For those not familiar with the lives of Sts. Louis and Zélie, these saints did not originally intend to serve God as married people. They would eventually meet and be married on July 13, 1858 in Alençon, France. They would have nine children, four of them joining the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Lisieux, including St. Thérèse. What can we learn from these great saints?

Declared venerable by Pope St. John Paul II in 1994 and beatified in 2008, the Martins are believed to be the first parents of a saint to be canonized.