📅 December 13th: Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr 🙏

Happy Feast Day! Today we celebrate St. Lucy (283–304), one of the most beloved early Christian martyrs and a shining light of purity and courage during the fierce Diocletian persecution in Syracuse, Sicily.

Legend says that after consecrating her virginity to Christ, she rejected a pagan suitor. Enraged, he denounced her as a Christian. When soldiers came to drag her to a brothel, Lucy stood immovable—miraculously rooted to the spot even when oxen were hitched to pull her away. Her eyes were gouged out (or in some versions she plucked them out herself to repel her suitor), yet God restored her sight with even greater beauty. Finally she was martyred by the sword.

Her name “Lucy” comes from the Latin *lux* = light. That’s why she’s invoked against eye diseases and celebrated with candles and light processions—especially in Scandinavia, where young girls wear crowns of candles on her feast.

In this dark Advent season, St. Lucy reminds us: “The light of Christ overcomes every darkness!”

Pray for us, St. Lucy, that our eyes may always be fixed on Jesus. ✨

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