Like many of the early martyrs, Lucy chose to remain a virgin, so she managed to keep the marriage on hold for three years. To change her mother’s mind about her new faith, Lucy prayed at the tomb of Saint Agatha, and soon her mother’s long haemorrhagic illness was cured. When Lucy told her mother that she was healed with the power of prayer, her mother realized how important and powerful faith could be. She finally agreed that Lucy could remain a virgin, and not marry. Lucy also wished to give all her fortune she inherited to the poor, and devote her life to God. Although that Lucy’s mother agreed about Lucy’s decision not to marry Paschasius, he was not. In anger and rage he went to the governor and told him that Lucy was a Christian. In this time, it was illeg

al to be and practice Christianity, and the consequences if caught was persecution. After the governor knew of Lucy’s practices, he ordered his guards to fetch her, but they could not budge her. Even when they hitched her to a team of oxen, she stood as still as a mountain. God saved Lucy because of her strong faith in Him. After torture that included having her eyes torn out, they placed bundles of wood around her and set them afire. Again, God saved Lucy. The flames never touched her, and she was not burned. Finally a sword stabbed her through her throat in 304. Some stories say that her eyes were torn out by her judge, others say she tore them out herself to offer them to a suitor she did not like. In both incidents her eyes were miraculously restored before her death. Her relics are honored in churches throughout Europe.

I also admire Lucy’s decision to remain a virgin. Although I wish to be married and soon have kids, I strongly believe in waiting until you’re married to have sex. St. Lucy along with many other virgin Saints, have all inspired me to do so. In a world today of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, sex is considered a simple thing. Praying to St. Lucy everyday has helped me see that sex is a very important thing in my life, and should be treated as a sacrament. She has also shown me to have strong faith in God, and he will guide me. When my father died on November 24, 2001, I thought my world had ended. It felt like it did. My father, being killed in a car accident was a huge test of faith for me. It would have been easy to blame God for everything, and turn away from the Church. During this time of sorrow, I turned to God to help me through, to guide me towards closure. I prayed everyday to St. Lucy to “see” that I would be alright, and that there really was a reason for everything. Although it took time, I soon got through the ba

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