She Lived 13 Years on the Eucharist Alone — Doctors Watched Her for 40 Days | Blessed Alexandrina

She Lived 13 Years on the Eucharist Alone — Doctors Watched Her for 40 Days | Blessed Alexandrina

For 13 years and 7 months, according to her official biography, a paralyzed woman took no nourishment other than the Eucharist. In 1943 she was admitted to a clinic in Porto, Portugal, and watched day and night for 40 days, as doctors tried to find out if it was really true. At the end, the director, Dr. Henrique Gomes de Araújo, signed a report he could not explain.

This is the true story of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa of Balasar (1904–1955). At 14 she jumped from a window to escape an assault and was left paralyzed for thirty years. On 182 Fridays she relived the Passion of Christ, and, according to the biography published by the Vatican, she lived on Holy Communion alone until the day she died. She passed away on October 13, 1955, the anniversary of the last apparition at Fatima, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 25, 2004.

In this video you will see the original documents from the Vatican and the Archdiocese of Braga, the words of the medical report, and the message Jesus, according to her writings, gave her about why He kept her alive this way.

🙏 At the end we pray together. If you believe Jesus is truly present in the Host, write “Amen” in the comments.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 40 days under medical watch
0:42 The building at Foz do Douro
1:30 Balasar: who was Alexandrina
2:00 Holy Saturday 1918
3:26 182 Fridays
4:34 Suspicion from the Church
5:40 Dr. Gomes de Araújo’s report
6:51 Why God kept her alive
8:21 October 13, 1955: her last words
9:09 The beatification miracle
9:37 Alexandrina and Pius XII
10:06 Closing prayer

SOURCES
• Official biography for the beatification, Holy See (vatican.va):
https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20040425_da-costa_en.html
https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20040425_da-costa_po.html
• Archdiocese of Braga, “Alexandrina de Balasar – Biografia” (report by Dr. Gomes de Araújo, words of October 13, 1953, last words):
https://diocese-braga.pt/noticia/2004-02-16-alexandrina-de-balasar-biografia-27
• Archdiocese of Braga, “Alexandrina de Balasar – Processo e Milagre”:
https://diocese-braga.pt/noticia/2004-04-19-alexandrina-de-balasar-processo-e-milagre-69
• Alexandrina of Balazar Foundation: https://www.alexandrinadebalasar.pt

IMAGE CREDITS
• Photos of Alexandrina, Deolinda, Fr. Mariano Pinho, the diary and the epitaph: Fundação Alexandrina de Balazar
• Wikimedia Commons: portrait and bedroom of Alexandrina, Balasar – Manuel Anastácio (CC BY-SA 2.5); Balasar parish church – Vítor Reis (CC0); tomb – anjo-sozinho (CC0); crowd on October 13, 1917 – Judah Bento Ruah (public domain); Ilustração Portuguesa, October 29, 1917 (public domain); Pius XII, 1942 (public domain); John Paul II (public domain); Vatican Gardens (CC0)
• Map: Natural Earth data (public domain)
• Some scenes are reconstructions made with artificial intelligence and are labeled on screen.

Quotations are translated from the original Portuguese. Private revelations are reported as the mystic’s own testimony, according to her writings.

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