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Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy Feast Day December 13th Patron Saint of those with eye trouble.
Saint Lucy’s Story Every little girl named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries to find out what there is to know about her patron saint. The older books will have a lengthy paragraph detailing a small number of traditions. Newer books will have a lengthy paragraph showing that there is little basis in history for these traditions. The single fact survives that a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily, in the year 304. But it is also true that her name is mentioned in the First Eucharistic Prayer, geographical places are named after her, a popular song has her name as its title, and down through the centuries many thousands of little girls have been proud of the name Lucy.
One can easily imagine what a young Christian woman had to contend with in pagan Sicily in the year 300. If you have trouble imagining, just glance at today’s pleasure-at-all-costs world and the barriers it presents against leading a good Christian life.
Her friends must have wondered aloud about this hero of Lucy’s, an obscure itinerant preacher in a far-off captive nation that had been destroyed more than 200 years before. Once a carpenter, he had been crucified by the Romans after his own people turned him over to their authority. Lucy believed with her whole soul that this man had risen from the dead. Heaven had put a stamp on all he said and did. To give witness to her faith she had made a vow of virginity.
What a hubbub this caused among her pagan friends! The kindlier ones just thought her a little strange. To be pure before marriage was an ancient Roman ideal, rarely found, but not to be condemned. To exclude marriage altogether, however, was too much. She must have something sinister to hide, the tongues wagged.
Lucy knew of the heroism of earlier virgin martyrs. She remained faithful to their example and to the example of the carpenter, whom she knew to be the Son of God. She is the patroness of eyesight.
~ franciscanmedia.org
------------ Novena Prayer Relying on Your goodness, O God, we humbly ask You, through the intercession of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, to give perfect vision to our eyes, that they may serve for Your greater honor and glory. Saint Lucy, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
Amen.
Please pray for these intentions
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Please pray for our friend Joe who is sick and for his family.
For my brother who is sick with cancer - may his treatment go well
Please pray for our dear friend Joe and his family.
Bring my family back to our Lord
Let me be free from debt and sickness(diabetes and blindness)
Please pray for our dear friend Joey who is very sick. Please pray for his family to have strength.
For the healing & reconciliation for my son and his 2 daughters.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THAT I WILL NOT GET FIRED FROM MY JOB. ALSO PLEASE PRAY THAT I WILL NOT GET A DECREASE IN MY SALARY AND THAT I WILL NOT GET A DECREASE IN MY PAY GRADE. THANK YOU.
Please pray for our friend Joey. May God help to heal him and give his family strength.
For my nephew, Jason, 41 years old, father of a 3 month old , who was just diagnosed with lung cancer as a result of exposure to asbestos. That God may heal him so that he can spend many more years with his loving family.
Sister and nephews, all those who struggle with mental illness, all those who practice the occult and who have family that are in the occult
For a family member suffering severe and complicated mental illness and for the family members trying to help her.
For my brother in - law who is very sick
For Sam to return home to his wife and put an end to the divorce.
For peace in our family, that our daughter will come back to us.
For my boyfriends mother who has suffered a stroke and is now hospitalized- for healing of both body and soul. May she find healing, peace, and strengthened faith in Gods love.
Please pray for my brain-tumor survivor autistic 26 year old son. He needs divine intervention. Thank you from his mother
A Special request for my son and his future. That he has the strength and will to keep going. That he pass his test.
Healing and conversion of a family member and neighbor. Also for my husbands job. Thank you DJ
Holy wife for Simeon David W.
Please pray for my son to overcome his difficulties.
For Alyssa, Doug, our Children, our Church and our Country
For my daughter Maria Hopefully the treatments will help her
Please pray for my local family business
FOR HEALING IN MY MARRIAGE
Praying for the Peace of Christ to reign in this land as well as in each of our hearts
Please pray that my my life becomes better, less stress more peace
Richard
For my father going through a very difficult time
Family to reunite with each other. Bring Greg home. Good health for myself and my husband and our family. The answer to a special intention my husband is praying for. Good health for my sister. Take care of Linda, Maryann, Diane and Rosemary. For my husband and I to renew our vows on our 50th anniversary in Sept. Amen
For my nephew, that he find his way to his true healthy self
For my niece
For health and peace for my grand niece and brother-in-law, and for our country and all our children.
