Saint Ignatius of Loyola Audio CD

Title: Saint Ignatius of LoyolaAuthors: Bob and Penny LordPublisher: Journeys of FaithFormat: Audio CD Disc Saint Ignatius of LoyolaSoldier, Poet, Mystic, Author, Defender of the Faithand Founder of the Society of Jesus Saint Ignatius was born in 1491, the year before Christopher Columbus was commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to go to the New World, in thanksgiving for Spain having been liberated from the yoke of the Saracens. For nearly 700 years,  Spaniards could not worship in Catholic Churches; they were deprived from receiving the Sacraments; religious and clergy were exiled, imprisoned or killed; all mention of Jesus was forbidden under the penalty of death. How did the people from whom our Saint comes, preserve their faith with this persecution going on for most of seven centuries? How did Spain and the Catholic Church raise up such powerful soldiers as the much maligned Catholic Queen Isabella, Saints like Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Paschal Baylon and