Don't forget, my friend, that we are children. The Lady of the sweet name, Mary, is absorbed in prayer. You, in that house, can be whatever you wish: a friend, a servant, an onlooker, a neighbor ...

Two hospitals, which care for but do not treat the sick, are part of the complex. Of the 3 million individuals who come to Lourdes every year, 500,000 are sick people hoping to be cured miraculously.