“Humility is the mother of many virtues. From it
spring obedience, holy fear, reverence, patience, modesty, mildness and peace;
for whoever is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, maintains
peace with all, shows himself affable to all, is submissive to all, does not
offend or displease any, and does not feel the insults which may be afflicted
upon him. He is happy and contented, and in great peace.”—Spanish Augustinian
friar, preacher, religious writer, archbishop, and “Father of the Poor” St.
Thomas of Villanova (1488-1555), quoted in A Year With the Saints,
translated from the Italian by a member of the
Order of Mercy, Mt. St. Joseph's Seminary, Hartford, Conn. (1891)
The image accompanying this post is Santo Tomas de Villanueva, by Spanish
painter Francisco Camilo (1615-1671).
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