I know that you love the church, that it is the flame of your hearts. I bless you for loving it and letting it shine as it is – “pure, holy, blameless and unblemished.” When we understand that it includes sinners, but not sins, we can love it like the Bride of the Lamb; we know that it is already half in heaven and therefore the holy apostle John presents it as descending from God to us. Those who live by these divine revelations know that their companions are angels and saints; they feel this more and more every day.
(Cardinal Charles Journet /1891–1975/, correspondence)
