Tuesday, January 25, 2011

No Greater Wealth






Volunteers with Church Food Donations

NO GREATER WEALTH

Published Great South Bay Magazine


There is no greater wealth found
Than in the silent peaceful sound
When taking your own life’s path
Absent of false worship on behalf
Of wealth, materialism and greed
There can be no lesser creed
With all the money sought
Love cannot be brought
Seek to measure real life’s worth
By way of peace and love on earth
Aim to live a life to share
Giving your love, help, and care
Help a neighbor and volunteer
Needy people are always near
In the end it will make sense
Life is more than dollars and cents

Susan Marie Davniero


NY DAILY NEWS SERIES ON COMMUNITY SERVICE


PUBLISHED NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Reaching Out Community Services Food Pantry
Daily News readers are answering the call to community service since Help NYC launched last month.“We're getting donations! Amazing! ” says Susan LaRosa at the Henry Street Settlement’s Good Companions Senior Center, which feeds aging lower East Side residents lunch and dinner six days a week.
 “I just want to say thank you,” adds Thomas Neve from Reaching Out Community Services, a food pantry in Bensonhurst. “Many people for the first time came to recognize the service we provide in their community.”
The NYC Coalition Against Hunger released new research reporting that 500,000 city children — or one in four kids — live in homes that are food insecure.This has overwhelmed food pantries and soup kitchens across the boroughs, which saw demand rise 12% this year as more working men and women join the food lines to make ends meet between paychecks.
Good Shepherd Services’ Red Hook Beacon Community Center — one of 80 city Beacon Centers aiding kids and adults in underserved communities — lost 50 slots from their afterschool program as a result of budget cuts.
The Daily News has highlighted neighbors helping neighbors over the past four weeks, This giving spirit is best summed up by Daily News reader Susan Marie Davniero from Lindenhurst, who writes, “We are all in one family. Help your neighbor. Try to leave the world a little better than how you found it. One person can make a difference, after all.”



SHOP TO DROP
Published LI Press
Shopping has become an epidemic that has ransacked our neighborhoods in the pursuit of possession to fulfill one’s ever want. The pastime of shopping impregnated with anticipation to revel with purchases. Greed supersedes the needs, buying luxury, fun and games – to shop to drop.  The negative impact of greed has perpetrated our society due to the demise of values that falsely attributes the magnitude of monetary wealth or material possessions pursuant to the intensity of value of one’s life.

The false worship of monetary wealth or possessions abets a materialistic culture buying financial awards to monitor their merit of success.  There is a loss sense of personal identity as you are what you are worth. As a result, greed has created an epidemic of obsessive compulsive spending maximizing credit limits, over extending budgets, borrowing and debt to “keep up with the Jones.”

There is a need to essay a kind of familiar that may exist. Fed on celluoid fantasy of the rich Hollywood luxurious lifestyle, or even by your neighbors, irreconcilable demands are on all of us to withstand. I am amiss by the behavioral excessive buying that steals from the true value of one’s life.  Ironically one absent of wealth is without the luxury to distort their vision of life with possessions and find their wealth in the true value of life.

Alas, many people have yet to learn the great peace found in the quiet comfort of choosing your own path in life devoid of false worship of material possessions or wealth.  I suggest people rewrite their shopping lists prior to their next venture to the stores to eliminate their search to buy happiness. You may not have all that you want but you probably have all that need.

Susan Marie Davniero





GIVE!
Twins Laura and Susan


GIVE!

I (Laura Marie Bowman) always wanted to give to others, because I shared my “things” with my twin sister (Susan Marie Davniero).  Childhood enabled me to donate my time, energy and finances to charity drives and cake sales.  However, upon adulthood and marriage, it became challenging to find resources to share. 

My first step was to keep myself healthy. I couldn’t help anyone if I wasn’t in good physical condition.  I looked at food as nourishment to maintain good numbers (weight, blood pressure, cholesterol).  I was ready to go!

My next stage was to find the means to share.  It’s almost impossible to have extra income to donate with monthly bills.  I abolished unnecessary expenses; weekend gambling trips and non-essential house improvements.  I had the funds!

My final stride was to decide how to share myself with others.  I left food boxes anonymously at neighborhood churches.  One day a Priest said to me, “You’re the one leaving the boxes – thank you!  You don’t know how many needy families are in your own neighborhood.”  I realized than I wanted to see the faces of the people I was helping!

