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Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr


"Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Saint Matthew 21.27



                          Of Men and Moles
                          


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 purblind 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.

No doubt you will ask me, "by what authority do I tell you this ... that modern man 
is a mole?"

But I will first ask you, "By what authority do you question it?"



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