This incredible Portuguese mystic, often called a "Victim Soul," lived a life of extraordinary suffering united to Christ. At just 14, she jumped from a window to protect her purity from lustful attackers, resulting in irreversible paralysis that left her bedridden for over 30 years.
From 1938–1942, she mystically relived Christ's Passion every Thursday night into Friday, enduring the agony of the Crucifixion in her body for the conversion of sinners.
Then came her greatest miracle: Starting in 1942, she survived 13 years and 7 months on nothing but daily Holy Communion—no food, no water—while weighing as little as 73 lbs. Doctors were baffled, but she smiled through it all, saying Jesus wanted her heart full of suffering yet her lips smiling.
She offered everything for souls, echoing Fatima's call to reparation. Her tombstone bears her own words:
"Sinners, if the dust of my body can be of help to save you, come close, walk over it, kick it around until it disappears. But never sin again: do not offend Jesus anymore! ... Love Jesus, love him!"
She died on October 13, 1955 (anniversary of Fatima's Miracle of the Sun), whispering, "I am happy, because I am going to Heaven."
Beatified by St. John Paul II in 2004. What an example of love through suffering!
If this witness has touched your heart, consider offering a small prayer today for the conversion of sinners, in union with the sufferings of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa.
May her example help us love Jesus more deeply and live our faith more sincerely. 
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