Gladys Cooper credited as playing...
Sister Marie Therese Vauzous
- Mother Superior: Well, Doctor?
- Dr. St. Cyr: Well, in addition to the large tumor on the knee, she has tuberculosis of the bone. She has never complained of pain?
- Mother Superior: No. Has she?
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: [stunned by the news] She never mentioned it.
- Dr. St. Cyr: I can't understand it. She's had this affliction for a long time, and the constant pain and suffering associated with this disease is almost too horrible to describe.
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: [Sister Marie Therese looks as if she had been struck a violent blow and walks off as if under a trance]
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: Are you pert, indifferent or only stupid?
- Bernadette: I'm stupid, Sister. I have a poor head for study.
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: [Still reeling from Dr. St. Cyr's analysis of Bernadette's condition, staggers into the convent's chapel and kneels in prayer] Oh, God. I have tried to storm the gates of heaven by sacrificing myself. I know now that we must be chosen... that we must be graced as you have graced this child. God forgive me. I've persecuted her, and I did not believe her... because I was filled with hate and envy. God help me to serve this chosen soul for the rest of my days. God help me! God help me!
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: Why did Christ found the Church?
- Bernadette's Schoolmate: Christ founded the church to teach, govern, sanctify, and save all men.
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: How long did Christ live on Earth.
- Bernadette's Schoolmate: Christ lived on Earth about thirty three years and led a most holy life in poverty.
- Sister Marie Therese Verzous: That is correct, except that you've omitted the last and most important word: in poverty and suffering. Never forget that my child, for only through suffering can we hope to gain the Kingdom of God.