Temples of the Holy Spirit

 

 

 

 

"Those whose hearts are pure

are temples of the Holy Spirit."

 

St Lucy (Santa Lucia)

In Italian, Lucia means "light"

Sicily ~ 283-304

Patron of blindness and eye problems

Feast Day - December 13

 

 

 

 Sta Lucia, ora pro nobis!

 

 

A BIT ABOUT ST LUCY...

 

St. Lucy (Santa Lucia) was a young Sicilian girl who vowed to live as a virgin in devotion to Christ. Her mother, however, arranged a marriage for her to a pagan suitor. To dissuade her mom by proof of a miracle, Lucy prayed at the tomb of St. Agatha that her mother's hemorrhage would stop. When the miracle happened, her mother agreed to leave aside the topic of marriage.

Lucy's suitor, however, had other plans, and revealed Lucy as a Christian. Authorities went to collect her, planning on forcing her into prostitution -- but they were unable to budge her, even after tying her to a team of oxen. She was then tortured by having her eyes torn out. They'd planned on torturing her by fire, too, but the fires kept going out. She was then killed by being stabbed in the throat with a dagger. The date of Lucy's martyrdom was December 13, 304.

Because of the above, St. Lucy is the patron of those with eye problems, and is often depicted carrying her eyes (often on a plate), being tied to a team of oxen, with St. Agatha, or before her judges.

 

Excerpt from Fisheaters -  http://fisheaters.com/customsadvent6a.html

 

Saint Lucy is one of seven women, aside from the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass in Eucharistic Prayer I.