Since we are still within the season of the Child, today being the feast of the EPIPHANY, we offer the story of this young girl who certainly understood the suffering of Christ and all who were to relate to Him.
The youngest of seven children, Alexia was born in Madrid on March 7, 1971. Her family belonged to Opus Dei . From four years until the onset of her illness, she studied in the school of Jesus Master, of the Society of St. Teresa of Jesus. She made her First Communion in Rome, on May 8, 1979 . The next day, during a papal audience, Alexia received the sign of the cross and a kiss on the forehead, by Pope John Paul II, which was usual with children who approached him.
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| With her Parents |
Alexia accepted her illness offering her sufferings for the Church, the Pope and others.
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| After surgery, with Mother |
Her various biographers narrated that her strength, peace and joy were constant throughout the disease as a result of her faith and religious education.
She spent sleepless nights, offering them for others. It was here that she began to show her fortitude and compliance. She never complained and she obeyed absolutely everything, doing her rehab exercises as she was told, in spite of pain.
At the end Alexia received the sacraments and proclaimed
that she was "happy because I'm going to Heaven", "where I am expecting quiet and infinite peace" .
In no time her reputation for holiness spread spontaneously. In 2011 the documentary “Alexia” opened in Spain. The film includes interviews with family, friends, teachers, doctors and priests that were close to her as well as several experts involved in her process of canonization. The documentary follows her childhood and relationship with her family and classmates, who define her as “a very normal girl that loved life.”
The story is told through the eyes of Hugo, the name she gave to her guardian angel.