I became acquainted with my community’s large or unemployed families by visiting laundry rooms and shopping centers.  I distributed everyday necessities (soap, shampoo, cleaning items) in new laundry baskets to families. My ideas increased!

My twin sister, Susan (Davniero) and myself donated in-person to non-profit shelter, church and rehabilitation center; coats, work clothes, gloves, blankets, home furnishings, business suits (used good condition), canned food, grocery bakery items (not sold cake, bread) and coupon (free turkey) holiday promotions.

Every holiday we shared with others!  For instance, help serve Church Thanksgiving Dinner or prepare delivered meals, attend Christmas Mass at a Nursing Home, give Mother’s Days presents and hand-made cards to Women Shelters, welcome Veterans at the VA Center, distribute U.S. Flags on 4th of July and sometimes prepare Easter Baskets for hospital patients.

I also speak on behalf of stray cats and submitted a petition (400+ signatures) to the NY State Capital to evaluate animal laws. I rescue stray cats, connect families with pet organizations to stop the repopulation and write stray animal letters printed in local newspapers.

My giving will never stop!  GIVE! – make a difference in someone’s life!

Laura Marie Bowman





SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE 
Published Pancakes in Heaven


It is truly far better to give than to receive. Give and sacrifice by helping others and plan to go beyond words. Find your moral compass to radiate goodwill and social compassion. We are not here to do it alone. Nobody wins till we all do. In a country as rich as ours no one should do without 
Have empathy for the needy, feel someone’s pain. Of all the needs one has, the one that must be satisfied is hope. Give the forgotten, the poor, the displaced, and the lonely hope for a better tomorrow. Extend a sincere handshake, offer a warm smile and listen to a lonely soul. “To listen to someone who has no one to listen to him is a beautiful thing” said Mother Teresa  
Love your neighbor ” to volunteer with cheerful visits to hospitals, nursing homes or shut-ins elderly, feed the hungry at soup kitchens and donate to the less fortunate. Perhaps someone in your own neighborhood or family needs your help for true charity starts at home.
My twin sister, Laura and I wanted to see if the word volunteer could fit us. Neither of us knew how much we had to give but we knew we wanted to share it. Being identical twins all of our life we learned a long time ago to “share and share alike” with each other. Through the years Laura and I evoked an awakening and evolved to share faith, love and charity with others. We put our faith into action.  
Our care spreads from visiting forgotten Veterans of past wars residing in VA Nursing homes, serving Thanksgiving dinner at charitable faith based soup kitchens, bringing gifts to unwed teen Mothers shelters (all mothers deserve to be remembered on Mothers Day not just our own) and distributing contributions of baked goods donated to Pantry Inns, Teen Rehab Centers and Missions.
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love put in giving,” said Mother Teresa. Give freely of yourself whatever it may be. The old adage proves true - money can’t buy you happiness - the best things in life are free after all. This is your time to leave the world a better place than how you found it. True wealth is charity, love, giving, and sharing. Helping is its own reward. For we get to heaven on the arm of the person we’re helping.
Written by Susan Marie Davniero)
 Days of Forgiveness

(Published Write On Magazine)
By Susan Marie Davniero

Borne of morning each day we live
Seek to find the heart to forgive
Broods in sympathy for a day lost
Pierced by hurting words the most
Thanks to compassion found in tears
Fall to grace breaking our fears
When occasions rise for tenderness
These are days of forgiveness 
Susan Marie Davniero


Red Dawn
  (Published Write On Magazine)
By Susan Marie Davniero

Suddenly it’s Sunday morn
Awaken by light of dawn
From the path to the skies
Fluttering wings passing by
Blush of red dash seen above
Dance within sun light’s cove
Playful flight of nature’s game
Red bird by any other name

Susan Marie Davniero


SAVE THE EARTH

Earth’s quarantine
Besieged air and streams
Poison sensation
Of contamination
Waste chemicals
Lethal materials
Insecticides sprays
Radiation rays
Toxic sites
Nuclear dynamites
Pollution loomed
Nature doomed
Ecology’s birth
Save the earth


Susan Marie Davniero

Published Write On Poetry Magazette

 

GIVING BACK

I learned there is a great peace in the comfort of choosing your own path in life, devoid of compromise or false worship of material possessions.  You may not have all that you want but you may have all that you need.  Life is more than money. The greed of self-gratification and wealth pervades our values.  The rich and the poor divide, the lines are drawn.

