Valentines day

Valentine’s Day this year was particularly special in the City of Makati, dubbed the financial capital of the Philippines. One of the churches here, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, formally opened a Jubilee Year to mark its 50th foundation anniversary.

Valentine’s Day arrives each year with predictable enthusiasm. Shops turn red, restaurants fill, and love is packaged into cards, flowers, and carefully planned moments. For a brief time, it feels as though love is everywhere. Then the day passes, the decorations disappear, and ordinary life resumes.