Homily for the Monday of the Third Week of Advent

"Those whose hearts are pure, are temples of the Holy Spirit." St. Lucy, vowed at an early age, to live her live in service of Christ. This meant that Lucy was not interested in marrying, especially to the man her family had chosen as a spouse. When St. Agatha appeared to Lucy in a dream and confirmed that her mother's illness would be cured, this experience helped her convince her mother that she was only destined for only one spouse: Christ. St. Lucy was a martyr for her faith who gave up her goods to the poor and reverence for her became so widespread that she made it into the Roman canon. Like the early Christians, we are pressured in all sorts of was to worship other things such as materialism and consumerism. Today, may we draw upon the inspiration of St. Lucy in these times.