"Consecrated men and women...live to the full your dedication to God, so that this world may never be without a ray of divine beauty to lighten the path of human existance. Christians emersed in the cares and concerns of this world, but also called to holiness, need to discover in you purified hearts which in faith 'see' God, people docile to the working of the Holy Spirit who resolutely press on in fidelity to the charism of thier call and mission".
		Mary, Our Mother...who did the will of the Father, ever ready in obedience, courageous in poverty and receptive in fruitful virginity, obtain from your Divine Son that all who have received the gift of following Him in the consecrated life may be enabled to bear witness to that gift by their transfigured lives, as they joyfully make their way with all their brothers and sisters toward our heavenly homeland".
		Pope John Paul II, Vita Consecrata