A Bundle of Myrrh

Today the church remembers St. Lucy (St. Lucia) who was martyred in 304 AD. In many stories it is said that she was given by her mother to marry a pagan man, but she refused and gave her dowry to the poor. The man she was to marry denounced her as a Christian in a time that that meant a death sentence.

Since she could not be burned (the flames would not burn her) or moved (she became as heavy as a mountain), her eyes were gouged out and she was killed by being stabbed through the neck. Because her eyes were taken, and since her name means ‘light‘, she became the patron saint of the blind.

There are many traditions for this day. We chose a few to include in our feast day which we celebrated for the first time last year. You can find tons of information and ideas HERE. And you can listen to the audio book, Lucia, Saint of Light HERE.

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Sunday was St. Martin’s Day. We had a lot of fun with the traditions that surround the commemoration of this 4th century Bishop!

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This is our first year to celebrate the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, September 29th. There tends to be a lot of curiosity and misunderstanding about angels, so I think this is a great Feast day to keep with our kiddos. (Those things on the table are the “last minute angel necklaces” I made for them to wear to church on Sunday morning.)

I found a pretty good article (“St. Micheal and All Angels” by Albert B . Collver III), here is a quote, you can read the rest HERE:

“The celebration of St. Michael and All Angels reminds us of how the Lord delivered us from the lying accusations of Satan. It shows us that the battle against Satan and his evil angels is not won by power, might, strength or numbers but, as Martin Luther’s great Reformation hymn “A Mighty Fortress” confesses, “One little word can fell him.” That one little Word is Jesus and the forgiveness He gives us.”

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