Gospel: "As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth. (John 17:18)

St. Vincent: "The spirit of the Consecration is...to live always in God, to work always for God, to think, speak and use the senses of our bodies, the powers of our soul and all created things for the greater glory of God and for the greater sanctification of our souls and those of our neighbors."

Our Constitutions: "Called by God to live the fullness of our Baptismal consecration,... we respond willingly to this gratuitous gift of God, motivated by the desire to follow Christ chaste, poor and obedient to the Father in all things." (#13)

The word "consecration" means "set aside for God." Every Christian is consecrated to God by Baptism but the Church recognizes another public form of consecration as the act which identifies those set apart by a particular style of life within the Church:

Life consecrated by the profession of the evangelical counsels is a stable form of living by which faithful, following Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit, are totally dedicated to God who is loved most of all... (Canon 573)

As Pallottine religious we reaffirm our baptismal commitment to put God first in our lives. However, like St. Vincent, we realize that the obligation associated with our act of consecration does not flow from the act itself but from the love of God which must mark our lives, bind us in love to one another and flow out from us in apostolic service.

We recognize our call to live our Pallottine vocation as a gratuitous gift of God. In receiving this gift, we make a commitment to give ourselves totally to God in the sure faith that this generous God will give us every grace we need to live our consecration with ever greater fidelity.