Now is the time to give back.  To give and sacrifice, a little bit of that goes a long way.  Find a sense of usefulness by helping others and plan to go beyond words.  Radiate goodwill and social compassion for others.  We are not here to do it alone. No body wins till we all do.  Help others, volunteer, have empathy for someone’s pain. Give the forgotten, the poor, the displaced and the lonely hope for a better tomorrow.  Of all the needs one has, the one that must be satisfied is hope.

"It's not how much we give, but how much love we put in giving" Mother Teresa

See if the word volunteer could fit you – sharing and caring. Put your words into action volunteering at Panty Inns, Nursing Homes, shelters, Helping your neighbors and caring about others. It is blessing to give of yourself whatever it may be. We may not be able to eliminate pain and suffering from the world, yet we can try to leave the world a better place than how we found it.

My twin sister, Laura Bowman, and I wanted to see is the word volunteer could fit us. Neither of us knew how much we had to give but we knew we wanted to share it.  Being twins we learned a long time ago to “share and share alike.” We put our words into action volunteering at Pantry Inns, VA Nursing Homes, Shelters, distributing food, and generally caring about others. 

It is blessed to give of your-self whatever it may be.  We may not be able to eliminate pain and suffering from the world, yet we can try to leave the world a better place than how we found it.

Helping is its own reward.  For we get to heaven on the arm of the person we’re helping.

Susan Marie Davniero

WORDS OF PEACE

One day
The peaceful way
In a world of sin
Peace starts within
Peace is a must
Help and care
Love to share
No war or wrath
The peaceful path
One day
I pray
War will cease
Let there be peace
And let it begin
With the peace within

Susan Marie Davniero


UNSUNG HEROES ARE THERE
Published Great South Bay Magazine 
Unsung heroes are there
Some who cares
Shares with others
Sisters and brothers
Works for charity
Fights poverty
Provides a remedy
To feed the hungry
Meets all odds
Doing selfless jobs
Civic virtues
Few choose
The road lies
Less traveled by
There goes
The unsung heroes

Susan Marie Davniero

 
NEWSDAY CHARITIES
HELP A FAMILY 

Tis the Season for Giving
Dear Robert and Susan,

2013 has been a gratifying year of helping our friends and neighbors on Long Island.

When Sandy barreled down on Long Island in October 2012, it left a path of destruction and despair. With the generous outpouring from more than 4,500 donors to the Hurricane Sandy Long Island Disaster Relief campaign, and matching funds from the McCormick Foundation, $1,669,174 was granted through Newsday Charities to help rebuild the hopes and homes of Long Islanders.

When we published the Report to the Community sharing how we invested your donations restoring our community, nearly 300 donors felt compelled to do even more and gave over $15,000 to help those less fortunate.

Through our Help-A-Family campaign, more than $800,000 will be granted by the end of the year to nonprofit organizations strengthening Long Island. Agencies like:
• New Ground - empowers homeless children by helping them
improve their reading skills.
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul that provides housing for those
in crises
• Island Harvest giving low income kids backpacks filled with
nutritious food to take home for the weekend.
Newsday Charities is a McCormick Foundation Fund.
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Fred Groser
Publisher
Newsday
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE

As you live
And give
To others
Sisters and brothers
Feed the hungry
In poverty
Holiday mood
Donate food
Serve and volunteer
Far and near
Soup kitchens
Pantry inns
Do your part
It’s a start
See the light
Share and share alike

Susan Marie Davniero



LONG ISLAND CARES

Long Island Cares has come to Lindenhurst!  Welcome to the neighborhood – Long Island Cares! Suddenly help is just around the corner, at the local LI Cares help center in Lindenhurst.
Apparently Lindenhurst was the chosen new locale to launch their second storefront assistance center given the vicinity of Hurricane Sandy victims and being impressed by the way Lindenhurst pulled together following Hurricane Sandy. Essentially, recovery following the impact of Hurricane Sandy on Suffolk’s South Shore is on the way.
LI Cares goes on distance to meet the recovery needs of Long Islanders. It’s nice to know Long Island cares about my neighborhood. Lindenhurst has not been forgotten. America often aids disaster victims throughout the world. This time America has helped its own people - after all charity begins at home.
We applaud LI Cares organization – they make a difference. Long Island is a better place because of Long Island Cares. Thank you Long Island Cares.

