| St. Lucia is the patron saint of eyes. The story is told that she was very beautiful, and had many suitors. One of them said that he had fallen uncontrollably in love with her eyes. She plucked out her eyes and sent them to him on a plate. He stopped pursuing her, and the virgin gave her a new set of eyes, more beautiful than before. If you click on the picture, you will be able to see that she has in her hand a plate, containing the two eyes that she plucked out.
This shrine is in the Church of the Company of Jesus in the city of Guanajuato.
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 Virgin of the eyes, I ask with all my heart that you grant relief to
my little brother Ismaiel, who is only 5 years old, and does not want his
right eye to be operated on. The doctors say that if the discharge
from his eye is reduced, he won't need the operation. Help him please,
that this Friday he may be in his house recuperating rapidly. I do
not want to see him suffer more, much less my mother. Virgin, give
him relief, I have much faith in you. It is in your hands.
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Virgin St. Lucia. I give infinite thanks for having come out well
from a delicate operation on my right eye, which took place on November
24, 1998
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St. Lucia: I give infinite thanks for having come out well from
my eye operation, and for a good recovery.
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