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7 January – Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira DC
(Also known as Lindalwa)
Memorial
9 April
7 January (date of her baptism) on some calendars
(1953-1993)
Virgin and Martyr – “in defensum castitati,” Religious Sister of the
Vincentian Sisters, apostle of the elderly and the sick – born on 20
October 1953 Sitio Malhada da Areia, Açu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
and died on 9 April 1993 (aged 39) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She was
stabbed 44 times.
Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sitio
Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Lindalva’s father, João Justo da Fé, a farmer, was a widower. His
second marriage was to Maria Lúcia de Oliveira. Little Lindalva was
the sixth of 13 children born to the couple. Lindalva was baptised on
7 January 1954.
Her family was not well-off but rich in the Christian faith. João
moved his family to Açu so his children could attend school and after
many sacrifices, he was able to buy a house where the family still
resides today.
Besides following her mother’s good example, Lindalva demonstrated a
natural inclination toward the poorer children and spent much time
with them.
At age 12, Lindalva received First Holy Communion and during her
school years she was always happy to help the less fortunate. Later,
while living with her brother, Djalma and his family in Natal, she
received an administrative assistant’s diploma in 1979.
From 1978 to 1988 she held various jobs in retail sales and as a
cashier at a petrol station, sending some of her salary home to help
her mother. Lindalva found time to visit the local home for the
elderly every day after work.
In 1982, as she lovingly assisted her father in the last months of his
terminal illness, she reflected seriously on her life and decided to
serve the poor. She then enrolled in a nursing course but also enjoyed
those things typical of young people – building friendships, guitar
lessons and cultural studies.
In 1986 she participated in the vocational initiatives of the
Daughters of Charity. After she received the Sacrament of Confirmation
in 1987, Lindalva applied for admission to the Daughters. On the Feast
of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 1988, she entered the postulancy
and edified her companions with her joy and genuine concern for the
poor.
Her character was marked by a sweet disposition but also by truth. In
a letter to her alcoholic brother, Antonio, she wrote: “Think about it
and reward yourself. I pray for you very much and I will continue to
pray and if necessary I will do penance so that you are able to fulfil
yourself as a person. Follow Jesus, who fought until death for the
life of sinners and gave His own life, not as God but as man, for the
forgiveness of sins. We must seek refuge in Him, only in Him is life
worth living.”A year later her brother quit drinking.
On 29 January 1991 Sr Lindalva was assigned 40 elderly male patients
in the municipal nursing home in Salvador da Bahia. She undertook the
more humble tasks and sought out those who suffered the most and cared
for their spiritual and material well-being by encouraging their
reception of the Sacraments. Sr Lindalva would sing and pray with them
and she even took her driving test so she could take them out for
rides.
During January of 1993, a certain Augusto da Silva Peixoto, a
46-year-old man with an irascible character, managed to be admitted to
the facility through the recommendation of another, even though he had
no right to be there. Sr Lindalva treated him with the same courtesy
and respect as the other patients, yet he became enamoured of her.
She prudently distanced herself from him and was cautious in his
regard. Nonetheless, he explicitly declared his lustful intentions
towards her. A simple solution would have been for Sr Lindalva to
leave but her love for the elderly caused her to declare, “I prefer to
shed my blood than to leave this place.”
By 30 March Augusto’s advances became so insistent and frightening
that she sought the help of a health-care official to restrain this
unruly patient. Although he promised to improve his attitude and
behaviour, he harboured hatred and vengeance that developed into a
murderous plan.
On 9 April 1993, Good Friday, Sr Lindalva took part in the parish Way
of the Cross at 4: 30 in the morning. By 7 a.m. she was back at work
to prepare and serve breakfast as she did every day. As she served
coffee from behind a table, Augusto approached and thrust a
fishmonger’s knife above her collar-bone.
Sinking to the ground, she cried “God protect me” several times.
Patients ran for cover. Enveloped in an insane rapture while holding
up her body, Augusto stabbed her 44 times shouting, “I should have
done this sooner!”
He then suddenly became calm, sat down on a bench, wiped the knife on
his trousers, threw it on the table and exclaimed: “She did not want
me!” and turning to the doctor, said, “You can call the police, I will
not run away; I did what had to be done”.
The next day, Holy Saturday, 10 April 1993, Cardinal Lucas Moreira
Neves, OP, Primate of Brazil, celebrated the 39-year-old Sister’s
funeral and commented: “A few years were enough for Sr Lindalva to
crown her Religious life with martyrdom”…. Vatican.va As of 6 April
2014 her remains are in the Capela das Relíquias da Beata Lindalva.
Oliveira’s Beatification received the approval of Pope Benedict XVI
who determined that she was killed “in defensum castitatis” – the
defence of her vow of chastity. She was Beatified on 2 December 2007
in which Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over on the behalf of
the Pope.
Augustus, her murderer, was still alive as of 2007. He was in a mental
hospital until 2005.
https://anastpaul.com/2021/01/07/
Saint Quote:
A great help to you always be a great love for, and unlimited confidence in, Our
Blessed Lady, Help of Christians, Mother of God, and your Mother also. She says
to you: "Whoever is little, let him come to me." If you will love her, she will
shower on you many graces in this life, and be an assurance to you of Heaven
--St. John Bosco
Bible Quote:
Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and
speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and
rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they
persecuted the prophets that were before you. (Matt. 5:11-12) DRB
<><><><>
The prayer of Saint Francis:
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there be
hatred, let me sow love; Where there be injury, pardon;
Where there be discord, unity; Where there be doubt, faith;
Where there be despair, hope; Where there be darkness, light;
Where there be sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to
console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to
love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that
we be pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal
life. Amen.
