The Act of Reparation to the Wounds of Jesus and to the Holy Eucharist
Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa of Balasar, Portugal (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 suffering injuries while escaping from an attacker. She mystically underwent the Passion of Christ on Fridays, and her sufferings helped to shorten World War II. Her astounding life has many connections to the events of Fatima, and she is known in Portugal as “the fourth seer of Fatima.” She urged all to ‘do penance, sin no more, 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.’
Excerpt from the book, “Blessed Alexandrina, A living miracle of the Eucharist,” by Kevin Rowles
The Message
“My daughter, my dear bride, make sure that I am loved, consoled and repaired in My Eucharist. Tell in My name that I promise Heaven to all who will receive Holy Communion properly, with sincere humility, fervor and love on the first six consecutive Thursdays, and will spend one hour of adoration in front of My Tabernacle in intimate union with Me. This is to honor through the Eucharist, My Holy Wounds, honoring first the one of My Sacred shoulder, remembered so little. Those who to the memory of My Wounds shall unite the memory of the sorrows of My Blessed Mother asking, because of them, both spiritual and corporeal graces, have My promise that the graces will be granted, unless they would be of harm to their soul. At the moment of their death I will bring with Me My Most Holy Mother to defend them.” Jesus to B. Alexandrina M. da Costa of Balasar
On the First Thursday during six Consecutive Months, the Devotion consists of:
- Going to Confession (to be in a state of grace)
- Attending the Mass
- Receiving the Eucharist in a state of grace “with sincere humility, fervor, and love”
- Spending one hour before a church tabernacle containing the Eucharist, meditating on the wounds of Jesus (particularly his shoulder wound) and the sorrows of Mary
The number six represents Jesus’ five wounds of the Crucifixion (hands, feet, and side) plus his shoulder wound from carrying the cross.