"Consecrated persons have the task of bearing witness to the transforming presence of God in a world ever more disoriented and confused." (Pope Benedict XVI to Superiors of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life)

Consecrated Life is to mirror Christ's way of life, which is a rich manifestation of Gospel values. Consecrated Life proclaims and in a certain way anticipates the future age when the fullness of the kingdom of heaven, already present in its first fruits and in mystery will be achieved, and when the children of the resurrection will take neither wife nor husband, but will be like the angels of God (cf. Mt 22:30 and the document on Consecrated Life, Vita Consecrata #320