Louis and Zelie: Episode One
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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France. 1850. Twenty-seven old Louis Martin is studying to be a watchmaker, but secretly wants to be a monk. Meanwhile, nineteen year old Zélie Guerin dreams of becoming a religious sister. These two young people are ready to forsake the world for lifelong religious vows, but God just might have other vows in mind for them!
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Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, trusted in God's providence through many joys and sorrows. Their example teaches married couples how to seek sainthood, both as spouses and as parents. In their sacrificial love for each other and their children, they reveal the joy of self-giving, showing how ordinary family life can be a path to holiness.
This series contains moments of emotional intensity. Louis and Zelie struggle to trust in God’s will for them. The deaths of children due to illness is portrayed. Parents struggle with the loss of a child. Voices are raised in arguments. The series ends with the death of a parent from cancer.
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| 0:00.0 | France, 1850. |
| 0:05.0 | 27-year-old Louis Martin is studying to be a watchmaker, but secretly wants to be a monk. |
| 0:12.0 | Meanwhile, 19-year-old Zeli Garen dreams of becoming a religious sister. |
| 0:18.0 | These two young people are ready to forsake the world for lifelong religious vows, |
| 0:23.6 | but God just might have other vows in mind for them. |
| 0:27.6 | The Saints Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:41.0 | Louis and Zelly, episode one, The Bridge. |
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| 1:22.6 | La la la la la la L'Ala-la-la-la-la-da-da-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ha... What's that? |
| 1:25.6 | Is that the monastery of Saint-Bernard? |
| 1:28.5 | I knew it was in the Alps, but I didn't expect to pass right by it. |
| 1:33.1 | Might as well take a look while I'm here. |
| 1:36.2 | Hello, sir, young man. |
| 1:38.1 | Monsieur, do you belong to this monastery? |
| 1:41.3 | I'm the doorkeeper. Can I help you? |
| 1:47.0 | I'm on my way to a watchmaking apprenticeship in Strasbourg. You stopped in the right place. Come in, out of the storm. |
| 1:51.0 | Merci. |
| 1:52.0 | Those are beautiful dogs. |
| 1:55.0 | This monastery was built 200 years ago, and these dogs have been here that whole time. Well, they're great-grandfather's |
| 2:04.5 | world. Something like that. I've heard the story. Mm-hmm. Sam Vanar lived here in the Alps with his dogs |
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