“Jesus, at the Last Supper, turns to the Apostles with these words: ‘You did not choose me, but I chose you’ (Jn 15:16). They remind us all, not only those of us who are priests, that vocation is always an initiative of God. It is Christ who called you to follow him in the consecrated life and this means continuously making an "exodus" from yourselves in order to center your life on Christ and on his Gospel, on the will of God, laying aside your own plans, in order to say with St Paul: It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. (Gal. 2:20).             - Rejoice! #4, Congregation of Institutes of Consecrated Life