A Kiss for Valentine's Day

I am sure Blogspots, tumblrs, and facebooks will be all a twitter with all different types of posts about Valentine's this week. This is my take (I have a feeling it will be different than others):

This Sunday is Valentine's day.

A kiss. This Valentine's day millions – possibly billions – of people will share a kiss. For some it will be their first, for others it might be their last. Passionate kisses, cheek kisses, sexual kisses, loving kisses. Some will kiss because they believe that a kiss means “love,” while others will kiss because they fear of losing “love.” And still some will kiss as a symbolic reminder of a love covenant. And many will kiss without any idea of the power in a kiss.

It is interesting to note that the word “Kiss” traces back to an archaic form of a word that means to taste, to savor, even to consume. Ahh consume, the most intimate, most personal act that can happen between two people. After all, the sexual act after marriage is called “consummation,” which shares its roots with the word consume. Where two become one. Where flesh is put on the marriage vows. That is what a kiss ultimately leads to.

This Valentine's day is Sunday.

A kiss. This Sunday millions – possibly billions – of people will share a kiss. For some it will be their first, for others it might be their last. Every single one of them will share a kiss with LOVE itself, love himself, love made flesh. And on their knees or standing tall they will kiss and consume the body of the man who died out of love for them. It will be the most personal, physical act shared with God himself. Some will walk away not knowing how amazingly great that love is, others will fall to their knees in adoration, and still others for maybe the first time will feel love take over them in a completely consuming way - where two become one.

“Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion;” St. Gemma Galgani

Now, I'm not dissing Valentine's day (I will let other people do that),
I'm just saying: I will take Sunday over Valentine's any day.

[I think St. Valentine would agree...]

Kiss Christ.
Taste Christ.
Savor Christ.
Consume Christ.
And allow yourself to be consumed.

Completely, Consume me Lord/ The only thing I want is to be captured and surrounded by your love/ Oh Lord won’t you consume me