{"id":3341,"date":"2018-02-14T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:13:09","slug":"prayer-to-saint-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/prayer-to-saint-valentine","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to Saint Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">O glorious advocate and protector, St. Valentine,<\/span><br style=\"color: #1d2129;\" \/><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Look with pity upon our wants, hear our prayers,<\/span><br style=\"color: #1d2129;\" \/><span style=\"color: #993300;\">relieve by your intercession the miseries under which we labor,<\/span><br style=\"color: #1d2129;\" \/><span style=\"color: #993300;\">and obtain for us the divine blessing, that we may be found<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nworthy to join you in praising the Almighty for all eternity:<br \/>\nthrough the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nAmen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O glorious advocate and protector, St. Valentine,Look with pity upon our wants, hear our prayers,relieve by your intercession the miseries under which we labor,and obtain for us the divine blessing, that we may be found worthy to join you in praising the Almighty for all eternity: through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 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