(Also known as Lindalwa)
Memorial
9 April
7 January (date of her baptism) on some calendars
(1953-1993)
Virgin and Martyr – “in defensum castitati,” Religious Sister of the
Vincentian Sisters, apostle of the elderly and the sick – born on 20
October 1953 Sitio Malhada da Areia, Açu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
and died on 9 April 1993 (aged 39) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She was
stabbed 44 times.
Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sitio
Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Lindalva’s father, João Justo da Fé, a farmer, was a widower. His
second marriage was to Maria Lúcia de Oliveira. Little Lindalva was
the sixth of 13 children born to the couple. Lindalva was baptised on
7 January 1954.
Her family was not well-off but rich in the Christian faith. João
moved his family to Açu so his children could attend school and after
many sacrifices, he was able to buy a house where the family still
resides today.
Besides following her mother’s good example, Lindalva demonstrated a
natural inclination toward the poorer children and spent much time
with them.
At age 12, Lindalva received First Holy Communion and during her
school years she was always happy to help the less fortunate. Later,
while living with her brother, Djalma and his family in Natal, she
received an administrative assistant’s diploma in 1979.
From 1978 to 1988 she held various jobs in retail sales and as a
cashier at a petrol station, sending some of her salary home to help
her mother. Lindalva found time to visit the local home for the
elderly every day after work.
In 1982, as she lovingly assisted her father in the last months of his
terminal illness, she reflected seriously on her life and decided to
serve the poor. She then enrolled in a nursing course but also enjoyed
those things typical of young people – building friendships, guitar
lessons and cultural studies.
In 1986 she participated in the vocational initiatives of the
Daughters of Charity. After she received the Sacrament of Confirmation
in 1987, Lindalva applied for admission to the Daughters. On the Feast
of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 1988, she entered the postulancy
and edified her companions with her joy and genuine concern for the
poor.
Her character was marked by a sweet disposition but also by truth. In
a letter to her alcoholic brother, Antonio, she wrote: “Think about it
and reward yourself. I pray for you very much and I will continue to
pray and if necessary I will do penance so that you are able to fulfil
yourself as a person. Follow Jesus, who fought until death for the
life of sinners and gave His own life, not as God but as man, for the
forgiveness of sins. We must seek refuge in Him, only in Him is life
worth living.”A year later her brother quit drinking.
On 29 January 1991 Sr Lindalva was assigned 40 elderly male patients
in the municipal nursing home in Salvador da Bahia. She undertook the
more humble tasks and sought out those who suffered the most and cared
for their spiritual and material well-being by encouraging their
reception of the Sacraments. Sr Lindalva would sing and pray with them
and she even took her driving test so she could take them out for
rides.
During January of 1993, a certain Augusto da Silva Peixoto, a
46-year-old man with an irascible character, managed to be admitted to
the facility through the recommendation of another, even though he had
no right to be there. Sr Lindalva treated him with the same courtesy
and respect as the other patients, yet he became enamoured of her.
She prudently distanced herself from him and was cautious in his
regard. Nonetheless, he explicitly declared his lustful intentions
towards her. A simple solution would have been for Sr Lindalva to
leave but her love for the elderly caused her to declare, “I prefer to
shed my blood than to leave this place.”
By 30 March Augusto’s advances became so insistent and frightening
that she sought the help of a health-care official to restrain this
unruly patient. Although he promised to improve his attitude and
behaviour, he harboured hatred and vengeance that developed into a
murderous plan.
On 9 April 1993, Good Friday, Sr Lindalva took part in the parish Way
of the Cross at 4: 30 in the morning. By 7 a.m. she was back at work
to prepare and serve breakfast as she did every day. As she served
coffee from behind a table, Augusto approached and thrust a
fishmonger’s knife above her collar-bone.
Sinking to the ground, she cried “God protect me” several times.
Patients ran for cover. Enveloped in an insane rapture while holding
up her body, Augusto stabbed her 44 times shouting, “I should have
done this sooner!”
He then suddenly became calm, sat down on a bench, wiped the knife on
his trousers, threw it on the table and exclaimed: “She did not want
me!” and turning to the doctor, said, “You can call the police, I will
not run away; I did what had to be done”.
The next day, Holy Saturday, 10 April 1993, Cardinal Lucas Moreira
Neves, OP, Primate of Brazil, celebrated the 39-year-old Sister’s
funeral and commented: “A few years were enough for Sr Lindalva to
crown her Religious life with martyrdom”…. Vatican.va As of 6 April
2014 her remains are in the Capela das Relíquias da Beata Lindalva.
Oliveira’s Beatification received the approval of Pope Benedict XVI
who determined that she was killed “in defensum castitatis” – the
defence of her vow of chastity. She was Beatified on 2 December 2007
in which Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over on the behalf of
the Pope.
Augustus, her murderer, was still alive as of 2007. He was in a mental
hospital until 2005.
https://anastpaul.com/2021/01/07/
Saint Quote:
A great help to you always be a great love for, and unlimited confidence in, Our
Blessed Lady, Help of Christians, Mother of God, and your Mother also. She says
to you: "Whoever is little, let him come to me." If you will love her, she will
shower on you many graces in this life, and be an assurance to you of Heaven
--St. John Bosco
Bible Quote:
Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and
speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and
rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they
persecuted the prophets that were before you. (Matt. 5:11-12) DRB
<><><><>
The prayer of Saint Francis:
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there be
hatred, let me sow love; Where there be injury, pardon;
Where there be discord, unity; Where there be doubt, faith;
Where there be despair, hope; Where there be darkness, light;
Where there be sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to
console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to
love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that
we be pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal
life. Amen.
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