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Today is Luci's nameday. I love this saint. Well, I actually feel a great deal of love for all three of my girls patron saints. They are all three amazing, and just seem so perfect for each girl. There have been times when I have felt their personalities so strongly in moments when I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were keeping an eye on the girls. Luci's patron is one of light and joy and I need to call on her to pray for Luci and all of us more when those dark days come.

St. Lucia, December 13
Kontakion:
We extol with fervent love thy most illustrious contest, and we praise and honour thee as a chaste virgin and victor; for since thou didst seek the beauty of Christ and none else, thou didst hate all things corruptible, O wise Lucia. Wherefore, when thou wast beheaded, thou wast adorned with an incorruptible crown.


Reading:
Saint Lucia was from Syracuse in Sicily, a virgin betrothed to a certain pagan. Since her mother suffered from an issue of blood, she went with her to the shrine of Saint Agatha at Catania to seek healing (see Feb. 5). There Saint Agatha appeared to Lucia in a dream, assuring her of her mother's healing, and foretelling Lucia's martyrdom. When her mother had been healed, Lucia gladly distributed her goods to the poor, preparing herself for her coming confession of Christ. Betrayed as a Christian by her betrothed to Paschasius the Governor, she was put in a brothel to be abased, but was preserved in purity by the grace of God. Saint Lucia was beheaded in the year 304, during the reign of Diocletian.

(Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, Kontakion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA)

Stolen from rainingkisses

Interesting. Wish I knew what it means...

http://neuropolitics.org/processsurvey2006Q1p1.asp

"You have a higher tolerance for ambiguous reality models. You are more likely to weight androgen features in your social ranking analysis. You have an elevation in activity in your left prefrontal cortex. Your moral system is based on both personal and utilitarian principles. You have a lower than average desire for social interaction. You have a left hemispheric orientation in how your regulate your behavior in society. You exhibit an elevation in awareness of social ranking. You exhibit an independent nature and are not likely to follow social conventions."

Yeah. Woosh! Did you see that? It flew right over my head.