Mary's Blog

For ages hence, St Lucy whose feast we celebrate today has been revered as an intercessor for good eyesight, even healing from total blindness. To be sure, she is depicted bearing a plate with two eyes (which were gouged out). I've heard people scoff that she is no longer "relevant" because medical advances make it possible to go without asking the prayers of a young winsome woman who was martyred in the year 304. I don't think these folks ever had a bad eye infection. Or, even a stye.  But I submit that her intercessory powers may be asked for an intention not only of biological healing, but of psychological damage done us by something we've seen - either willingly or unwillingly - which then  caused us to sin, or plagued our memory, or even caused trauma. For some it's like the scenes replayed in their mind is like being locked in a cinema that constantly plays images that cause distress or pain. Or jealousy and resentment. Some of the more honest of my peer...