THE MEMORIAL OF ST LUCY, VIRGIN AND MARTYR.
THE MEMORIAL OF ST LUCY, VIRGIN AND MARTYR.
You are like naughty children.
"Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’
"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
"But wisdom is vindicated by her works.” (Matthew 11: 16 - 19).
Friday 13th of December 2024 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.
Jesus called out to all of us in today's Gospel: Stop being like naughty children. We all pretend we know more than Wisdom and holier than the most holy. More powerful than Emperor Augustus Caesar.
Accept who you are. Little beloved children of a most loving Father. A God who desires most to be called Father.
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."
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