SAINT LUCY

Saint Lucy of Syracuse was born around 238 AD

Saint Lucy was known for her Beauty, especially her beautiful eyes

From a young age St. Lucy knew she wanted to devout her life to God

However Saint Lucy's mom wanted her to get married.
When her mother got very sick Lucy prayed everyday to Saint Agatha and her mother was cured after that her mother accepted her decision

Many Christians were being persecuted so many hid in catacombs. Saint Lucy would go there with a candle wreath on her head to see and food and drinks in her arms

A man who she rejected was so angry he reported her to the Governor of Syracuse. He sent soldiers to kill Saint Lucy

They first tried to take her to jail but the Holy Spirit made her unmovable. They then tried to put her on fire but she would not burn

Finally they stab her, killing St. Lucy 304 AD

Hagiography
A man proposed to Lucy but he only loved her because of her eyes, so Lucy plucked out her eyes and sent them to him with the a note telling him to leave her alone. It is said God gave Lucy her eyesight the next day.

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Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit
- St. Lucy

No one's body is polluted so as to endanger the soul if it has not pleased the mind. If you were to lift my hand to your idol and so make me offer against my will, I would still be guiltless in the sight of the true God, who judges according to the will and knows all things. If now, against my will, you cause me to be polluted, a twofold purity will be gloriously imputed to me. You cannot bend my will to your purpose; whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me
-St. Lucy

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. Obtain for me, by your intercession with God
Perfect vision for my bodily eyes and the grace to use them for God’s greater honour and glory and the salvation of souls. St. Lucy, virgin and martyr hear my prayers and obtain my petitions.

Amen.

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QUESTIONS

• What is Lucy the patron saint of?
• How did the Govenor know lucy was a christian?
• What was lucy known for?
• How did lucy see in the catacombs ?
• What does her name mean?