The legend says St. Valentine Was in a prison cell. Thinking of his little flock, he had always loved so well, and wanting to assure them of his friendship and his love, he picked a bunch of violets and sent them by a dove.
And on the violets' leaves, he pierced these lines divine, that simply said, "I Love You" And "I'm your Valentine".
So through the years that followed from that day unto this, folks still send messages of love and seal them with a kiss.
Because a Saint in prison reached through prison bars one day, and picked a bunch of violets and sent them out to say, that faith and love can triumph no matter where you are, for faith and love are greater than the strongest prison bar.
Helen Steiner Rice
