The Practice of Humility
60 Lessons on the Virtue of Virtues

This golden treatise on The Practice of Humility, edited by TAN, from the pen of the Sovereign Pontiff Pope Leo XIII, comes as a revelation and lifts the veil which hitherto has concealed from view the long years of his comparative seclusion spent in Perugia. It shows us the work divine grace was achieving in his heart during that time of his “hidden life” of unconscious preparation for the tiara, and it teaches us the school in which his grand character and lofty genius were formed and mellowed. While delineating the humility which those aspiring to perfection should aim at, it in reality presents us with a beautiful portrait of the Holy Father himself and brings us in touch with his very spirit. The Practice of Humility teaches you to lay the foundations of Christian perfection.