Sin

"The story of the individual is simply the story of humanity. As soon as his mind is enlightened, his will will peer into the obscurity. Sin is always a fall. It is a departure from God. But behind all sin lurks the stern-faced penance. Sooner or later it reaches the sinner and strikes him. But out of suffering springs a heavenly flower: love. This flower absorbs the human soul and bends. And God finally reaches for it and lifts it back to Himself in the Light."