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The eyes are not only meant to see the world's color, vibrance, texture, and light. It is also meant to see the beauty of life.
In a more profound sense, you see not to judge others but to see beyond what the physical realm presents.
It is limited physically, but it understands what the heart truly desires. William Shakespeare once said, “The Eyes are the window to your soul.”
With eyes, you see the truth and express your innermost thoughts and intentions of the heart. It never lies, speaks unspoken words, creates a deeper connection, and seeks enlightenment.
So, a loss of sight is also like losing light. But people over centuries put their faith in the Patron Saint of the blind, St. Lucy, in trust that their eyesight can be restored through reverence to her.
Who is Saint Lucy, and why do people pray to her?
St. Lucy was once a brave woman who lost her life during the persecution of Christians in the early 4th century. Although her story has been lost, people wanted to shed light on St. Lucy's bravery, so legends and stories began to emerge.
One of the famous stories that Christians still hold was about St. Lucy pledging to remain a virgin in the tradition of St. Agatha, devote her worldly good to helping the poor, and vowed her life in service of the Lord.
She was born into a noble family in Syracuse, Sicily, where she gained many suitors. Her mother, Eutychia, arranged a marriage for her, but St. Lucy was able to postpone it for 3years as she did not wish to be married.
In her persistence to change her mother's mind about her faith, St. Lucy prayed to the tomb of St. Agatha, resulting in the cure of her mother's illness. Eutychia allowed St. Lucy to continue living in faith and consecration in the Lord.
Paschasius, St. Lucy's rejected groom, reported her to the authorities, denouncing her as a Christian.
She was forced into defilement at a brothel. However, the guards who came to fetch her could not move her even when they hitched her with a team of oxen.
In their desperation, they condemned her to death by fire. They surrounded her with bundles of wood, but with divine intervention, the fire immediately died out.
Finally, the guard resorted to using a sword or a dagger in her throat, killing St. Lucy.
According to other stories, it is said that St. Lucy warned Paschasius that he would be punished. He ordered his guards to gouge out St. Lucy's eyes in his rage.
However, in other tales, it is said that it was St. Lucy herself who took out her own eyes to dismay her persistent suitors who loved her beautiful eyes.
In her burial, it was discovered that her eyes were restored, and it was said that God blessed her with new pair of eyes.
Her legend and death in the hands of Romans made her the Patron Saint of the blind, eye healings and ailments with the meaning of her name Lucy as “light” of “lucid.”
From the middle ages until now, St. Lucy has been venerated by people, and her influence on Christianity spread across the world.
St. Lucy loves to deliver wheat and bread to the poor. She would bring a lamp or wear a crown of candles to free her hand and hold food, reaching Christians staying in the catacombs.
The crown of candles and lamp became a symbol of St. Lucy. During her feast day every 13th of December, her devotees offer wheat to the poor to save them from famine.
You can pray this prayer for eyes to St. Lucy:
O St Lucy, you preferred to let your eyes be torn out instead of denying the faith and defiling your soul; and God, through an extraordinary miracle, replaced them with another pair of sound and perfect eyes to reward your virtue and faith, appointing you as the protector against eye diseases. I come to you for you to protect my eyesight and to heal the illness in my eyes.
O St Lucy, preserve the light of my eyes so that I may see the beauties of creation, the glow of the sun, the colour of the flowers and the smile of children.
Preserve also the eyes of my soul, the faith, through which I can know my God, understand His teachings, recognise His love for me and never miss the road that leads me to where you, St Lucy, can be found in the company of the angels and saints.
St Lucy, protect my eyes and preserve my faith!
St. Lucy, pray for us!!
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Amen!
Prayer for Healing Eyes St. Lucy
You can pray your prayer, invoking the divine intervention of St. Lucy. You can use this, or it may serve as your guide.
Your faith in the goodness and power of the Lord is the healing of your eyes. Treasure your eyes as it serves as light.
In Matthew 6:22-23, it is declared that “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”
Oh Glorious St. Lucy, Patron Saint of the blind and visually impaired
I humbly ask for divine intercession for light and vision
I pray that you give me perfect eyesight to see and appreciate the beauty of life and the creation of the Lord
Protect my eyesight and heal all illness regarding my eyes
Give me clarity and truth in everything that I see
I pray that you help me not to turn into a blind eye to the things that are showing up for me
Preserve the light of my eyes to see and make my eyes as the lamp of my body
Help me see through the eyes of the Lord—to look at others and everything without judgement and full of unconditional love
I honor you name and I'm inspired in your faith and conviction in service to the Lord
I entrust the healing of my eyes unto your holy name. Amen!
Novena Prayer to St. Lucy for Eyes
Feast Day: December 13
[THIS PRAYER IS SAID ON NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS]
O SAINT LUCY, you preferred to let your eyes be torn out instead of denying the faith and defiling your soul;
and God, through an extraordinary miracle, replaced them with another pair of sound and perfect eyes to reward your virtue and faith, appointing you as the protector against eye diseases.
I come to you for you to protect my eyesight and to heal the illness in my eyes.
O SAINT LUCY, preserve the light of my eyes so that I may see the beauties of creation, the glow of the sun, the color of the flowers and the smile of children.
Preserve also the eyes of my soul, the faith, through which I can know my God, understand His teachings, recognize His love for me and never miss the road that leads me to where you, SAINT LUCY, can be found in the company of the angels and saints.
SAINT LUCY, protect my eyes and preserve my faith. Amen.
[Say: 3 “Our Father”, 3 “Hail Mary”, 3 “Glory be”.]
The Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our Daily Bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
The Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
O! Glorious SAINT LUCY, Virgin and Martyr, you greatly glorified the Lord by preferring to sacrifice your life rather than be unfaithful. Come to our aid and, through the love of this same most loveable Lord, save us from all infirmities of the eyes and the danger of losing them.
Through your powerful intercession, may we spend our life in the peace of the Lord and be able to see Him with our transfigured eyes in the eternal splendour of the Celestial Homeland. Amen.
SAINT LUCY, pray for us and for the most needy, to Christ our Lord.
Amen.
St. Lucy Chaplet
O! Glorious St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, you greatly glorified the Lord by preferring to sacrifice your life rather than be unfaithful. Come to our aid and, through the love of this same most loveable Lord, save us from all infirmities of the eyes and the danger of losing them. Through your powerful intercession, may we spend our life in the peace of the Lord and be able to see Him with our transfigured eyes in the eternal splendour of the Celestial Homeland. Amen. St Lucy, pray for us and for the most needy, to Christ our Lord. Amen.
[Say: 3 “Our Father”, 3 “Hail Mary”, 3 “Glory be”]
The Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our Daily Bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
The Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Karen Hyman
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