"Our age is not radically different from nineteenth-century France. The Martins would have been aware of the anti-Christian and anti-marriage ideas current in the France of their day. In the intervening 150 years, such attitudes have only hardened... In canonizing Zélie and Louis Martin the Church places before us the ideal of strong Christian family life."
12 July: Saints Louis Martin and Marie Azelie Guerin
Louis Martin was born in Bordeaux, on August 22, 1823. While he was master-watchmaker in Alençon, he met Marie Azelie (Zelie) Guerin, a lace maker, born in Gandelain (St-Denis-sur-Sarthon), on December 23, 1831. They were married on July 13, 1858,and had nine children, including the future Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus. Model spouses, devoted parents, workers, attentive to the poor, always nourishing a missionary spirit, they found their strength and hope in regular attendance at Holy Mass and in a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
Novena to Saints Louis and Zélie Martin — louisandzeliemartin.org
Join us in this novena to Saints Louis and Zélie Martin
12 July: Saints Louis Martin and Marie Azelie Guerin
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current.
Quote of the day, 31 December: St. Zélie Guérin
You live very close to Notre-Dame des Victoires. Well! Go there just once a day and say a Hail Mary to the Blessed Mother
Quote of the day: 29 October
She positively believed that the good Lord couldn't do anything to her if she was in her mother's arms
Quote of the day: 12 July
Our parents kept a very fervent practice of the Christian life in their marriage
12 July: Saints Louis Martin and Marie Azelie Guerin
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current.
Novena to Saints Louis and Zélie Martin — louisandzeliemartin.org
Saints Louis and Zélie, pray for us!
Quote of the day: 3 July
Thursday the wet nurse brought little Thérèse. She did nothing but laugh
Quote of the day: 17 June
You will rest in that blessed crypt… but please wait a little longer.
Quote of the day: 22 February
You mustn’t be discouraged, but have great confidence in God
Quote of the day: 10 January
Blessed is the lily that remains unblemished until the time of harvest
Quote of the day: 2 January
"My little girl was born last night. She'll be baptized tomorrow"
St. John of the Cross Novena — Day 4
The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired
Quote of the day: 18 October
Our parents were models of every virtue
Quote of the day: 17 October
He may allow us to suffer a great deal, but never without His help and His grace
Quote of the day: 12 July
I’m longing to be near you, my dear Louis
12 July: Saint Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current
Can a mother have any greater honor?
“To think that all her daughters became Carmelites! Can a mother have any greater honor?”
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