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Friday of the Second Week of Advent Memorial of St. Lucy, 283-304; a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily; Lucy knew of the heroism of earlier virgin martyrs; she remained faithful to their example and to the example of the carpenter, whom she knew to be the Son of God; she is the patroness of eyesight Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/24 Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19