St. Lucy

As you may or may not know, All Saints Day was yesterday! In the Catholic Church, November 1st is All Saints Day - the solemnity of all saints. Its a pretty cool day where we can just recognize the saints and all they have done. I really enjoy reading stories of different saints. They're ultimately just regular people with a burning desire for Christ. Their stories are really inspirational, and encourage me to strive to be the best Christian I can possibly be.

As a Catholic, I was confirmed back in High School. Confirmation is a wonderful sacrament in which you receive the Holy Spirit and become an "adult member" of the Catholic Church. Its pretty awesome lol Anyways. Before you get confirmed, you have to pick a saint. This saint name signifies your change in status - After being confirmed you are fully initiated in the Catholic Church. So back when I was fifteen, I started researching all different saints, trying to decide on which saint I would pick to be my Confirmation Saint. I came across St. Lucy and was immediately drawn to her story.

St. Lucy (also known as St. Lucia)  was a young wealthy Christian girl born in Syracuse in 283 AD (a loooong time ago lol). St. Lucy's mother planned an arranged marriage, but Lucy vowed to live her life for Christ and Christ alone. She valued her virginity and wanted to stay pure to God. Unfortunately, the guy she was supposed to marry was very upset about this. As a result, he betrayed Lucy to the governor. (At this time Christian persecutions were VERY common). The government then tried to force her into prostitution, but St. Lucy put up a fight. Ultimately she was beaten and tortured. Some accounts say that miraculously they were unable to move her, or burn her. Legend even has it they gorged her eyes out! (This is the reason why she is the patron saint of light and blindness). Even though we don't know specifics, we do know that St. Lucy was martyred for her faith and devotion to God. Just incredible!

St. Lucy's feast day is December 13th. Which is too cool. If you know me, you know that I absolutely love Taylor Swift haha. Her birthday is on December 13th. Also, 13 is one of my lucky numbers and the year I will graduate from college. So having my FAVORITE saint's feast day on December 13th? Too awesome haha I think so at least... :)


St. Lucy is an inspiration to me for many reasons. I love that we have saints to look up to and model. She was just an ordinary girl with a huge passion for God. Thats the cool thing about saints. They were just like you and me, but had a great love for God. St. Lucy is one of my role models and I will always look to her story for encouragement to strive to be the best person I can be!

St. Lucy, pray for us!




Until next time...

XOXOXO
JacyLane