Scripture: "...(you) have clothed yourselves with a new self, which is being renewed; (you) are formed anew in the image of  (your) Creator." (Colossians 3:10)

St. Vincent: "Our soul (is) a living image of God. Not painted on canvas, not made of wood, stone or metal, but a living spiritual reality representing God."

Our Constitutions: "United in the prayer of praise, our spiritual bonds are reinforced and enriched with the inexhaustible gifts of God, so that we become living witnesses of his merciful Love in the world." (#56)

In Genesis we read, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." This is a key text in understanding Pallottine spirituality.

At the core of St. Vincent's spirituality was his experience of God as Infinite Love and Mercy. As he contemplated his experience, he was caught up with the truth that God who is Love created us to be Love and sent the Son to restore us to the image and likeness in which we were created.. He would say that God was so crazy with love that, "God became human so that humans could become God."

We are meant to be love incarnate as Jesus was. As Pallottines we realize that we cannot be effective in the work of the Kingdom if we do not first strive to be living images of God's love. That is something we need for ourselves, but we must also witness that love to others in community and to all whom we serve.