For my husband and daughter’s father who passed 2 years ago from pancreatic cancer. For those fighting this dreadful disease and all those with cancer…. May they find peace.
For my nephew Claudio and my friend Tommy ,both have cancer
The Heath of my sister Maryann
Protect the people in Ukraine and bring peace.
For my brother who is fighting deadly infectious disease
Please pray for me Yesterday I fell and broke my leg I’m having surgery today
For my niece who has cancer
Please Pray for my daughter Maria She is battling cancer for the 3rd time
Granddaughter help her through her anxiety.
For my brother who has leukemia and is in need of healing. Needs to become father.
Pray for my son to overcome his mental issues and turn to Jesus for help and guidance in all things.
For my daughter to enjoy her life and come back to the church
For my children to embrace their faith
The souls of the faithful departed. (AB) For peace and clarity with future opportunities.
By the intercession of St Padre Pio please king Jesus Christ heal my parents and grant them your salvation; deliver me from darkness and grant me wisdom and wealth. Amen
For a successful job interview to replace lost income.
For a successful job interview to replace lost incomeFor my children’s hearts to be converted so they turn to their faith for comfort, to the church and it’s catechism for guidance, and to the Holy Spirit for Wisdom.
Peace in the family
Please God. Give My Mom Strength and Cure her from Cancer. Amen
Please cure my Mom from Cancer We need her. Also, please give her and my family strength. Amen.
Family to reunite with each other. Also, good health for myself and my husband. Prayers for a recovery from surgery for 3 friends and a job to work out for my nephew and for my sister to not be alone. I ask that in Jesus’ name Amen
For our family to return to being together again and talk and see each other again. For good health.
Please pray for my youngest sister, Joyce, who has Stage 4 Metastatic Lung Cancer.
Please God, Padre Pio and St Raphael please heal My Mom Kathleen from cancer. Please send her strength and please cure her from This. Amen
I pray for Father John and all Priests to feed God’s sheep and I pray that I may always keep my family safe and secure and close to Jesus.
Please pray for one of our Parish families that is experiencing difficulties at this time
For my daughter, Colleen (confirmed Kateri), that she soon finds a safe and affordable place to move in NYC.
Marielle, Mary, Pat, William, Will, Brianna
Please pray that my husband’s job is moved back to New Jersey so he can remain working and living near his family. Thank you!
Please pray for my great niece. Mental, physical and spiritual health, for her peace and safety.
Please pray for the health of my husband Wayne to regain his strength to walk and fully recover from illness that has taken away the quality of his life.
For my mother, and other deceased family that they are at peace.
For all those who feel alone, lost and without hope that they receive grace and peace
For my son and daughter, as they await approval for a transplant operation
Asking for my friends at St. Leo the Great to please pray for my mother. She needs your prayers as she is in the hospital fighting for her life. Thank you for all your prayers! In Jesus' name, AMEN!
Please pray for my daughter and son who struggle with anxiety and depression .
Virginia, mother of Cynthia, parishioner
Willingness to manage my mental health, and finding the strength to fight through the deep depression that is making my life feel so dark and hopeless.
Mom and Dad. Also Good buddy Harold
Please pray for good health for those who are sick & suffering.
For the health and well-being of my family
To be a better mother
I pray for all those who are unemployed or underemployed because of the pandemic
I pray for my dear friend the most loving and caring nurse I know.
Thomas
For my niece who contracted COVID away at college and is sick, scared and alone.
Please pray for my son Patrick who struggles with mental illness. Thank you
For the health of my family members
Please pray for active duty military in Iraq and Kuwait. In light of the recent activity, please pray for the safety of a member of our parish and the troops serving our country. Thank you.
Please Pray that my family will come back to the church
Please pray for my best friend - that she finds a treatment for her illness that she has been battling so valiantly.
For Pete who has Covid and pneumonia. And for his wife Regina, probably from stress, who ended up in the ER this week
For a new treatment to work for Ernest. Give him & his family the physical & mental strength to endure this journey.
Our Lady of Lourdes, please give Ernest the strength to endure the new treatments for Multiple Myloma which he has had for 5 years. We pray these new treatments will strengthen him
Please pray for my son DR who struggles with ADHD and anxiety.