Question: A well known story about St. John the Evangelist relates how someone tried to kill him by poisoning a goblet of wine from which he was to drink. The Apostle blessed the wine and the poison was removed in what form? Therefore, what blessed item is known as “St. John’s Love?
Answer: After John blessed the wine, the poison slithered out of the goblet in the form of a snake. Wine that is blessed on St. John's feast day, December 27, is known as "St. John's Love".