Just as God became man and His holiness dwelled in the flesh among us, living, acting, and saving, in the same way, the Church, through the mystery of the Incarnation, participates in eternity, in the holiness of God, and at the same time in the salvation of the world.

The holiness of the Church must find its place in the world through an act of sacrificial love, within an active and vibrant presence. However, fundamentally it is holiness, the presence of God, that must be revealed through us to the world - this is our calling, this is our very essence.

Let us first learn to listen carefully, to see and understand God, the world, and our neighbor. And then, let us act not merely according to human wisdom, but, above and first of all, based on divine wisdom, as it is revealed to us in the Bible, the life, and the mysteries of the Church, since, as was emphatically emphasized during the early Christian centuries, these constitute our entry into the knowledge of God and into action in His name.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]