Blessed Louis and Zélie Martin
I have been writing a lot recently about holy families and holy marriages, taking much of my inspiration from the example of Blessed Louis and Zélie Martin, who were the parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. As I wrote these articles and after I published them, I realized that most marriages do not have an ideal situation for becoming holy. It takes the desire and devotion of both spouses to create a holy marriage, and a marriage that does not embrace all the graces of the Sacrament is missing out. Bl. Louis and Zélie Martin lived out their marriage beautifully, centering the family around prayer, and both living lives of heroic virtue.
I am inviting you (and your spouse if he or she is willing) to join me and my husband (and hopefully some other T&C couples) in a novena to Bl. Louis and Zélie Martin leading up to their Feast day on July 12. The novena will begin on July 3 and end on July 11. On the 12th itself, we will pray a litany to the holy couple. If you would like to follow along with me in the novena, I will be posting reminders on my personal blog, Living With Lady Philosophy. There you may also leave your intentions for your marriage or for someone else’s or you may email me your intention and I will add you to my list. If you wish to remain anonymous just give your first initials (ex. M& S) or your last initial (Mr. & Mrs. S).
I am so excited to share this powerful novena with you our readers and any new readers and to have this opportunity to pray for your marriages!