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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Desert Fathers
A hermit was asked, 'What is humility?' He answered, 'Humility is a great work, and a work of God. The way of humility is to undertake bodily labour, and believe yourself a sinner, and make yourself the servant of all.' A brother said, 'What does it mean, to be the servant of all?' He answered, 'To be the servant of all is not to look at the sins of others, always to look at your own sins, and to pray to God without ceasing.'
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
As for what is said, the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, he says: and whoever will be first among you shall be your servant; i.e., if anyone desires to hold primacy in the Church, let him know that this is not to have dominion but servitude. For it belongs to a servant to devote himself entirely to the service of his master; so the prelates of the Church owe everything they have, everything they are, to their subjects. 1 Corinthians 9:19: whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all. …
Bonaventure
Whoever would be first among you shall be your servant: but to make oneself a servant of others is to abase oneself with the greatest abasement: therefore self-emptying and self-abasement belong to evangelical perfection.
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