Susan and Robert Davniero
Lindenhurst, Long Island





 



Words of Peace

One day 
The peaceful way
In a world of sin
Peace starts within
Peace is a must
Help and care
Love to share
No war or wrath
The peaceful path
One day
I pray
War will cease
Let there be peace
And let it begin
With the peace within

{Poem by Susan Marie Davniero}

All Saints' Day









SAINT MOTHER TERESA
by Susan Marie Davniero

Published The Pink Chameleon
and Eclectic Muse

Joy and behold
A sacred soul
Saintly ways
All of her days
Angel on earth
Spiritual hearth
Caring for others
Sisters and brothers
Missionaries of Charity
Suffering and poverty
Holy grace
Loving embrace
Enlighten memory
Blessed was she
God’s call to her
Saintly Mother Teresa


Susan Marie Davniero


Mother Teresa 100th Birthday
Our Lady of Pepertual Help Church 


SEE THE LIGHT
FOR ST. MOTHER TERESA
by Susan Marie Davniero

Published NY Daily News

The Empire State Building does not speak for all of New York by not honoring Mother Teresa to commemorate the saintly nun’s 100th birthday on August 26 with blue and white lights.  Alas, every light has its shadow.

Most New Yorkers favor the lighting tribute for Mother Teresa’s 100th birthday.
Perhaps the lighting of the Empire State Building to tribute Mother Teresa would enlighten others to follow her path in life. 

Mother Teresa is surely worthy of the Empire State Building honor to commemorate the saintly nun’s 100th birthday on August 26 with blue and white lights – the traditional colors of her religious order.

The colors of lights befits the landmarks in Mother Teresa’s Saintly life to shed light on the many facets of her pious vocation, devout religious convent order, vow of poverty, evangelistic spirit, and her charitable benevolent Missions of Charity. 

Frankly, the mere lighting of the building is not even enough for such a sanctimonious noble Mother Superior. The Empire State Building should light the way on Mother Teresa’s birthday.      

With only silence from the Empire State Building the question as to why the building will not be lit remains unanswered.  The Empire State Building should see the light by way of a lighting tribute August 26th to wish Mother Teresa a Happy 100th Birthday. 


Novena on of St. Therese
Published Pancakes in Heaven



St. Therese’s spiritual life of benediction

Faithful and rooted in her devotion

Bathe by roses perfuming shower

Grace by God, this blessed little flower


On the spiritual path to Carmelite convent

For the novice Sister’s life devotion to repent

Holy sanctuary lodging ascribe to relate

This angelic devout Christian soul met her fate


Sweet gentle disciple of God’s purity

Abide by a simple life of prayer and charity

Shortly, dark days of illness swept,

Foreboding visionary of Heaven sent


Fear resolved to be unafraid

For Sister Theresa forever prayed

Sacred intimacy with God so inspired

For Sainthood of St Therese so admired.

October 1st is her Feast Day

To love God and pray 
written by Susan Marie Davniero

Saint Teresa at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church


AT CHURCH
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
I FOUND ST. CATHERINE LABOURE
MIRACULOUS BLESSED MARY MEDAL KEYCHAIN

St Catherine Labouré St Catherine Labouré was born on the 2nd of May 1806 at Fainles-Moutiers, a picturesque village of Burgundy, France. She was the ninth child in a happy family of eleven. God made known the choice of this soul by marking her at an early age with the seal of suffering, for when she was only nine years old she lost her mother.
Saint Catherine Labouré responded to the divine call by entering the Community of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris. Here, during the first months of her novitiate, she was favored with a number of apparitions of the Blessed Virgin, who confided to her the mission of having the Miraculous Medal made.
Until shortly before her death Saint Catherine kept a strict silence concerning these apparitions, speaking of them only to her confessor, according to the instructions of Our Lady.
During 46 years Saint Catherine witnessed the wonders and miracles wrought through the Medal. During all this time, carefully guarding her secret of the apparitions, she humbly performed her commonplace duties, devoting herself especially to the care of the infirmed men of Enghien, a suburb of Paris. For this she is called the patroness of seniors.
St Catherine LabouréSt Catherine Labouré On the 31st of December 1876, Saint Catherine left this earth for heaven, to contemplate there her Immaculate Queen whose love and beauty had captured her heart on earth.

