Happy St. Lucy Day! We don't know much about this woman who, although her name means "light", is shrouded in the murkiness of history. In today's Office of Readings our selection was from St. Amrbose, "On Virginity." He writes, "When you are in your room at night, think always on Christ and wait for his coming at every moment. This is the person Christ has loved in loving you, the person he has chosen in choosing you. He enters by the open door; he has promised to come in, and he cannot deceive. Embrace him, the one you have sought; turn to him, and be enlightened; hold him fast, ask him not to go in haste, beg him not to leave you. The Word of God moves swiftly; he is not won by the lukewarm, nor held fast by the negligent. Let your soul be attenitve to his word; follow carefully the path God tells you to take, for he is swift in his passing."
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