Our religious family seeks to be another prolongation of the Incarnate Word, “to incarnate all that is authentically human” (Const., 36). Through the humble works of mercy we seek:
- To continue revealing to men the merciful love of God for mankind, and continue to incarnate Him through all kinds of works of charity, and thereby alleviate many of the ills of the modern man. Also that by the witness of charity, many brothers may know God: “that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven” (Mt 5:16).
- To love God, manifesting it in the concrete love of the brethren, as this is the only possible way to love God, just as Jesus taught us. This is also affirmed by the apostle, “he who says that he loves God, but does not love his neighbor is a liar “(cf. 1 Jn 4:20).
We thus want to follow in the footsteps of the Incarnate Word who came to redeem us of sin. He passed through this world healing men of their physical and spiritual miseries, explicitly showing His mercy and His love for the Father.
“Christ is the revelation and incarnation of the mercy of the Father” (John Paul II, RM 12). He Reveals and embodies the mercy of God through the greatest work of mercy, which is the redemption of mankind by the blood of His cross, that destroys the root of all evil, which is sin.
We must also focus on the poor, sick, and needy of every kind: the love of Christ controls us (2 Cor 5:14) specifically practicing charity, as a witness first to all members of our institutes, so that “charity, charity alone will save the world. Blessed are those who have the grace to be victims of charity.”[1] Furthermore, charity is essential to evangelize the culture as the goal of the that work and the end of the work, otherwise it will not be achieved “the civilization of love”[2].[3]
[1] San Luis Orione, Saludo natalicio de 1934, citado en En Camino con Don Orione, Ed. Pcia. Nuestra Señora de la Guardia, 1974, T. I, p. 96.
[2] Pablo VI, Homilía en el rito de clausura del Año Santo (25/12/1975); AAS 68 (1976) 145; passim.