00:00Celine of Lens, celebrated on October 21, transports us to the 5th century, a time when Christianity was taking root in
00:08Gaul.
00:08She was a woman of high lineage, the wife of Count Émile de Lens.
00:13But what makes her eternally famous is her role as the mother of one of the greatest builders of
00:19the church of France,
00:20Saint Remy of Reims, the very one who baptized Clovis, the first king of the Franks.
00:27Legend has it that Céline, when she was already of advanced age and thought she could no longer...
00:32He was born and received a visit from a hermit.
00:35This inspired man of God announced to her that she would give birth to a son, a future light for the church.
00:42whose size would be immense.
00:46Carrying this prophecy in her heart, Céline indeed gave birth to Rémy.
00:51She raised him with exemplary devotion, instilling in him from a very young age the foundations of the Christian faith.
00:59charity and the profound love of God.
01:02His influence was decisive.
01:05It can be said without error that the piety and wisdom that she sowed in the heart of her
01:10son
01:10These were the beginnings of the great work that Rémy was going to accomplish.
01:15Without a mother like Céline, Saint Rémy might not have had the extraordinary destiny that marked it
01:22'History of France and the Church.
01:25What we remember about Saint Celine today is much more than her connection with a major saint.
01:31It is her own discreet but profound holiness, her embodiment of the figure of the quintessential Christian mother.
01:39It reminds us of the power of the family home as the primary place for faith formation.
01:45the place where souls are shaped and where the future of the Church is prepared.
01:50His life is an inspiration to all those who, through their patience, love, and example,
01:57seek to sow the seeds of faith and virtue in the hearts of their loved ones.
02:03Céline de Lens, without having performed any spectacular miracles,
02:08laid the foundations for a much greater miracle,
02:11the conversion of a king and the birth of a Christian nation.
