Leonie Martin as a Nun, Servant of God – Exclusive Restoration! – Vivid Photo – Sister of Saint Therese – Catholic Gift

The Martin family will probably all be canonized eventually, an enormously heartening thing for all parents to think upon. This is Leonie Martin later in her life, the sister of St. Therese, and the daughter of Sainted parents, Zelie and Louis. She was called "the troubled sister," and you can still see traces of that pain in her face, but overall, you can see the peace of someone who has spent decades attending upon the Lord. She had endured many troubles in her youth. She suffered ill health as a child, was abused by a maidservant, expelled from school, and isolated even within her own family. She tried on several occasions over the course of 13 years to enter into a convent, but kept failing at that. You can get a hint of her family life with this picture of her and Celine, and her cousin Marie. At first, all we saw was the joke of Marie about to poke Leonie with a stick. It looked funny to us, and Marie looked playful and adorable, until we learned of Leonie's life. Leonie is bei