Novena to St. Lucy

Opening Prayer

Dearest Saint Lucy,
your name means light;
by the light of faith
which God bestowed upon you,
increase and preserve his light in my soul,
so that I may avoid evil,
be zealous in the performance of good works,
and abhor nothing so much as the blindness
and the darkness of evil and sin.

Please obtain for me from God
perfect vision for my bodily eyes
and the grace to use them
for God’s greater honor and glory
and for the salvation of souls.

St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr,
hear my prayers
and obtain what I ask.

Amen.

First Day

John 9:1-7

¹ As he passed by he saw a man blind from birth.

² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

³ Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.

⁴ We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

⁶ When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes,

⁷ and said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed, and came back able to see.

Concluding prayer.

Second Day

John 9:35-39

³⁵ When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

³⁶ He answered and said, “Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”

³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have seen him and the one speaking with you is he.”

³⁸ He said, “I do believe, Lord,” and he worshiped him.

³⁹ Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”

Concluding prayer.

Third Day

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Concluding prayer.

Fourth Day

John 1:1-5

¹ In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

² He was in the beginning with God.

³ All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.

⁴ What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race;

⁵ the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.

Concluding prayer.

Fifth Day

Mark 8:22

²² When they arrived at Bethsaida, they brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

²³ He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked, “Do you see anything?”

²⁴ Looking up he replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.”

²⁵ Then he laid hands on his eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly.

Concluding prayer.

Sixth Day

Luke 18:35

^{35 Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,}

³⁶ and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening.

³⁷ They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”

³⁸ He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David,* have pity on me!”

³⁹ The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!”

⁴⁰ Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him,

⁴¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, please let me see.”

⁴² Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”

⁴³ He immediately received his sight and followed him, giving glory to God. When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.

Concluding prayer.

Seventh Day

Concluding prayer.

Eighth Day

Concluding prayer.

Concluding Prayer

Relying on Your goodness, O God,
we humbly ask You,
through the intercession of Saint Lucy,
Virgin and Martyr,
to give perfect vision to our eyes,
that our eyesight may serve Your greater honor and glory.

Saint Lucy,
hear our prayers
and obtain for us from God all that we need and desire.

Liturgies.net. Edited to my taste.