French Bishops

"In Lourdes Mary never puts herself in the foreground."

"In Lourdes, in the climate of faith - full of peace and joy - that is typical of her and without pseudo-mystical exaltation, the disease ceases to scare both those who are well and those who are sick."

"The pilgrimage frees the spiritual dimension in each one and allows him to recognize his vocation as a child of God."

"Suffering and death are not absolute evil. Hope is possible. Hope illuminates the present."

"repetition is lazy, faithfulness is inventive."

"The revelation of the Gospel is complete, but not its diffusion."

"Christian spirituality has nothing morbid or languid; the gospels never show us a sick Jesus."

"The spirit of Lourdes is the reverse of indoctrination."

"Lourdes is much more a city of volunteers than of merchants."

"Mary indicates the source but is not the source. San Bernardo said it is the canal. All this applies perfectly to the Church in its evangelizing mission."

"Jacques Perrier, Lourdes today and tomorrow?, translated by Pia Airoldi, Città Nuova, C.E.2008."