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her.”

Consider going to a Holy Hour. Make time to pray a rosary, chaplet of divine mercy, or even a novena together. Tip: pray the rosary before the Blessed Sacrament to obtain a partial indulgence. 

Enjoying little things in Life

Some may say that dating is all about spending money on each other. It’s not. St. Teresa of Calcutta reminds us, “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

Take a walk around the neighborhood. Cook a meal together. Watch a sporting event on TV or a program with clean entertainment. Those are the smallest things one can do to be able to know small things are the best in life.

Acts of Charity

The best way to get to know the person one is dating is to see how they are when giving their time to others.

Make time to volunteer at soup kitchens, make blessing bags for the homeless, or help at a pregnancy resource center.

Date for Marriage Not One Night Stand

Our culture has brought about using another person in the guise of love. Far too many young people are falling into the trap of misusing God’s gift of sex for one’s gratification while becoming more and more cynical about themselves. We are getting the definition of love from all the wrong places.

St. John Paul the Great reminds us, “Love that leads to marriage is a gift from God and a great act of faith toward other human beings.”

It is time to date the person with the intent of marriage. Love must be sacrificial. We must be willing to sacrifice ourselves for the person we intend to marry by showing that we love that person.