Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Sacred Music for the Liturgy

by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB. Copyright 2018-2026 Saint Meinrad Archabbey. All rights reserved.

Saint Lucy of Syracuse, Virgin and Martyr

Memorial · White · 13 December

In December

About this day

Lucy, a young Christian of Syracuse in Sicily, consecrated her virginity to Christ and was martyred in 304 after a rejected suitor denounced her. Her name means light, and she has been honored since early times; she is named in the Roman Canon of the Mass.

Music

Mass

From the Common of Martyrs: A Virgin Martyr

From the Common of Virgins: One Virgin

From the Missal

The Missal takes this day’s antiphons from the Common of Martyrs: A Virgin Martyr, or the Common of Virgins: One Virgin.