The more we learn about Blessed Alexandrina, the more incredible her life seems. Thankfully, it is very well documented and witnessed. Only the Lord knows what effect her role as a Victim Soul had and is still having in the world, what tribulations were mitigated by her extraordinary sacrifice. Blessed Alexandrina, pray for us.
From Jose Ferreira Fb page: BLESSED ALEXANDRINA COMFORTS AN ITALIAN NUN It is also from the Monthly Bulletin that we copy the following episode, which took place with a nun in Italy. It was Fr. Humberto who made it known, and, if I am not mistaken, he recounts it in one of his books. The nun herself tells the story: “One afternoon, I found myself feeling very sad. I felt extremely unwell and was crying over a fault of mine that had caused suffering to the person caring for me. With my face buried in my hands, I asked Jesus to forgive me. Imagine my surprise when, raising my eyes, I saw Alexandrina sitting on a chair beside my bed, her face beaming with joy, in the manner of someone waiting for the most opportune moment to offer comfort and help. She smiled at me with infinite sweetness and said these words: ‘Courage! (and here she said my name). Jesus is so good… He is so good!’ Still smiling, as though she had simply come to deliver a message, she stood up and disappeared. I immediately felt relieved. Peace returned to my heart, and my desire to get better and to suffer for souls in need grew stronger. 6 May 1956. Sister Gema.
From Beata Alexandrina de Balasar Fb page: "On this All Saints' Day, may Blessed Alexandrina teach us to transform pain into love and our lives into a reflection of the Eucharist."
From Jose Ferreira's Portuguese Fb page, translated to English: ALEXANDRINA'S STRUGGLE WITH HELL In many of the accounts already told here, and in some that are yet to be told, the supernatural has a divine origin: Alexandrina asks God, and the grace is granted. But this is not the case in this particular account. Here, we are dealing with the supernatural of demonic origin. It was recounted by Father Mariano Pinho in his book No Calvário de Balasar (On the Calvary of Balasar) and describes one of the most violent ordeals Alexandrina ever endured. During such struggles, although paralysed and tormented by pain, utterly exhausted and weighing only about 33 kilograms (73 pounds), she would struggle so violently to throw herself against the metal bars of her bed, bite herself, and so on, that even four people could not completely restrain her. We witnessed this ourselves on that day. The devil would make her utter blasphemies and inappropriate words whose meaning, as she herself told us, she did not even understand. To establish with absolute certainty that we were not witnessing an attack of hysteria but rather a demonic attack, we commanded in Latin: In nomine Jesu, dic mihi: tu quis es? (In the name of Jesus, tell me: who are you?) She answered immediately, without the slightest hesitation: — I am Satan, and I hate you! To be even more certain, we rephrased the question, again in Latin, and the reply came just as immediately: — It is I, it is I, have no doubt! Father Mariano Pinho himself must also have experienced, at that moment, one of the most deeply disturbing experiences imaginable.
From Beata Alexandrina de Balasar Fb: A HIDDEN SOUL, YET GREAT BEFORE GOD Father Mariano Pinho, S.J., the first spiritual director of Blessed Alexandrina and also of Deolinda, once made a remark that has gone down in history: “I do not know which of the two will be the holier!” Deolinda lived the Gospel heroically through the simplicity of life in Balasar, renouncing marriage and a life of her own in order to devote herself entirely to her sick sister for 30 years. She was Alexandrina’s nurse, secretary, confidante and guardian of her spiritual writings, as well as a daily witness to the Blessed’s ecstasies, sufferings and mystical conversations. As many people said, she was the hands of someone who could no longer move. No less important is a fact that has been forgotten with the passage of time: Deolinda was a Salesian Cooperator, just like her sister Alexandrina, a fact confirmed by the certificate of enrolment that still exists today. She too lived and spread the spirit of Saint John Bosco, despite never stepping beyond the anonymity of her village.
