They have only known each other for three months, but they do not doubt for a second that this marriage is the will of God. In their youth, each of these two hearts was directed towards the monastery. But God called them to a different form of holiness. On July 13, 1858, Louis Martin marries Zélie Guérin in the Church of Notre-Dame in Alençon. He is 34 years old, she is 26: they have 9 children, all five surviving daughters enter the convent. But who are they really, the parents of St. Therese? Reading the very vivid biography dedicated to them by Hélène Mongin is an encounter with two extraordinary souls. Amidst the everyday limitations, trials, and joys of family life, they show us an ordinary yet extraordinary path. The path of trust and an unbreakable friendship with God, who is always served first.