Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa of Balasar, Portigal (1904-1955), one of the great mystics of modern times, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2004. A "victim soul," chosen by Christ to suffer in atonement for the sins of humanity, she was bedridden for life from the age of twenty after sustaining injuries while escaping from an attacker. She mystically underwent the Passion of Christ on Fridays and her sufferings helped to shorten World War II. He astounding life has many connections to the events of urged all to "Do penance, sin nore, pray the Rosary, receive the Eucharist." For the last thirteen years of her life she miraculously lived on the Holy Eucharist alone, a medically confirmed fact. She has been proposed by the church as "a model of purity and perseverance in the Faith for today's youth." Paperback 54 Pages