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EN"One of the virtues, humility, is particularly commended in Holy Writ", says St Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologien, "for our Saviour said:,Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart' (Mt 11,29)."J Humility is rooted in the truth of reality. Tire word humility is derived from the Latin humus, which is translated as "ground" or "soil". Humility denotes man's subjection to God: „I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes" (Gen. 18,27). Humility conveys the notion of a praiseworthy self-abasement to the lowest place. Because "all nations are before Him as if they had no being at all" (Is 40,17), humility may be competent to every human being. St Thomas Aquinas linked humility with magnanimity, seeing the humble person as one who can achieve great things for God and for others. We must have the mind of Jesus Christ, who promises the kingdom to the poor in spirit (the Fathers of the Church understand poverty of spirit as humility), and who gives the deepest expression of humility in his own suffering and death. Nothing contained in Christian teaching is incompatible with humility, according to the apostle Paul: "in humility, let each esteem each other better than themselves" (Philip. 2,3). Humility is also a disposition to our untrammelled access to spiritual and divine goods.