You're listening to Catholic Sprouts, the daily podcast for February 7th, 2020. This week on the Catholic Spouts

podcast, we have been talking about marriage. We talked about how marriage is a sacrament of

communion and mission, where we are sent out on a mission to the world

that focuses on other people.

We also talked about the three things required of all married people so that they can

receive the sacrament of marriage, what happens during a wedding ceremony, and also the invisible things that happen

in a marriage. Like, for example, that there are three people needed for a marriage, husband, wife,

and God. Yesterday, we talked about how a marriage is indissolvable, meaning it will last forever,

and it's nothing that we can just end. And we also talked about how marriage is indissolvable, meaning it will last forever and it's nothing that we can just end.

And we also talked about how marriage begins families, which are the church in miniature.

Now, today we are going to look to the example of an incredible married couple that received

the sacraments of marriage and went on to do incredible things.

In fact, they were canonized as saints together just a couple of years ago.

And this is the first time that a husband and wife have been canonized together.

These saints are Louis and Zelle Martin,

and their very famous daughter was St. Cherez.

Now, let's talk a little bit about Lewis and Zellie Martin.

What's interesting about these two saints is that they both wanted to enter religious life.

Louis Martin wanted to be a monk and Zellie wanted to be a nun, but they both wanted to enter religious life. Louis Martin wanted to be a monk and Zelle wanted to be a nun,

but they both discerned out or actually weren't accepted into these various orders.

Now, maybe you feel like, well, all the saints we hear about on this podcast were either priests or bishops or nuns.

If I'm married, then I guess that means I don't have to be a saint. Well, Lewis and Zellie Martin are here to tell you that all

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