For 13 years – Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa stopped eating, living only on the Eucharist. From March 27, 1942, until her death. The Lord told her: “You will no longer eat food on earth. Your food will be my Flesh; your drink will be my Divine Blood, your life will be my Life. You receive it from Me when I unite my Heart to yours. Do not fear (...) more trials await you which will be the most painful [yet]. But in the end I will take you to heaven and the Blessed Mother will accompany you.” And on another occasion: “You’re living on the Eucharist alone because I want to show the entire world the power of the Eucharist and the power of my life in souls.”
Shortly before her death, Alexandrina asked to be buried facing the tabernacle of the Church, saying: “In life, I always wanted to be united to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and look towards the tabernacle as many times as I possibly could; after my death, I want to continue contemplating Him, keeping my eyes fixed forever on our Eucharistic Lord.” At 7:30 pm, she breathed her last.
Alexandrina died on 13 October 1955. Her last words: "I am happy, because I am going to Heaven".
In 1978, her remains were moved from the cemetery to the parish church of Balasar, where today – in a side chapel – Alexandrina’s body rests. On her tomb are these words, as she requested: “Sinners, if the ashes of my body can be useful to save you, come, pass over them, trample them until they disappear. But sin no more: do not offend our Beloved Lord any longer. Repent. Do not risk losing Jesus for all Eternity. He is so good!”
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