![]() ![]() It should be remembered that Spain, geographically speaking, is nearer the Americas, than is England or France, and it actually adjoins Africa. During this era, Spain was not only the dominant country of Europe, but the was a leader in the Americaa, Africa and India. In fact her life spanned the greater part of that century, a period of time when her country was in the ascendancy among the nations of the world. Saint Teresa of Avila, the great reformer of the Carmelite Order and renowned mystic of the Church, was born and worked in Spain in the sixteenth century. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in Heaven. ![]() ![]() “ Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. ![]()
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