Byron United Church, London, Ontario

Valentine chose not to renounce his faith. He had experienced the transforming love of Jesus Christ. He had seen other people transformed by the amazing love of Jesus Christ. And so they beat him with an inch of his life and beheaded him. Valentine's Day, a time to remember not just who we love, who we're married to, but the amazing love of Jesus Christ and the amazing love that people down through the ages have received and been willing to share even to the point of death.