July 12th
SAINTS LOUIS MARTIN AND ZELIE GUERIN
(Parents of St. Therese of the Child Jesus.)
From the letters of Zelie Martin ......
When I closed the eyes of my dear little children and buried them, I really felt the pain. It is a pain to which I have always been resigned. I do not regret the pains and the anxieties I have had to endure on their account. Many people have said to me : " It would have been better if you had never had them." I cannot tolerate these words. The pains and anxieties of this life cannot be compared to the eternal happiness of my children. After all they have not been lost forever, life is short and full of suffering, we shall find them in heaven.
(Zelie and Louis had 9 children of whom 4 died in infancy and 5 became Nuns.)
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