# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Lucy, Virgin, Martyr (Dec 13) —
# SanctiM/12-13.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/12-13`) with no
# Nocturn 2 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced
# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see
# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/12-13.txt, English/Sancti/12-13.txt.
# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no
# genuine source break.
id: st-lucy
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Lúcia virgo Syracusana, genere et christiana fide ab infántia nobilis, una cum matre
        Eutychia, quæ sánguinis fluxu laborabat, Cátanam ad venerándum corpus beátæ Agathæ
        venit: quæ ad ejus sepúlcrum cum suppliciter orasset, Agathæ intercessióne matri
        sanitátem impetrávit. Statim vero matrem exorávit, ut quam dotem sibi datura esset,
        Christi paupéribus tribui paterétur. Ut ígitur Syracusas rediit, omnem pecúniam, quam
        ex facultátibus venditis redegerat, paupéribus distríbuit.


        Quod ubi rescivísset is, cui eam paréntes contra Vírginis voluntátem desponderant,
        apud Paschasium præfectum Lúciam, quod christiana esset, accusávit. Quam ille cum nec
        precibus, nec minis ad cultum idolórum posset perducere; immo tanto magis incensam
        vidéret ad celebrandas christianæ fidei laudes, quanto magis ipse eam a senténtia
        avértere conabátur: Cessábunt, inquit, verba, cum ventum erit ad verbera. Cui Virgo:
        Dei servis verba deésse non possunt, quibus a Christo Dómino dictum est: Cum
        steteritis ante reges et præsides, nolíte cogitare quómodo aut quid loquámini;
        dábitur enim vobis in illa hora quid loquámini; non enim vos estis qui loquímini, sed
        Spíritus Sanctus, qui lóquitur in vobis.


        Quam cum Paschasius interrogasset, Estne in te Spíritus Sanctus? respóndit: Caste et
        pie vivéntes templum sunt Spíritus Sancti. At ille, Jubébo te ad lupánar duci, ut te
        Spíritus Sanctus déserat. Cui virgo: Si invitam jusseris violari, castitas mihi
        duplicábitur ad corónam. Quare Paschasius ira inflammatus, Lúciam eo trahi jussit, ubi
        ejus virginitas violarétur: sed divinitus factum est, ut firma virgo ita consísteret,
        ut nulla vi de loco dimoveri posset. Quam ob rem præfectus circum ipsam, pice, resína,
        ac fervénti oleo perfusam, ignem accéndi imperávit: sed cum ne flamma quidem eam
        læderet, multis tormentis excruciátæ guttur gládio transfígitur. Quo vulnere accepto,
        Lúcia prædícens Ecclésiæ tranquillitátem, quæ futura erat Diocletiáno et Maximiáno
        mórtuis, Idibus Decembris spíritum Deo réddidit. Cujus corpus Syracusis sepúltum,
        deínde Constantinopolim, postremo Venetias translátum est.
      en: >-
        Lucy was a maiden of Syracuse, the daughter of a noble Christian family. Her mother
        Eutychia, being afflicted with an issue of blood, went with her to Catania, to pray
        before the body of the blessed Agatha. Lucy, by her earnest prayers at the grave,
        obtained her mother's cure, through the intercession of Agatha, and then immediately
        begged her to give to Christ's poor the whole dowry which had been set apart for
        herself. As soon, therefore, as they returned to Syracuse, they sold the property, and
        distributed the money among the poor.


        When this came to the ears of one to whom her parents had betrothed her against her
        will, he accused Lucy before Paschasius, the Prefect of being a Christian. The Prefect
        could not move her to commit idolatry, either by his entreaties or his threats; nay,
        the more he strove to persuade her, so much the bolder did she become in her
        confession. Then, seeing that he could prevail nothing, words, saith he, will cease
        when we come to blows. To whom the virgin answered, God's servants will never want
        words, for the Lord Christ hath said: When ye shall stand before kings and governors,
        take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same
        hour what ye shall speak, for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost Which
        speaketh in you.


        Then Paschasius asked her, saying: Is the Holy Ghost in thee? Whereto she answered:
        They that live in chastity and piety are the temples of the Holy Ghost. Then, said he,
        I will send thee to be prostituted in a brothel, and get the Holy Ghost out of thee.
        To whom she made reply: Thou canst not prostitute my will. If thou cause this poor
        body to be violated, the crown of my soul's purity will be brighter through suffering.
        Then he bade them take her to the place of shame, but by the power of God it became
        impossible to move her. Whereupon, being inflamed with anger, he had pitch, resin, and
        boiling oil poured upon her, and then set on fire. But the fire did not take hold upon
        her. Therefore he practised many other cruelties upon her, and at last thrust a sword
        through her neck. When Lucy had received this wound, she began to speak of the peace
        of the Church, which it should enjoy after the death of Diocletian and Maximian, and
        presently returned her soul into the hands of God. She testified on the thirteenth day
        of December. Her body was buried at Syracuse, but afterwards taken to Constantinople,
        and lastly to Venice.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
