Saint Lucy

Feast Day  December 13
Patron Saint of the Blind
 and the Young

Lucy is one of the patron saints of those who cannot see--some with their eyes and some with their hearts.  For MMG members, this makes her an advocate for our prodigals, especially those young people, that their eyes might be opened to the Truth and their hearts might embrace the Good News of the Gospel..

Who is Saint Lucy?

Lucy was a young, wealthy, Sicilian woman who became a virgin martyr.  A young man who wanted to marry her turned her in as a Christian and she was arrested, tortured and martyred.  Legend says she lost her eyes/eyesight in some manner whether self-inflicted or through torture.  This she is the patron of the blind and those with eye disorders.  She is especially celebrated by people of Scandinavian descent as hers is one of the few saints’ feasts to be observed in Scandinavian countries.  The name Lucy means light.  In traditional celebrations, Saint Lucy comes bearing light, often with a procession lead by one girl wearing a crown of lighted candles, followed by others who each carry a single lighted candle.

Prayer for the Intercession
of St Lucy

We venerate your servant, St. Lucy, for the light of faith you did bestow upon her, We ask you to increase and to preserve this same light in our souls.  We ask her intercession for our young and those who are blind to the light of Christ, that their eyes and hearts may be opened to receive Grace and Divine Mercy.  We humbly ask, by the intercession of your servant, St. Lucy that you would give perfect vision to our eyes, that they may serve for your greater honor and glory, and for the salvation of our souls that we may enjoy the unfailing light of the Lamb of God in paradise.