Well, tomorrow is February 14th, and as usual, it seems everyone is excited again about the Feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius ^[1]. I have to admit, these two brothers are favorite saints of mine, but I wonder each year what all the fuss is about. Why all the red hearts? Why all the talk of romance? It is true that their hearts were on fire in love for the Lord, but you could say that about all the saints – so why the connection between romantic love and the Apostles to the Slavs? Frankly, these guys don’t exactly look like the romantic types to me:

Interestingly, whenever I ask my wife these questions (which is about every year), she just rolls her eyes. Obviously I’m missing something…