Louis and Marie-Zélie Martin, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, will be beatified on Mission Sunday at the Cathedral of Lisieux.
Cardinal Saraiva Martins, retired prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, made the announcement Saturday when he presided at a Mass at Notre-Dame Church at Alencon to mark the couple’s 150th wedding anniversary.
Mission Sunday is celebrated this year on Oct. 19.
Read the rest here. It’s so exciting!!!
God Our Father, we praise You for Louis and Zélie Martin, a truly faithful husband and wife, who lived their Christian life in an exemplary way through their duties in life and practice of Gospel teaching. In bringing up a large family, in spite of trials, bereavements and suffering, they showed immense trust in You and obedience to Your will.
Lord deign to manifest Your will in their regard and grant me the favours I implore while praying that the father and mother of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus be presented as models of family life today.
Amen.
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