Prayer to Saint Lucia to obtain a grace

O glorious Saint Lucia, You who have lived the hard experience of persecution,
you obtain from the Lord, to remove from the hearts of men all purpose of violence and revenge.
It gives consolation to our sick brothers who with their illness share the experience of the passion of Christ.
Let the young people see in you that you have offered yourselves entirely to the Lord, the model of a faith that gives orientation to all life.
Oh virgin martyr, to celebrate your birth in heaven, both for us and for our everyday history, an event of grace, of industrious fraternal charity, of a more lively hope and a more authentic faith. Amen

Novena in Santa Lucia

1st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, who from your first age corresponded meekly to Christian education, which your most holy mother gave you, obtain us to appreciate, in the darkness of today's pagan world, the great gift of faith.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

2st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, whom you deserved to enjoy during your prayers of the apparition of Saint Agatha, obtain for us also to resort with equal trust to the patronage of the Saints and yours in particular and thus enjoy the effects of your intercession.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

3st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, who renounced the rich paternal inheritance in favor of the poor, get us to live detached from the world's goods and to generously help all the brothers who suffer.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

4st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, who, by renouncing your earthly wedding, consecrated your virginity to the heavenly Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, obtain for us to always live united to the Lord, following the teachings of the holy Gospel.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

5st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, for that admirable faith shown when you said before the tyrant that no one could take away the Holy Spirit who lived in your heart like a temple, obtain from the Lord to always live in his Grace and to flee everything that could cause us a so serious loss.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

6st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, for that love that your husband Jesus Christ had for you, when with a miracle he made you immobile, despite all the efforts of your enemies to drag you into a place of sin and infamy, obtain the grace not to yield never to the temptations of the world, the devil and the flesh, and to fight their assaults with mortification and union with God.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

7st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, who had the grace to foresee the victory of the Church after the persecutions of the first centuries, obtain for us that the holy Church and the Pope, made still today a sign of terrible struggles, bring glorious victory over all the enemies of God.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

8st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia for that ardent love you had towards Jesus when you sacrificed your life, as a martyr, when your eyes were pulled out, obtain the grace of perfect love for the Lord and to sustain every adversity rather than becoming unfaithful to our divin Redeemer.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

9st day.
O glorious Saint Lucia, who now enjoys the shining face of God in Heaven, obtaining great graces from those who invoke you with confidence, you obtain all of us not only protection for the eyes of the body, but especially the true light in the eyes of the spirit.
Glory to the Father ...
Saint Lucia, pray for us.

Pray for us, glorious Saint Lucia
because we are made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let's pray
Fill your people with joy and light, O Lord, through the glorious intercession of the holy virgin and martyr Lucia, so that we, who celebrate her birth in heaven, can contemplate your glory with our own eyes. For Christ our Lord.
Amen