Her body was exhumed 57 years later and found in perfect condition. Even death respected her who had enjoyed the extraordinary privilege of resting her hands on the knees of the Blessed Virgin for more than two hours during one of the apparitions. Saint Catherine was canonized by Pope Pius XII on July 27, 1947.

The simplicity of Saint Catherine's life endears her to everyone. She became a saint by doing her commonplace duties well, for God. This "Saint of Ordinary People" has the secret of sanctity for us all.

How St. Catherine Prayed

St Catherine LabouréSt Catherine Labouré When I go to the Chapel I place myself before the good God and I say to Him:

'Lord, here I am, give me what You will.' If He gives me something, I am very pleased and I thank Him. If He gives me nothing, I still thank Him because I do not deserve anything. And then again, I tell Him all that passes through my mind; I recount my pains and my joys and ... I listen. If you listen to Him, He will speak to you also, because with the good God it is necessary to speak and to listen. He will always speak to you if you go to Him simply and sincerely.

St Catherine Labouré


Divine Vision of November 27, 1830

 Published The Pink Chameleon 

On that glorious day, a divine vision

She gazed and listened to her mission

St. Catherine Laboure’ prayed
To ensure a Miraculous Medal was made
Words of Our Lady from above

Blessed Mother’s message of love

Inspired by a vision of the Blessed Virgin

O Mary conceived without sin

Pray for us, for we

Have recourse to thee

Keep this medal in devoted behavior

And you will receive great favors

written by Susan Marie Davniero







OLPH St. Lucy Meeting Room

Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Saint Lucy Meeting Room


All Catholics shall acquaint

With this 3rd Century Saint

The pious young virgin’s life

Martyr for her sacred plight

Forsaking worldly possessions

To spread God’s holy lessons

Unwillingly betrothed to pagan man

Her rich family’s dowdy withstand

Rejection to life of arrange marriage

Vowing in lieu to follow God’s passage

Marriage refusal led to deadly sentence

Alas, torture came to be her penance

The Blessed Holy Spirit forgave

For a young martyr’s early grave

December 13 Feast Day rejoice

To pray to beloved Saint Lucy

Parishioners’ honors her soon

In Saint Lucy’s Meeting Room


Written by Susan Marie Davniero

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Happy St. Joseph’s Day

St. Joseph
St. Joseph’s Day

March 19
St. Joseph's Day celebrated March 19 is a Roman Catholic feast day commemorating the life of St. Joseph, the step-father of Jesus and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. March 19 is believe to be  St. Joseph's birthday.
During a famine in Sicily, when many people were starving, the poor people had only their faith to rely on. St. Joseph was known as the protector of the Holy Family and Italians prayed for St. Joseph to intercede for them so they could have successful crops. Their prayers were answered, and the famine came to an end. In gratitude, people promised to make annual offerings of their most precious possession – food  in St. Joseph's honor.
Today, the faithful erect "St. Joseph Tables," which are set to honor St. Joseph. They are filled with elaborate foods,  such as stuffed artichokes, pasta and fish, as well as breads, cookies, pastries, cakes and other delicacies. Each table is blessed by a priest and presided over by a statue of St. Joseph. When you visit a St. Joseph's table, you often receive gifts of breads. Breads part of the celebration because this was the food that saved the Sicilians from starvation. It is believed that if the St. Joseph's bread is kept in the home, the family will never starve.

DAYS OF ST. GERARD

(Dedicated to my Dad, Gerard Fischetti)
Published Long Story Short - By Susan Marie Davniero


St. Gerard honored with esteem
On Feast Day of October Sixteen
Missionary order of 1700’s preaching
The Word of God he was teaching
St. Gerard Majella’s contribution
Miracles of his bilocation
Attributed quotes of his released
“Only God can give peace”
Alas, St. Gerard’s death has come
Here the will of God is done

by Susan Marie Davniero


Stained Glass Cross Drawing, Credit: Susan Marie Davniero


SUSAN MARIE DAVNIERO is a published poet listed in "The Poet's Market 2011." 








