Saint Lucy
A Saint for Modern
Man
... the Mole
Saint
Lucy is the Patron
Saint of the blind.
She is, therefore,
pre-eminently the Patron Saint for modern man.
Blind to God's
love, goodness, mercy, generosity — and blind to His justice; blind
alike to Heaven and Hell, to sin and sanctity, good and evil, truth
and mendacity — and blind to his blindness ... man is a mole.
What is more,
each is without ears, so even if told of the Light, they will hear
as much as they see.
What, then,
is the difference?
The mole is
without sin — and does not choose the darkness from which
it cannot escape. And the mole, without ears, can nevertheless hear,
while the man, with ears, can choose to be deaf ... even
as he chooses to be blind.
The mole as
a mole may one day see God.
Man as mole
will never see God.
A Poor Clare Colettine Nun
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