. Impressions of Spain in 1866. resa experienced in founding this house, sheherself speaks in writing to her niece, Mary ofOcampo :— I assure you that of all the persecu-tions we have had to endure, none can bear theleast comparison with what we have suffered atSeville.* Suffering from violent fever, calum-niated by one of her own postulants, denouncedto the Inquisition, persecuted incessantly by thefathers of the mitigated rule, with no prospect ofbuying a house, and no money for the purchase, * For botli this and otlier quotations regarding St. Theresasfoundations, tlie writer is indebted to
. Impressions of Spain in 1866. resa experienced in founding this house, sheherself speaks in writing to her niece, Mary ofOcampo :— I assure you that of all the persecu-tions we have had to endure, none can bear theleast comparison with what we have suffered atSeville.* Suffering from violent fever, calum-niated by one of her own postulants, denouncedto the Inquisition, persecuted incessantly by thefathers of the mitigated rule, with no prospect ofbuying a house, and no money for the purchase, * For botli this and otlier quotations regarding St. Theresasfoundations, tlie writer is indebted to the charming life of the saintpublished by Hurst & Blackett in 1865, and which, from its won-derful truth and accuracy, is a perfect handbook to anyone visitingthe Carmelite convents of Spain. She trusts that its author willforgive her for having, often unintentionally, used her actual ex-pressions in speaking of places and of things, from the impos-sibility of their being described by an eye-svitness in any CARMELITE CONVENT. 167 the saint could yet find courage to add : Not-withstanding all these evils, my heart is filledwith joy. What blessed things are peace of con-science and liberty of soul ! It reminds one ofanother occasion, when it was necessary to begina foundation which was to cost a great deal ofmoney, and the saint had but twopence-halfpenny. Never mind, she replied, courageously, Two-pence-halfJDenny and Theresa are nothing ; buttwopence-halfpenny and God are everything!and the work was accomplished. In the case ofthe Seville house her patience and faith met witha like reward. On the Feast of the Ascension,1576, the Blessed Sacrament was placed in thechapel of the new convent by the archbishophimself, accompanied by all his clergy, who wishedto make public amends to St. Theresa and hernuns for the persecutions they had endured ; andwhen Theresa knelt to ask for his pastoral bene-diction, the archbishop, in the presence of allthe people, knelt to a
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