Patron Saint of Christian Youth - St. Aloysius


Louigi Gonzaga of 15th Century Renaissance
Rejects his prosperous family inheritance
Silences the hope of his descendants legacy
Vows to follow a path of sinless hierarchy

As a child, his religious practice lasts
Rituals of midnight prayer and daily fasts
Ministry devoted to the sick and the poor
The pious spiritual Jesuit Priest’s life was for

Sainthood canonization honors soon after
Louigi’s youthful death passing to the hereafter
Alas, the first borne son defies father’s wishes
Rose to be the Patron Saint of Youth - Saint Aloysius

Written by: Susan Marie Davniero


St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Patron of Christian Youth is a model of selflessness to a very materialistic generation. St. Aloysius was born the oldest son of the Marquis of Castiglione and was given all the worldly comforts a man could desire.

However, at the age of 6, St. Aloysius renounced all these worldly goods to become a Jesuit priest. Despite much opposition and temptation St. Aloysius finally joined the Jesuits at the age of 17, only to die 5 years later.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Patron of Christian Youth is the story of St. Aloysius and his amazing fortitude of character and faith -St. Aloysius is famous for his purity, concentration in prayer, and achieving his religious vocation despite all odds.

FYI - Holy Coincidence – On June 23 at work I spoke to lead name Aloysiu named after St. Aloysiu . I research his name after I spoke with him and learned June 21 was St. Aloysius Day. I phoned him and that's when he told me his birthday was June 21.
Great South Bay Magazine 
Bless St. Patrick's Day
(published March issue)

St. Patrick's Day
It's the Irish way
Heritage allows
Celebration now
Although not Irish
As Catholic I cherish
All "Saintly ways"
Bless St. Patrick's Day

by Susan Marie Davniero






DAYS OF ST. GERARD


(Dedicated to my Dad, Gerard Fischetti October Birthday)

Published The Pink Chameleon and Long Story Short



St. Gerard honored with esteem

On Feast Day of October sixteen

Missionary order of 1700’s preaching

The Word of God he was teaching

St. Gerard Majella’s contribution

Miracles of his bilocation

Attributed quotes of his released

“Only God can give peace”

Alas, St. Gerard’s death has come

Here the will of God is done


By Susan Marie Davniero




ST. HELEN’S HEART


(Dedicated to my Mother, Helen Fischetti August Birthday)

Published The Pink Chameleon, Long Story Short



Empress Mother of St. Constantine

With faithful grace so pristine

Awaken converted to Christianity

Merciful gifts of charity

Church founded by her hand

Home on the sacred Holy Land

Tomb of the Lord came across

Miracles flow from the Holy Cross

Forever framed with Cross by art

August 18 Feast Day embark 

Honoring St. Helen’s heart



By Susan Marie Davniero



ALL SAINT’S DAY
November 1st
Published Pancakes in Heaven
  
In our Church’s history
To honor in blessed memory
Faithful martyrs burdened life
Days are over no more strife
For Heaven’s rest release
To await glorious peace
Come November 1st to pray
To honor All Saints Day

Susan Marie Davniero
Lindenhurst, NY


ALL SOUL’S DAY
November 2nd

In memorial it’s told
For the departed souls
In hope full of immortality
To be with God for eternity
Open Heaven’s gate we pray
God Bless All Soul’s Day

Susan Marie Davniero
Lindenhurst, NY




OLPH St. Lucy Meeting Room

Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Saint Lucy Meeting Room


All Catholics shall acquaint

With this 3rd Century Saint

The pious young virgin’s life

Martyr for her sacred plight

Forsaking worldly possessions

To spread God’s holy lessons

Unwillingly betrothed to pagan man

Her rich family’s dowdy withstand

Rejection to life of arrange marriage

Vowing in lieu to follow God’s passage

Marriage refusal led to deadly sentence

Alas, torture came to be her penance

The Blessed Holy Spirit forgave

For a young martyr’s early grave

December 13 Feast Day rejoice

To pray to beloved Saint Lucy

Parishioners’ honors her soon

In Saint Lucy’s Meeting Room

Written by Susan Marie Davniero


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