The Feast of St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr.
"To whom can you liken me as an equal? says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these things:
“He leads out their army and numbers them, calling them all by name.
“By his great might and the strength of his power not one of them is missing!
“Why, O Jacob, do you say, and declare, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God"?
“Do you not know
or have you not heard?
“The LORD is the eternal God,
creator of the ends of the earth.
“He does not faint nor grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny.
“He gives strength to the fainting;
for the weak he makes vigor abound.
“Though young men faint and grow weary,
and youths stagger and fall,
They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength,
they will soar as with eagles' wings;
They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint." (Isaiah 40: 25 - 31).
Wednesday 13th of December 2023 of the 2nd Week of Advent is the feast of St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr.
Lucy was born circa 283 AD in a noble Roman family. She consecrated her virginity early to Jesus Christ. When she refused to marry Paschasius, he was enraged and reported her to the government as a Christian. When all efforts to make Lucy change her mind failed, she was condemned to death. She was tortured and her two eyes were gorged out.
Lucy died a martyr under Emperor Diocletian (+304). Lucy is the patron saint of the blind and all those who have eye trouble. Lucy had been venerated as a saint from antiquity. Her name is included in the Roman Canon.
The first Reading from Isaiah 40: 25 - 31 is one of the sweetest and most encouraging words in Holy Scriptures. Scriptures say everywhere that it is good to wait for the Lord. This is the core message for us today.
"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."
Do you wait for the Lord for anything? Health, family well-being, a new life, financial peace, job, a new car, home?
You should find much comfort in today's word of God. Do you know that nothing happens on earth unless God okays the event?
Do you know that for everything, God has assigned a particular time for it? Do you know that God makes everything beautiful in the fullness of time? Only in the fullness of time!
If God permits you to be sick, lose your husband or job, it is for the best purpose for you. This is because ALL THINGS work out for good for those who love God. (Cf Romans 8: 28). Since nothing can happen without God willing it. It is impossible for God to will what is evil unless He plans to draw greater good from it.
The evil that happens to you shall never have the last laugh!
"Don’t be impatient. Wait for the Lord, and he will come and save you! Be brave, stouthearted, and courageous. Yes, wait and he will help you....(Psalms 27: 14, 37: 25 - 2y).
Happy Advent!
"Mary was conceived without original sin. This grace and privilege are fitting in view of the birth and death of her Son Jesus Christ, who is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
"O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Your Son, we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this, Your Son, You did preserve Her from all stain, so too You would permit us, purified through Her intercession, to come unto You."
For the Immaculate Conception Devotions and Prayers and Prayer intentions click the link below:
http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2023/11/novena-of-immaculate-conception.html?m=1
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