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There is no true love for the sinner without hatred for his sin.

— René Laurentin

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Thérèse of Lisieux was one of the sources of inspiration for the philosopher Henri Bergson during the final stage of his search, in which he found God thanks to the testimony of mystics.

If heaven chooses what does not exist according to the world, it is not for the gratuitous pleasure of mocking the world.

The events at Lourdes present an order, a harmony that becomes increasingly apparent as one delves deeper.

We sinners oscillate dangerously between harshness and complicity towards others.

One is capable of mercy to the extent that one knows one is the object of mercy.

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