Contemplation of the glory of the Lord Jesus in the icon of the Transfiguration reveals to consecrated persons first of all the Father, the Creator and Giver of every good thing, who draws his creatures to himself (cf. jn 6:44) with special love and for special mission. “This is my beloved Son: listen to him!” (cf. Mt 17:5). In response to this call and the interior attraction which accompanies it, those who are called entrusted themselves totally to him and to his plan of salvation (cf. 1 Cor 7:32-34). This is the meaning of the call to consecrated life: it is an initiative coming wholly from the Father (cf. Jn 15:16), who asks those whom he has chosen to respond with complete and exclusive devotion (VC 17).
The first duty of the consecrated life is to make visible the marvels wrought by God in the frail humanity of those much in words as by the eloquent language of a transfigured life, capable of amazing the world. The consecrated life thus becomes one of the tangible seals which the Trinity impresses upon history, so that people can sense with longing the attraction of divine beauty (VC 29).