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Saint Lucy |
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History:
Saint
Lucy, the virgin and martyr of Syracuse, Sicily is known
as a patron of those afflicted with hemorrhagic illness.
She is also the patron saint of the blind and those with
eye-trouble.
Saint Lucy! is the patron saint of the blind. The
name Lucy, which means "light", is rooted from the Latin
word that means "lucid," which means, basically
"suffused with light, clear, understandable."
Her life story, however, is far from clear.
According to tradition, Saint Lucy was born of a rich
and noble family in the year 283 in Syracuse, Sicily.
Her father died when she was young.
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She became solely dependent on her mother,
Eutychia, who was suffering from hemorrhagic
illness, arranged for her to marry a pagan named
Paschasius.
Growing up a Christian Lucy vowed her life to
God, and was able to put the marriage on hold
for 3 years. At that time Lucy became aware the
fame of the virgin-martyr St. Agatha, who was
known to cure illnesses. She persuaded her
mother to make a pilgrimage to St. Agatha’s
relics at Catania, about 50 miles from Syracuse.
Eutychia was cured, and Lucy persuaded her
mother to allow her to distribute a great part
of her riches among the poor. She was also
rejected her bridegroom to devote her life to
God.
Having been rejected, Paschasius denounced Lucy
as Christian. When the governor sent guards to
fetch for her they could not move her even when
they hitched her to a team of oxen. The governor
ordered her death instead and she was set on
fire. Again, God interceded and she was saved.
Lucy was later executed by stabbing with a
dagger. Tradition tells of Lucy’s eyes being
gouged but God restored her eyesight before her
death.
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A Novena In Honor of
Saint Lucy
(Feast
– December 13) |
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SAINT LUCY,
Whose beautiful name
Signifies light, By the light of Faith
Which God bestowed upon you,
Increase and preserve
His light in my soul,
So that I may avoid evil,
Be zealous in the performance of good works,
And abhor nothing so much as the blindness
And the darkness of evil and sin.
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Obtain for me,
By your intercession with God,
Perfect vision for my bodily eyes
And the grace to use them
For God’s greater honor and glory
And the salvation of souls.
St. Lucy, Virgin and martyr,
Hear my prayers and obtain my petitions.
Amen. |
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For more, please
read |
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Lucy's Eyes and Margaret's
Dragon (Hardcover)
by Giselle Potter |
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Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons, and Feasts
(Paperback)
by Leonard Foley (Editor), Pat McCloskey (Editor) |
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availability of
atypical art works. Entries are
generally based on the 1926-38 edition
of Butler's Lives of the Saints, with
the length of each entry varying from
one-half page to several pages. Short
entries giving written insight into the
lives of pious individuals are combined
with depictions rendered by artists such
as Raphael and El Greco. An inexpensive
tribute to art and faith more
appropriate for gift-giving than for
libraries. |
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