Thérèse's parents, Blessed Louis and Blessed Zélie Martin.
Thérèse as a child.
(1st: Three years old, 2nd: Eight years old.)
(1st: Three years old, 2nd: Eight years old.)
Thérèse, around the age of her Christmas Conversion (Thirteen).
Thérèse at fifteen years old, shortly before
entering the convent.
Thérèse at sixteen, after entering the convent.
Thérèse's sweet smile.
Thérèse dressed as Saint Joan of Arc for a play she put on with her blood-sisters, and the novices she was helping train, for the convent. Notice in the last picture that the light reflecting from her eyes is in the form of a cross. (Just a note: She is wearing a wig for the play.)
Thérèse (center) washing clothes at the Sisters' laundry pool. It is believed that this is where she contracted her tuberculosis.
Thérèse, sick with tuberculosis, a couple of months before her death.
The beautiful Saint right after her death at age 24.
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