Då var det dags igen med en ny runda av postmodern Luciafirande.
I år vill jag hjälpa själarna här i Flashback hitta tillbaka sina tyraditioner genom att upplysa folket om verkliga Lucia.
Så här skriver katolska encyklopedin New Advent om henne:
Och så här skriver Synskadades Riksförbund om henne:
I år vill jag hjälpa själarna här i Flashback hitta tillbaka sina tyraditioner genom att upplysa folket om verkliga Lucia.
Så här skriver katolska encyklopedin New Advent om henne:
A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated by Latins and Greeks alike on 13 December.
According to the traditional story, she was born of rich and noble parents about the year 283. Her father was of Roman origin, but his early death left her dependent upon her mother, whose name, Eutychia, seems to indicate that she came of Greek stock.
Like so many of the early martyrs, Lucy had consecrated her virginity to God, and she hoped to devote all her worldly goods to the service of the poor. Her mother was not so single-minded, but an occasion offered itself when Lucy could carry out her generous resolutions. The fame of the virgin-martyr Agatha, who had been executed fifty-two years before in the Decian persecution, was attracting numerous visitors to her relics at Catania, not fifty miles from Syracuse, and many miracles had been wrought through her intercession. Eutychia was therefore persuaded to make a pilgrimage to Catania, in the hope of being cured of a hæmorrhage, from which she had been suffering for several years. There she was in fact cured, and Lucy, availing herself of the opportunity, persuaded her mother to allow her to distribute a great part of her riches among the poor.
The largess stirred the greed of the unworthy youth to whom Lucy had been unwillingly betrothed, and he denounced her to Paschasius, the Governor of Sicily. It was in the year 303, during the fierce persecution of Diocletian. She was first of all condemned to suffer the shame of prostitution; but in the strength of God she stood immovable, so that they could not drag her away to the place of shame. Bundles of wood were then heaped about her and set on fire, and again God saved her. Finally, she met her death by the sword. But before she died she foretold the punishment of Paschasius and the speedy termination of the persecution, adding that Diocletian would reign no more, and Maximian would meet his end. So, strengthened with the Bread of Life, she won her crown of virginity and martyrdom.
Och så här skriver Synskadades Riksförbund om henne:
Enligt sägnen är den heliga Lucia synskadades skyddshelgon. År 304 fick hon plikta med livet för sin tros skull och för att hon lovat att leva sitt liv i celibat. En försmådd friare angav henne sedan hon vägrat gifta sig med honom.
Sankta Lucia är skyddshelgon för synskadade, blinda, sjuka barn, bönder, prostituerade som ångrar sig, glasmästare, chaufförer, sjuksköterskor, sadelmakare, skräddare, vävare, knivsmeder, sekreterare, notarier, vaktmästare och dörrvaktare.