Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1904-1955) was beatified by St. John Paul II on April 25, 2004.  She was called "the fourth seer of Fatima." Our Lord told Alexandrina, “I desire that, after your death, your life may be known, and that will happen; I shall see to it. It will reach the ends of the earth."

Alexandrina was born on March 30, 1904, in Balasar, Portugal. She was a victim soul who suffered for the conversion of sinners. She was also a mystic instrumental for the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1942.

The victimhood of Alexandrina began on Holy Saturday 1918.   Alexandrina and two other girls were at home when three men broke into the house to molest them. Alexandrina escaped by jumping from the window and falling 12 feet onto hard ground. She then came back to the house with a piece of wood to defend the other girls. The man fled, but the spine of Alexandrina was irreparably injured. At the age of 20, Alexandrina was completely paralyzed and became bedridden.

At first Alexandrina prayed for healing, but later she realized that suffering was going to be her vocation. Alexandrina offered herself to Christ as a victim for the conversion of sinners, and Our Lord confirmed her vocation of suffering in 1931 by saying to her, “Love, suffer, and make reparation.”

In 1935, Alexandrina received a series of messages from Christ. He warned that a second world war would take place as a punishment for the sins of mankind, and said the war could only be prevented by the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Through her spiritual director, Alexandrina petitioned the Holy Father to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart.

Our Lord told Alexandrina, “As a sign that it is my will that the world be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of my mother, I will make you suffer my passion until the Holy Father has decided to implement this consecration.”

Beginning in October 1938, Alexandrina experienced the Passion of Christ in a state of ecstasy every Friday from midday to 3 p.m. These ecstasies took place about 180 times, until March 27, 1942, the Friday before Holy Week.

On Holy Thursday, Alexandrina felt sure that she would not experience the Passion ecstasy the next day. On Good Friday, Jesus told her the reason: Pope Pius XII had decided to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The Holy Father performed the consecration on Oct. 31, 1942. According to Sister Lucia of Fatima, this consecration helped to end the world war.

From Good Friday until her death on October 13, 1955, Alexandrina did not eat or drink anything except the reception of Holy Communion. Jesus said to her, “You are living by the Eucharist alone because I want to prove to the world the power of the Eucharist and the power of my life in souls.”

Jesus told Alexandrina that the Church would face a great crisis. He said, “Tell my ministers to be vigilant, for the devil is preparing a massive assault on the Church.”

In her final years, Alexandrina prayed much for the Church. She constantly told people to practise the First Saturday devotion and to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary through the Brown Scapular.

Alexandrina died on Oct. 13, 1955, the anniversary of the last apparition in Fatima. Her last words were: “Do not sin. The pleasures of this life are worth nothing. Receive Communion. Pray the rosary every day. This sums up everything.”

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推動恭敬無玷聖心

2004年4月25日,教宗聖若望保祿二世把雅麗珊荻諾.高詩妲列為真福品;她被譽為「花地瑪聖母第四共見者」。吾主向雅麗珊荻諾說:「我願意、在你死後,你的生平為人所認識,這將會發生;我將會令此成就,將傳到地極。」

雅麗珊荻諾出生於1904年3月30日葡萄牙的巴拉薩爾,她是為罪人皈化而作出犧牲奉獻,亦是在1942年,把世界奉獻給聖母無玷聖心的工具。

雅麗珊荻諾的苦難始於1918年的聖週六;當時,她和另外兩位少女在家中,突然有三名男子闖入,意圖不軌;雅麗珊荻諾從離地高十二呎的窗跳到地下,隨手執起一條木棒,跑回樓上,奮力把狂徒趕走,救回屋內的同伴。可惜,她的脊椎嚴重受傷,二十歲時身體癱瘓,臥在床上。當初,她還祈禱期望復元,後來她明白到受苦是她的聖召,她將自己為罪人皈化而奉獻。1931年,吾主向她確認說:「愛、受苦、賠補。」

1935年,雅麗珊荻諾從基督口中接過一系列訊息,警告第二次世界大戰的爆發,是為懲罰人類的罪過,只有把世界奉獻給聖母無玷聖心才可阻止戰火。

通過神師,雅麗珊荻諾向教宗請求,按基督的話把世界奉獻給聖母無玷聖心。吾主續對雅麗珊荻諾說:「作為顯示我願意把世界奉獻給我母親無玷聖心的徵兆,你會經歷我的苦難,直至教宗決定把我的意願實現為止。」

1938年10月開始,每逢星期五中午到下午三時,雅麗珊荻諾都會神魂超拔經歷基督苦難,共約一百八十次,一直到1942年3月27日、聖週前的星期五。

那個聖週四,雅麗珊荻諾感到她不會再經歷基督的苦難。耶穌在苦難日向她解釋:教宗庇約十二世已決定把世界奉獻給瑪利亞無玷聖心了。

1942年10月31日,教宗正式把世界奉獻給無玷聖心。花地瑪的路濟亞修女稱,這奉獻把世界大戰結束了。

由該苦難日到1955年10月13日、雅麗珊荻諾逝世的一天,她什麼也不吃喝,只恭領耶穌聖體。耶穌對她說過:「你的生命只以領聖體維持,我要向世人證實,聖體的力量,和我生命在人靈魂的力量。」

耶穌讓雅麗珊荻知道聖教會會面對極大的危機:「告訴我的牧者要警惕,因為魔鬼正準備猛烈攻擊聖教會。」

在生命最後的幾年,雅麗珊荻諾勤為教會祈禱,推動世人在首瞻禮七,藉配載棕色聖母聖衣而奉獻自己給瑪利亞無玷聖心。

1955年10月13日、雅麗珊荻諾與世長辭,正是花地瑪聖母最後顯現的周年。她最後的遺言:「不要犯罪。塵世歡樂立無價值。善領聖體,每天誦唸玫瑰經,這總括了一切。」