Archbishop Francisco Senra Coelho entrusts families and the sick to Blessed Alexandrina

Archbishop Francisco Senra Coelho visited the new Eucharistic Sanctuary of Balasar in Póvoa de Varzim on Sunday. During the Sunday Mass, he entrusted the sick, families, and world peace to the intercession of Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa. The archbishop symbolically placed on the altar representations of those caring for the elderly, those facing loneliness, and the most vulnerable.

In his homily, the archbishop stated that the Eucharist must translate into concrete service to the poor, the sick, orphans, widows, and foreigners. He presented the life of Blessed Alexandrina as a witness of spiritual solidarity with human suffering. The archbishop noted that the mystic, who was paralyzed for over three decades and lived on Holy Communion for the final 13 years of her life, used her bed of pain as a place of prayer for conversion and peace among nations.