I would think the contrast between a pure virgin, such as Saint Lucia, and sex obsessed Roman culture was palpable. It is today as well. St. Lucia was a non-conformist as she was virtuous. Have you ever heard a sermon on the virtues of chastity and virginity? Maybe a saint as Lucia is an antidote to the socially sanctioned rampant filth of our times as it was in the Roman Empire.
Collect of the Day:
O Almighty God, by whose grace and power Your holy servant Lucia triumphed over suffering and remain ever faithful unto death, grant us, who now remember her with thanksgiving, to be so true in our witness to You in this world that we may receive with her new eyes without tears and the crown of light and life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
One of the victims of the great persecution under the Roman emperor Diocletian, Lucia met her death at Syracuse on the island of Sicily in the year A.D. 304, because of her Christian faith. Known for her charity, “Santa…
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