“The good God gave me a father and mother more worthy of Heaven than of earth,” wrote St. Thérèse of Lisieux of her beloved parents, Saints Louis and Zélie Martin.
If Monsieur and Madame Martin had not been the parents of Thérèse of Lisieux, their holiness likely would have gone unrecognized, at least officially. Yet everyday holiness has the power to transform the world, as expressed in the Vatican II document Lumen Gentium:
