IMMERSED IN A SOCIETY
FRAGMENTED BY DIVISIVE CONFLICTS
AND AFFLICTED BY WIDESPREAD POVERTY
YET DEEPLY ASPIRING FOR FULLNESS OF LIFE IN GOD:
WE, AS CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES,
WITH TOTAL TRUST IN GOD’S LOVE,
ENVISION OURSELVES
AS THE COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES,
WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS
AND JOYFULLY LIVE IN HARMONY AND SOLIDARITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER, WITH CREATION, AND WITH GOD.
FOLLOWING THE WAY OF OUR LORD,
WE OPT TO BE A CHURCH OF THE POOR,
WHICH DEMANDS EVANGELICAL POVERTY OF US ALL
AND HARNESSES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER
OF THE POOR AMONG US
TOWARD THE JUSTICE AND LOVE OF GOD IN THIS WORLD
TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION,
UNDER THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD
AND WITH MARY AS OUR GUIDE,
WE SHALL EMBARK ON A RENEWED INTEGRAL EVANGELIZATION
AND WITNESS TO JESUS CHRIST’S GOSPEL
OF SALVATION AND LIBERATION
THROUGH OUR WORDS, DEEDS AND LIVES.
AS BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY,
WE TOGETHER COMMIT OURSELVES
TO IMPLEMENT THE SPIRIT AND DECREES
OF THE SECOND PLENARY COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES
IN ORDER TO INCULTURATE GOSPEL VALUES IN OUR MILIEU.
BY THIS SHALL KAAYUSAN (ORDER IN HARMONY) BE ACHIEVED
THROUGH PERSONS WHO ARE MAKA-DIYOS, MAKA-TAO,
MAKABAYAN AND MAKA-BUHAY.
OURS WILL THEN BE A CIVILIZATION OF LIFE AND LOVE,
A SIGN OF THE IN-BREAKING OF THE FATHER’S KINGDOM.
