Vincent's spirituality has been summed up in the Statues of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate:
“The dynamic principle on which the multi-faceted apostolic activities of St. Vincent
Pallotti were founded, was his personal faith experience. God gave him, as a gift of the
Spirit, a profound experience of His infinite love and mercy. According to Vincent Pallotti,
the most profound motivation of the divine action is infinite love. For this reason men and
women, created in the image and likeness of God, reach the full understanding of the
meaning of life when they continually exercise the love of God and the love of their
neighbor. (Cf. 1 John 4:16)
“This experience permits men and women to understand Christ as the Apostle of the
Eternal Father. All that Jesus achieved during his life on earth derives from his love of the
Father and from his saving love of all people. To live the love of God our Father and the love of our neighbor in
imitation of Christ is the secret of the apostolic efficacy of every Christian. For Vincent Pallotti love is the essential
motive for anyone who wishes to collaborate in the apostolate. The following of Christ and participation in His
mission to save all people are inseparable. As all are called to discipleship, therefore, all have an apostolic obligation.” |