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  FEBRUARY: THINKING ABOUT LOVE On February 14, many of us will be thinking about love, Valentine’s Day.   Some of us will be browsing through Valentine’s Day cards; in local pharmacies or special card shops if open and online reading sentiments in prose that will hopefully describe exactly what we wish to say to our loved ones.   Some of us will take the opportunity to make the event a special occasion by going out to dinner while wearing our facemasks and social distancing.   Some of us will likely stay home and cook that special meal in keeping with the “stay home, stay safe” recommendation.   To make this day extra special, some of us will present an engagement ring to that special someone in our lives.   Yes, February 14 is Valentine’s Day when special attention is devoted to, “thinking about love.” Pope Gelasius I instituted a “Feast Day” in 496 AD in memory of Saint Valentine martyred in 269 AD.   According to “church history,” we do not kno...